NOMA at Night: Second Nature Public Opening Celebration
Get creative and explore the museum after hours! Featuring live music, specialty cocktails and mocktails by Café NOMA, art making, gallery talks, and more, NOMA at Night invites you to see the museum in a brand new light.
At this NOMA at Night, come out and celebrate the public opening of the exhibition Second Nature: Japanese Rinpa Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, as well as the connected installation Good Fortunes: 50 Years of Japanese Art at NOMA.
$15 for members
$30 general admission
Free admission for attendees ages 19 and under
Event Details
Sensu Fans & Haiku Poetry
6 to 9 pm | Art Studio (Second Floor)
Create your own Sensu fan, a folded-style, handheld fan that became popular for its portability during Japan’s Edo Period. Write your own haiku poem to incorporate into the fan’s design and bring your creation home with you.
Gallery Talks
6:30 & 7:30 PM | Led by Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director and Curator of Asian Art
Dive deeper into Second Nature Japanese Rinpa Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection in the first-floor Ella West Freeman Gallery, as well as and the connected installation Good Fortunes: 50 Years of Japanese Art at NOMA in third-floor Kurt A. Gitter, MD and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery.
Live Music from Haruka Kikuchi & Friends and DJ Performances
7:45-8:45 | Haruka Kikuchi & Friends, Lapis Center for the Arts
Haruka Kikuchi is a trombone player, born and raised in Tokyo. Since she found a musical home in New Orleans in early 2014, she has been playing with groups including the Shotgun Jazz Band, Shake’Em Up Jazz Band, Preservation Hall All Stars, Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, and many more local musicians both within and outside the country. She is also known for passing down the New Orleans traditional “tailgate” style of trombone, always bringing joyful sounds through her timeless trombone.
Food, Drinks, and Libations
6 to 9 pm | Café NOMA
Enjoy specialty cocktails and a Happy Hour menu from Café NOMA
Thank You to Our Supporters
NOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; John Burton Harter Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.
