New Orleans Museum of Art

LOVE in the Garden Presented by Frischhertz
2025-11-07 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
You’re Invited to
Light up the Night at
LOVE IN THE GARDEN
PRESENTED BY
FRISCHHERTZ
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Patron Party | 7 pm – 8 pm
Garden Party | 8 pm – 11 pm
Honorary Chairs

Ellen and Stephen Frischhertz
Janet and Jimmy Frischhertz
Lori and Kevin Frischhertz

Join us on Friday, November 7, in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden as we celebrate LOVE in the Garden Presented by Frischhertz.
This year marks an exciting relaunch for LOVE in the Garden since the last event in 2023. We are thrilled that Frischhertz is LOVE’s presenting sponsor as we transition this event to a cooler time of year–Friday, November 7th–and plan an expanded celebration.
Funds raised during LOVE in the Garden provide critical support to NOMA’s exhibitions, programs, and educational initiatives all year round.

Tickets
Please Note: Tickets for tonight’s event are no longer available online. See below for door ticket prices.
Patron Party Tickets | $175

Grants ticket holders access to the event from 7 pm – 11 pm

Garden Party Tickets | $125

Grants ticket holders access to the event from 8 pm – 11 pm

For more information about LOVE in the Garden, please email love@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Music and Entertainment
Live musical performances from the New Orleans-based yacht rock outfit Where Y’acht and the Javier Olondo Trio
Where Y’acht
Javier Olondo Trio
Participating Restaurants

Aunt Sally’s Pralines
Addis NOLA
The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar
Café Degas
Café NOMA
Highly Seasoned Catering, LLC
Magasin Kitchen / Sprout and Press
Nothing Bundt Cakes-Metairie
The Vintage
Zocalo Mexican Restaurant
LOVE Cocktail Challenge
This year’s competitors in the LOVE Cocktail Challenge are:

Challenger Name
Cocktail Theme and Name

Sho Shonna Jackson
Lust, “I Want to Lick This”

Francisco Miralda
Love-Hate, “Mi Amor Intenso / My Fierce Love”

Christina Ramirez
Forbidden Love, “Close Proximity”

Jasmin Simmons-Edmond
Unconditional Love, “Sweet Waters”

Thank You to Our Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Gold

Walda Besthoff
CAPTRUST
Goldring Family Foundation

Silver

Lucy Burnett and Gregory Holt
Keith Fox and Tom Keyes
Katie and Gray Stream

Bronze
Claws Out NOLA
First Lady of the New World: A Novel by Richard Robbins
Kathleen and Patrick Waring

Benefactor
Anonymous
Red River Bank
Valerie Besthoff
Melissa Dovie
Catherine and David Edwards
Gas and Supply
Julie and Ted George
Susan and James Gundlach
Sonia Gupta
Anne S. Kock
James Kock
Millie and Robert Kohn
Janet and Kevin Krane
Ray Lagasse
Lee Ledbetter & Associates
Kay McArdle
Donna and Ben Rosen
Julia and Dr. Charlves V. Sanders
Lisa and David Schlakman
Kenya and Tod Smith
Susu and Andrew Stall
Janis Van Meerveld and Charles Cerise
Elizabeth and James Williams

Contributors
Faustina A. Balthazar
Alvin R. Albe, Jr., and Virginia Boulet
Sheila O. and Hugh M. Collins
Robin and Albert Crutcher
Anthony Currera
René J. Fransen and Edward Bonin
Gary Hovind
Beverly Katz
Paul E. Knight
Georgianna and THomas May
Brenda and Michael Moffitt
Susanne and David Purvis
Mimi and Claude Schlesinger
Jackie and Bruce Shreves
Carly Smith
Jackie Sullivan
Rodger Wheaton
Marcella and Patrick Willis
Lele and Brent Wood
Ellen and Mark Yellin

Become a LOVE in the Garden Sponsor
Contributor Individual | $200

Recognition as a Contributor of the event
Reserved seating with one (1) ticket to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Sponsor recognition on table signage, printed invitations and on NOMA website

Become a Supporter
Contributor Couple | $400

Recognition as a Contributor of the event
Reserved seating with two (2) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Sponsor recognition on table signage, printed invitations and on NOMA website

Become a Supporter Couple
Benefactor | $1,200

Recognition as a Benefactor of the event
Reserved table with six (6) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Sponsor recognition on table signage, printed invitations and on NOMA website

