New Orleans Museum of Art

Studio KIDS!: Marvelous Metal (AM session)
2026-03-14 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. In this workshop series designed for artists ages 6-12, we’ll take inspiration from works on view across the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and make our own creations with a teaching artist.
About Studio KIDS!: Marvelous Metal
In this workshop, artists will explore artworks showcasing different types of metals and then learn techniques for metal repoussé and create their own low relief foil artworks.
The Studio KIDS! sessions will be led by teaching artist Krystyna.
Registration is $25 for members and $30 for other participants. Advance registration is required and includes the price of all art-making materials.
Studio KIDS! participants receive a 10% discount on purchases made at the NOMA Museum Shop. The discount is valid only for the day of their workshop attendance. Participants must show proof of attendance to receive the discount. Markdown and consignment merchandise is excluded from the discount.

Register for Studio KIDS!: Marvelous Metal
There will be 2 Studio KIDS! (ages 6-12) sessions of this workshop offered on March 14:
The Studio KIDS! AM session will take place from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Register for the AM session
The Studio KIDS! PM session will take place from 12:30 PM to 2:00 pm.

Register for the PM session
*Please note: capacity for each Studio KIDS! session is 12 participants, and capacity for each Little Learners session is 10 participants. Registration will close at 12 pm the day before the workshop. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations made after 12 pm the Thursday before the workshop.

Studio KIDS!: Marvelous Metal (PM session)
2026-03-14 12:30 - 14:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119

NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Presented by Hancock Whitney
2026-03-28 10:00 - 12:30 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Presented by Hancock Whitney is a fun and festive event for families featuring arts, crafts, games, face painting, food, drinks, sweets, music, and much more. The festival is set within the picturesque Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
Funds raised during the NOMA Egg Hunt support critical educational and exhibition programs at NOMA.
Event Chairs |Abigail Deshotels & Caroline Boone Graham
NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Jennifer Rowland
Your support during the NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival provides critical resources to educational initiatives, programs, and exhibitions at NOMA.

Tickets
Tickets for the Egg Hunt and Family Festival are $20 for members through March 27 at 12 pm. General admission tickets are $25 through March 27 at 12 pm. Limited tickets will be available for purchase at the event for $25.
All children under the age of 2 receive free admission to this event, but still require a ticket for the event.
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a rain-or-shine event. Tickets are non-refundable.
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Please note that all activities and refreshments, excluding alcoholic beverages, are included in the ticket price.

Event Schedule
Oak Grove Activities (Back Garden)
10:45 – 11:15 am: Egg Hunt (ages 4 and under)
10:45 – 11:15 am: Egg Hunt (ages 5 and above)
10:45 – 12:30 pm: Face painting
10:45 – 12:30 pm: Hula hoop station
10:45 – 12:30 pm: Temporary tattoo station

Pine Grove Activities (Front Garden)
10 am – 12:30 pm: DJ Audio Jocks
10 am – 12:30 pm: Magician, juggler, and other special guests
10 am – 12:30 pm: NOMA Art Activities
10 am – 12:30 pm: Face painting
10 am – 12:30 pm: Photography by Polo Silk

Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Lead Sponsors

Beverly and Robert Matheney
Catherine Burns Tremaine
Fun & Games Sponsors
Burkart-Lacey Families

Cammie and Charles Mayer
Bunnies & Baskets Sponsors

Shlenker Family Foundation
Boogie & Bounce Sponsors
Little Miss Muffin
The Shapiro and Dandry Families
Lake Vista Pediatrics
Special Thanks

Sponsorship Levels and Benefits
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about the NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival, please email egghunt@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.
BOOGIE & BOUNCE | $250

Six (6) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations, the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Boogie & Bounce Sponsor
BUNNIES & BASKETS | $500

Eight (8) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations,the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Bunnies & Baskets Sponsor
SWEETS & TREATS / ACTIVITY UNDERWRITER | $1,000

Recognition as a “Sweets & Treats” Sponsor of the event & an underwriter of an Egg Hunt activity*
Twenty (20) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival

UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITY – LIMITED AVAILABILITY (5 available) ○ Your company can receive additional publicity by underwriting a specific NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival activity. Sponsors at this level will be recognized with special signage at the selected activity station. NOMA Art Activity | Musical Entertainment | Face Painting | Hula Hoop Station | Kid’s Tattoo Salon Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations,the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Sweets & Treats Sponsor
FUN & GAMES / EGG HUNT UNDERWRITER | $2,500

Thirty (30) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2026/2027

UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITY – LIMITED AVAILABILITY (2 available) ○ Your company can receive additional publicity by underwriting the NOMA Egg Hunt: for ages 4 & under or ages 5 & up. Sponsors at this level receive the benefit of further recognition with custom signage on the egg hunt grounds. Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations, the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Fun & Games Sponsor
LEAD SPONSOR | $5,000
Recognition as a Lead Sponsor of the event

Fifty (50) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2026/2027

Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations, the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.
Become a Lead Sponsor

