An Evening Exploring Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at New Orleans Museum of Art
Fri, October 4th at 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join the museum in celebrating Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art with an evening of gallery talks by catalogue contributors Zella Palmer, Chair and Director of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African-American Material Culture, and chromatography chemist Alex Sanchez; a screening of a glass art film; an art-making activity inspired by the exhibition; a DJ set in the Great Hall; and a book signing with Mel Buchanan, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design. Attendees receive 10% off and members receive 20% off of the catalogue at the NOMA Museum Shop during this special event.
Additionally, throughout the evening enjoy specialty cocktails from Café NOMA inspired by the exhibition.
Free with advance registration. Catalogues and drinks are available for purchase at the museum and online at the NOMA Museum Shop.
This program is in connection with this month’s NOMA book club meeting. Join curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion of the catalogue on Thursday, October 17.
About the Speakers
Zella Palmer
Zella Palmer is a professor, food historian, cook, author, and filmmaker. She serves as the Chair and Director of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African-American Material Culture in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2019, under Palmer’s leadership, Dillard University launched a Food Studies academic program. Palmer is also the author of Recipes and Remembrances of Fair Dillard: 1869–2019 (2019) and Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque (2023).
Alex Sanchez
Alex Sanchez is a New Orleans–based gas chromatography chemist in the Natural Resources Division of SGS North America. He has more than ten years of experience in an industrial laboratory setting and employs specialized instrumentation for analyses of organic samples for quality and purity determination. Sanchez holds a degree in chemistry from the University of New Orleans.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE
On view through February 10, Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art explores how one material has inspired innovation in the arts and science from ancient civilizations to today. An accompanying 176-page catalogue—Glass: Sand, Ash, Heat—is published by Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers. The book features texts by Mel Buchanan, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, and includes contributions from:
- Black Masking Indian Big Chief Dow M. Edwards of the Timbuktu Warriors with Amanda M. Maples, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art at NOMA
- Christopher Maxwell, Samuel and M. Patricia Grober Curator in the Department of Applied Arts of Europe at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Laura Ochoa Rincon, Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow at NOMA
- Zella Palmer, Chair and Director of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African-American Material Culture
- Brian Piper, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings at NOMA
- Alex Sanchez, Chromatography chemist
- Ingrid Seyb, Conservator of Objects at NOMA
Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art is sponsored by the Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Susanne and David Purvis, the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Harvey and Marie Orth, Robert and Pamela Steeg, Mary Beth and Sheldon Ray, in honor of Bettie Pendley, and Lori and John Solon.