Become a Benefactor
Bronze | $2,500

Recognition as Bronze Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with twelve (12) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Single use of NOMA Woldenberg Foundation Board Room for a private event within one year
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2025/2026 season
Sponsor recognition on event promotion: including 2,500 printed invitations, event table signage, email communication and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website and is promoted via email, Instagram, and Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

Become a Bronze Sponsor
Silver | $5,000

Recognition as Silver Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with twenty (20) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Single use of NOMA Woldenberg Foundation Board Room for a private event within one year
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2025/2026 season
Sponsor recognition on event promotion: including 2,500 printed invitations, event table signage, email communication and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website and is promoted via email, Instagram, and Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

Become a Silver Sponsor
Gold | $10,000

Recognition as Gold Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with thirty (30) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Single use of NOMA Woldenberg Foundation Board Room for a private event within one year
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2025/2026 season
Sponsor recognition on event promotion: including 2,500 printed invitations, event table signage, email communication and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website and is promoted via email, Instagram, and Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

Become a Gold Sponsor
Lead Sponsor | $25,000

Recognition as Lead Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with forty (40) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Single use of NOMA Woldenberg Foundation Board Room for a private event within one year
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2025/2026 season
Sponsor recognition on event promotion: including 2,500 printed invitations, event table signage, email communication and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website and is promoted via email, Instagram, and Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

Become a Lead Sponsor

NOMA Museum Shop: Cyber Week Sale
2025-11-26 08:00 - 2025-12-01 17:00 | NOMA Museum Shop
This Wednesday, November 26 – Monday, December 1, Cyber Week 2025 is happening on the NOMA Museum Shop’s site.
During this online-only sale, shoppers can save 15% off site-wide on shop.noma.org, including custom NOMA permanent collection prints, and can receive free shipping on purchases of $100 or more.
Looking for some holiday-shopping inspiration? Check out the NOMA Museum Shop’s 2025 Gift Guide.
(Note: For holiday purchases, online orders must be placed by Thursday, December 18, to receive your gifts by Wednesday, December 24.)

NOMA Museum Shop: Museum Store Sunday Sale
2025-11-30 10:00 - 2025-12-05 17:00 | NOMA Museum Shop
On Sunday, November 30, NOMA Museum Shop is offering special Museum Store Sunday deals for in-person shoppers.
Get 15% off of in-store purchases* this day and receive a FREE tote bag with purchases of $100+. NOMA Members can save even more this day with 20% off their entire purchase.
BECOME A NOMA MEMBER
*Please note: Discount is only valid on regular-priced merchandise. Items on sale or consignment are excluded. All purchases from the NOMA Museum Shop help fund museum programs and initiatives.
Looking for some holiday-shopping inspiration? Check out the NOMA Museum Shop’s 2025 Gift Guide before you stop by.

PhotoNOLA 2025: Chasing the Light: A Life Through Photographs Documentary Screening, Q&A, and Photography Exhibition Tours
2025-12-10 17:45 - 20:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
In the story of photography in New Orleans, few people have had as meaningful an impact as photographer and gallerist Joshua Mann Pailet. Since opening in 1973, A Gallery for Fine Photography has become the longest continual operational gallery dedicated to fine art photography in the United States. Pailet has shepherded photographs into countless public and private collections, including the New Orleans Museum of Art. His own work behind the camera is also counted among important institutional collections throughout the country.
On Wednesday, December 10, join us at NOMA for a special screening of the new documentary film Chasing the Light: A Life Through Photographs, celebrating the life and career of Pailet. Presented as the opening event of PhotoNOLA 2025, the film will be followed by a short question and answer session with NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs Brian Piper and Joshua Mann Pailet.
This screening and Q&A will be preceeded by pop-up tours by Piper of current photography exhibitions on view: Nicolas Floc’h: Flueves-Ocean Mississippi Watershed, Dawoud Bey: Elegy, and The View from Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Registration is recommended.
REGISTER NOW
IMAGE CREDIT: Joshua Mann Pailet. All Conversions Approximate, 1983. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Mrs. P. Rousell Norman, 86.319.39

Schedule of Events
5:45 PM: pop-up exhibition tours of Nicolas Floc’h: Flueves-Ocean Mississippi Watershed, Dawoud Bey: Elegy, and The View from Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape with NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings Brian Piper
6:45 PM: Screening of Chasing the Light in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Performing Arts. Q&A with Piper and Pailet to follow.