Little Learners: Bright Blooms
2026-04-11 09:45 - 10:15 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS!: Little Learners art-making workshops for artists ages 4-5 and their adult caregiver. Together with a NOMA teaching artist, studio participants and their caregivers will explore artworks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden before practicing their art-making skills in the studio.
About Little Learners: Bright Blooms
Celebrate Spring at NOMA! Young artists will explore what’s blooming in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden before creating their own botanical textures in clay.
This Little Learners session will be led by teaching artist Krystyna.
Registration is $15 for members and $20 for other participants. Advance registration is required and includes all art-making materials. Registration includes admission for children and one accompanying caregiver.
Studio KIDS! participants receive a 10% discount on purchases made at the NOMA Museum Shop. The discount is valid only for the day of their workshop attendance. Participants must show proof of attendance to receive the discount. Markdown and consignment merchandise is excluded from the discount.

Register for Studio KIDS!: Bright Blooms
One Little Learners (ages 4-5) session of this workshop will take place on April 11 from 9:45 to 10:15 am.
Register for Little Learners: Bright Blooms
The Studio KIDS! sessions will take place from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm.

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*Please note: capacity for each Studio KIDS! session is 12 participants, and capacity for each Little Learners session is 10 participants. Registration will close at 12 pm the day before the workshop. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations made after 12 pm the Thursday before the workshop.

Spring into NOMA
2026-04-11 10:00 - 2026-04-12 17:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
In celebration of the spring season, the museum is hosting Spring into NOMA, a special series of indoor and outdoor programming for visitors of all ages. Offerings include a free Music in the Garden concert, art-making workshops for kids and adults, special deals at the NOMA Museum Shop, and more.
Learn more and register for Spring into NOMA events below.

Spring into NOMA at the NOMA Museum Shop
Select merchandise in the NOMA Museum Shop will be 25% off in-store and online from April 11-12.
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Studio KIDS! and Little Learners Workshops: Bright Blooms
Inspired by the spring season, this weekend’s Studio KIDS! and Little Learners youth art-making workshops will allow young artists to explore what’s on bloom in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden to create their own one-of-a-kind artworks.
Register for Little Learners: Bright Blooms
Register for Studio KIDS!: Bright Blooms
Nature Journaling in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Botanical illustrator, field botanist, naturalist, and farmer Beau Romeo hosts the second in a four-course nature journaling workshop series. April 12’s course will focus on the theme “Illustration.” Attendance in other sessions is not required for registration.
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Music in the Garden: Spring into NOMA Edition
This month’s Music in the Garden performance on Sunday, April 12, features local musicians performing alongside artworks new and old in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
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Other Events this Week
Can’t make it to the museum during Spring into NOMA? Check out some of the other events occurring earlier in the week.
Gallery Talk: MaPó Kinnord on Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity
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Tai Chi and Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Register for Wednesday Morning Tai Chi
Register for Wednesday Evening Yoga

Studio KIDS!: Bright Blooms (AM session)
2026-04-11 10:30 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. In this workshop series designed for artists ages 6-12, we’ll take inspiration from works on view across the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and make our own creations with a teaching artist.
About Studio KIDS!: Bright Blooms
Celebrate Spring at NOMA! Young artists will create floral artworks to celebrate the beginning of the spring season. Participants will explore what’s blooming in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden before creating their own botanical candle holders out of clay.
The Studio KIDS! sessions will be led by teaching artist Krystyna.
Registration is $25 for members and $30 for other participants. Advance registration is required and includes the price of all art-making materials.
Studio KIDS! participants receive a 10% discount on purchases made at the NOMA Museum Shop. The discount is valid only for the day of their workshop attendance. Participants must show proof of attendance to receive the discount. Markdown and consignment merchandise is excluded from the discount.

Register for Studio KIDS!: Bright Blooms
There will be 2 Studio KIDS! (ages 6-12) sessions of this workshop offered on April 11:
The Studio KIDS! AM session will take place from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Register for the AM session
The Studio KIDS! PM session will take place from 12:30 PM to 2:00 pm.

Register for the PM session
*Please note: capacity for each Studio KIDS! session is 12 participants, and capacity for each Little Learners session is 10 participants. Registration will close at 12 pm the day before the workshop. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations made after 12 pm the Thursday before the workshop.

Studio KIDS!: Bright Blooms (PM session)
2026-04-11 12:30 - 14:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119

Teen Book Club 2026
2026-05-13 16:30 - 17:30, 2026-06-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-08-07 13:00 - 14:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA’s Teen Book Club is a summer reading and discussion group for teens ages 13-18, designed to build literary engagement and connect young people to the museum through storytelling, culture, and community.
Teen Book Club runs from May through August, with book selections from May through July relating to art and teen interests. In August, just in time for back to school season, our Teen Book Club selection will be a book that is included on the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list.
Teen Book Club meetings will take place on Fridays from 1-2 pm. Participants can join in person in the Art Studio located on NOMA’s second floor, or via Zoom.
This program is free for all participants. You must be between the ages of 13 and 18 to participate. Participants must bring their own copy of each month’s book.
Register for May 13’s Discussion
Register for June 12’s Discussion
Register for July 24’s Discussion
Register for August 7’s Discussion

Reading Selections and Meeting Dates
Wednesday, May 13: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
A quick, inspiring read that helps creators navigate the fine line between inspiration and imitation.
Friday, June 12th: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
An empowering contemporary young adult romance about identity exploration, unexpected connections, and recognizing the love you deserve.
Friday, July 24th: Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
The first in the Shadowshaper Cypher series, a 2015 American young adult urban fantasy novel that follows Sierra Santiago, a Brooklyn graffiti artist who discovers her family uses art as a form of ancestral magic.
Friday, August 7th: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Just in time for back-to-school, this month’s book comes from the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. An 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel about a handsome young man who becomes obsessed with his own beauty.

