Talks & Tours
Gallery Talk: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord – CANCELED
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs/Curator of Asian Art, will discuss the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society.
Gallery Talk: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon with Fan Zhang, Asian Art Institute at Tulane University – CANCELED
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Fan Zhang, professor of practice at the Asian Art Institute at Tulane University, will discuss the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society.
Artist’s Perspective with Rose Bratcher on Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon – CANCELED
Throughout the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, artists influenced by Asian aesthetics will offer their perspective on the objects on view. Rose Bratcher is an ensō painter and a monk at the New Orleans Zen Temple.
Japanese Way of Tea demonstration with Naomi Yoder – CANCELED
In conjunction with the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, Naomi Yoder, a board member of the Japan Society of New Orleans who holds an intermediate license with the Urasenke Tea School, will demonstrate a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
Gallery Talk: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon with Richard Collins, New Orleans Zen Temple – CANCELED
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Richard Collins, abbot of the New Orleans Zen Temple, will discuss the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society.
Collins is a former RosaMary Professor of English at Xavier University and Dean Emeritus of the School of Arts and Humanities at Cal State University Bakersfield, he is the author or editor of several books, including No Fear Zen and Mushotoku Mind: The Heart of the Heart Sutra.
Virtual Preview of Mending the Sky
Grab your favorite beverage and join Katie Pfohl, Curator of Contemporary Art, and Nic Brierre Aziz, Community Engagement Curator, for a virtual happy hour preview of a forthcoming exhibition, Mending the Sky. The virtual preview will be hosted on Zoom on Friday, September 18 at 6 pm. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants for access to the free virtual program. Registration will close at 5 pm on Friday, September 18.
Virtual Lunch Hour Preview of Mending the Sky
Grab your lunch and participate in a virtual online preview of our forthcoming exhibition Mending the Sky. Enroll in a Zoom video conference for Tuesday, September 22, from 12 to 1 pm with curator Katie Pfohl and community engagement curator Nic Brierre Aziz as they describe works by eleven contemporary artists that address themes of calamity and regeneration.
New Photography Virtual Lunch Hour Preview
Join NOMA for an exhibition preview during lunch hour for our fall exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. Sign up to join the Zoom video session on Monday, November 2, from 12 to 1 pm with Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints and Drawings, and Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, as they share the work of four contemporary photographers and discuss themes from the exhibition. Questions and feedback are encouraged.
New Photography Happy Hour Preview
Join NOMA for an exhibition preview during happy hour for our fall exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. Sign up to join the Zoom video session on Thursday, November 5, from 6 to 6 pm with Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints and Drawings, and Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, as they share the work of four contemporary photographers and discuss themes from the exhibition. Questions and feedback are encouraged.
Virtual Artist Conversation with Roberto Lugo
Dynamic ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator Roberto Lugo will join NOMA curators for a live Zoom discussion. Advance registration is required.
NOMA Reset: Mending the Sky – An Astrological Perspective
As a part of the NOMA Reset program series, astrologer and herbalist practitioner Myrto Daskaloudi will lead an introduction to the history of astrology going back to ancient Mesopotamia, North...
CreativeMornings: Craig Klein
Join CreativeMornings on Friday, July 30, for a virtual talk by musician Craig Klein, streamed from NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.