About the Film
Chasing the Light: A Life Through Photographs, Dir. Constance Lewis (Run time: 60 Minutes)
Chasing the Light: A Life Through Photographs offers an intimate look into the world of celebrated New Orleans photographer and photography dealer, Joshua Mann Pailet. The film is a visual journey set against the vibrant backdrop of New Orleans’ French Quarter and other iconic locations. The documentary reveals the passion, struggles, and triumphs of a life devoted to photography, showcasing Pailet’s unique perspective and his significant contributions to the art world.
Chasing the Light is directed by Constance Lewis and produced with support from Art Span Nola.

About PhotoNOLA
PhotoNOLA is an annual celebration of photography in New Orleans produced by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with museums, galleries, and alternative venues citywide. Showcasing work by photographers near and far, the festival includes exhibitions, workshops, lectures, a portfolio review, gala, and more. PhotoNOLA draws hundreds of photography professionals to the city to partake in a variety of educational programs and reaches broadly into the local community with exhibitions and events that are largely free and open to the public.
See the full schedule at photonola.org.

About Art Span NOLA
Art Span NOLA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We provide valuable resources and collaborative opportunities for contemporary artists. While our roots are in New Orleans, our outreach spans multiple cities. We are also committed to showcasing and sharing the rich history, creativity, and cultural depth of New Orleans through artistic exchange and collaboration.
Learn more at artspannola.org.

Science Meets Art with the American Geophysical Union
2025-12-17 17:30 - 19:00
On Wednesday, December 17, come to NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a one of a kind evening of hands-on creativity! In collaboration with the American Geophysical Union, we will host activity booths from 8 national science organizations teaching about renewable energy, space, the polar regions and beyond. This is an all-ages program, so lovers of science, art, and learning can come together to expand their understanding of our world and universe.
We are excited to host:

NASA Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) mission
NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT)
SHIELD NASA DRIVE Center
NASA PUNCH mission
COFFIES NASA DRIVE Center
Polar STEAM
Adler Planetarium
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Before and during the activities, we invite attendants to visit our special exhibitions and permanent collection that connect to the Geophysical Sciences:

Dawoud Bey: Elegy
The View from Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape
Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed
Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA

This program is included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. Visitors with an AGU conference badge will receive a discount on admission with their badge. Registration is recommended for this program.
REGISTER NOW

Schedule of Activities
NASA Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) mission will host a table where visitors can learn about the dynamic layers of the Sun using the water-marbling paint method. Get creative and take home your own unique creation!
NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) is hosting an activity about how the sun affects everything and everyone in the solar system. Guests will be able to make a bracelet with UV beads to see how the sun affects us every day. Guests will also learn about the different experiences and perspectives people from Alaska to Navajo Nation have of the sun, seasons, and auroras.
SHIELD NASA DRIVE Center will have a table on “Heliophysics: Exploring the Outer Solar System and Beyond.” Learn about how NASA studies solar activity and its impact on the Earth, the other planets, and the outer portion of the solar system.
NASA PUNCH mission will be hosted by team members from NASA’s PUNCH mission! They will host hands-on activities related to the PUNCH Outreach Ancient and Modern Sun-watching theme.
COFFIES NASA DRIVE Center will host a table with activities and information.
Polar STEAM staff and fellows will engage attendees of all ages with hands-on activities and interactive materials that highlight the science, art, and storytelling emerging from polar research. Visitors may also have the opportunity to try on Extreme Cold Weather gear and pose for photos, offering a fun and tangible glimpse into life and work in the polar regions.
Adler Planetarium will guide guest in assembling a fun tool to use in the art museum and to take home! Investigate light and color, decode secret messages, and see how astronomers use similar special tools in their telescopes to gather information about distant objects in space.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will host live Micro-Demos from REDi Island—short interactive tours highlighting how water and related energy technologies appear in familiar community settings. Design Your Own Island is a creative mapping activity where visitors build their own mini version of REDi Island to explore how communities balance energy, environment, and design.
NREL will also host a table where you can Draw Your Future Energy Job — an imaginative art station inviting visitors to illustrate what their dream role could be on REDi Island (engineer, artist, diver, data scientist, designer, and more), encouraging curiosity about future careers and the intersection of art and science.

About the American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in the Earth and space sciences.
Through broad and inclusive partnerships, AGU aims to advance discovery and solution science that accelerate knowledge and create solutions that are ethical, unbiased and respectful of communities and their values. Our programs include serving as a scholarly publisher, convening virtual and in-person events and providing career support. We live our values in everything we do, such as our net zero energy renovated building in Washington, D.C. and our Ethics and Equity Center, which fosters a diverse and inclusive geoscience community to ensure responsible conduct.