Studio KIDS!: Make Your Own Sketchbook
2026-05-16 10:30 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. In this workshop series designed for artists ages 6-12, we’ll take inspiration from works on view across the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and make our own creations with a teaching artist.
About Studio KIDS!: Make Your Own Sketchbook
In this workshop, young artists will learn basic bookbinding techniques and create their own sketchbook just in time for summer vacation.
This Studio KIDS! session will be led by teaching artist Krystyna.
Registration is $25 for members and $30 for other participants. Advance registration is required and includes the price of all art-making materials.
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Studio KIDS! participants receive a 10% discount on purchases made at the NOMA Museum Shop. The discount is valid only for the day of their workshop attendance. Participants must show proof of attendance to receive the discount. Markdown and consignment merchandise is excluded from the discount.
*Please note: capacity for each Studio KIDS! session is 12 participants, and capacity for each Little Learners session is 10 participants. Registration will close at 12 pm the day before the workshop. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations made after 12 pm the Thursday before the workshop.

SOLD OUT | Summer Art Camp 2026: Session 1
2026-06-15 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-16 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-17 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-18 09:00 - 15:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Campers will embark on an exciting summer adventure at NOMA, exploring 5,000 years of art through our permanent collection, special exhibitions, and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. With an interdisciplinary approach to creative thinking and art-making, campers will engage in a variety of artistic mediums and activities, including drawing, painting, movement, sculpture, and more. Each camp session is unique, yet all are centered on the joy of art exploration, creation, and fun—all located conveniently within New Orleans City Park.
Designed for students ages 5–12. Space is limited to 25 campers per week.
Summer Art Camp Session 1: Monday, June 15 – Thursday, June 18 (no camp on Friday, June 19, in observation of Juneteenth)
Member Registration $240, General Registration $320
PLEASE NOTE: All sessions of Summer Art Camp 2026 are sold out as of Friday, March 13.
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SOLD OUT | Summer Art Camp 2026: Session 2
2026-06-22 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-23 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-24 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-25 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-26 09:00 - 15:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Campers will embark on an exciting summer adventure at NOMA, exploring 5,000 years of art through our permanent collection, special exhibitions, and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. With an interdisciplinary approach to creative thinking and art-making, campers will engage in a variety of artistic mediums and activities, including drawing, painting, movement, sculpture, and more. Each camp session is unique, yet all are centered on the joy of art exploration, creation, and fun—all located conveniently within New Orleans City Park.
Designed for students ages 5–12. Space is limited to 25 campers per week.
Summer Art Camp Session 2: Monday, June 22 – Friday, June 26
Member Registration $300, General Registration $400
PLEASE NOTE: All sessions of Summer Art Camp 2026 are sold out as of Friday, March 13.
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SOLD OUT | Summer Art Camp 2026: Session 3
2026-07-06 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-07 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-08 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-09 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-10 09:00 - 15:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Campers will embark on an exciting summer adventure at NOMA, exploring 5,000 years of art through our permanent collection, special exhibitions, and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. With an interdisciplinary approach to creative thinking and art-making, campers will engage in a variety of artistic mediums and activities, including drawing, painting, movement, sculpture, and more. Each camp session is unique, yet all are centered on the joy of art exploration, creation, and fun—all located conveniently within New Orleans City Park.
Designed for students ages 5–12. Space is limited to 25 campers per week.
Summer Art Camp Session 3: Monday, July 6 – Friday, July 10
Member Registration $300, General Registration $400
PLEASE NOTE: All sessions of Summer Art Camp 2026 are sold out as of Friday, March 13.
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SOLD OUT | Summer Art Camp 2026: Session 4
2026-07-13 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-14 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-15 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-17 09:00 - 15:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Campers will embark on an exciting summer adventure at NOMA, exploring 5,000 years of art through our permanent collection, special exhibitions, and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. With an interdisciplinary approach to creative thinking and art-making, campers will engage in a variety of artistic mediums and activities, including drawing, painting, movement, sculpture, and more. Each camp session is unique, yet all are centered on the joy of art exploration, creation, and fun—all located conveniently within New Orleans City Park.
Designed for students ages 5–12. Space is limited to 25 campers per week.
Summer Art Camp Session 4: Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17
Member Registration $300, General Registration $400
PLEASE NOTE: All sessions of Summer Art Camp 2026 are sold out as of Friday, March 13.
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