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12:00 PM
Noontime Talk: A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes with Curator Mel Buchanan
Join Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan as she leads visitors through A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, NOMA's first-ever exhibition of fashion. Every Wednesday admission is free to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
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NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. The selection for May is Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse by Stanley Meiser.
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Small Talks: Self-Taught Artist Manierre Dawson
Small Talks are 10–15 minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. Join docent Harvey Orth as he discusses the work of self-taught artist Manierre Dawson (1887–1969), an American painter and sculptor who independently developed stylistic and material innovations that rivaled his most progressive contemporaries.
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