Workshops & Classes
Elders Sacred Talk Series with Merline Kimble and Hearreast J. Harrison
NOMA’s Art Thrives initiative and the Congo Square Preservation Society present the Elders Sacred Talk Series with prolific elder New Orleanians, celebrating the lives they lead while learning firsthand about the impact they’ve had on the city.
Poetry Workshops with Creative Assembly Cohort Member Daniel Fitzpatrick
This three-week series of workshops hosted by Creative Assembly Cohort member Daniel Fitzpatrick aims to give poets of all ages and experience levels the space to write. In NOMA's permanent collection galleries, participants will explore a few techniques that can help to cultivate a habit of poetry and jumpstart new writing. Participants will also discuss ways that visual art can help to understand different approaches to poetry, and how the space between images and words can open windows into the self.
Poetry Workshops with Creative Assembly Cohort Member Daniel Fitzpatrick
This three-week series of workshops hosted by Creative Assembly Cohort member Daniel Fitzpatrick aims to give poets of all ages and experience levels the space to write. In NOMA's permanent collection galleries, participants will explore a few techniques that can help to cultivate a habit of poetry and jumpstart new writing. Participants will also discuss ways that visual art can help to understand different approaches to poetry, and how the space between images and words can open windows into the self.
Poetry Workshops with Creative Assembly Cohort Member Daniel Fitzpatrick
This three-week series of workshops hosted by Creative Assembly Cohort member Daniel Fitzpatrick aims to give poets of all ages and experience levels the space to write. In NOMA's permanent collection galleries, participants will explore a few techniques that can help to cultivate a habit of poetry and jumpstart new writing. Participants will also discuss ways that visual art can help to understand different approaches to poetry, and how the space between images and words can open windows into the self.
Fi Yi Yi Forever: A Retirement Celebration Honoring The Life and Legacy of Big Chief Victor Harris
The Congo Square Preservation Society and the New Orleans Museum of Art invite you to celebrate the retirement of Big Chief Victor Harris after 59 years as a Black Masking Indian with a short film presentation, panel discussion, and a live African drumming performance.
Social Emotional Learning Workshop (Ages 6 and Up)
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an educational framework to help foster social skills that develop and maintain healthy relationships with self and others. SEL at NOMA connects ideas like empathy and self-esteem with the artists and artworks in the museum’s permanent collection or featured in special exhibitions. Designed for children ages 6 and up.
Wellness Through Mindfulness
Join Dr. Jayashree Rao at NOMA for an eight-week mindfulness course. Combining scientific research and in-person practice, participants will explore the many facets and benefits of mindfulness techniques.
Art in the Afternoon (For Families)
Spend the afternoon at the museum learning about an object from NOMA’s permanent collection or a special exhibition, engaging in art-making activities, and enjoying a story with teaching artists.
Wellness Through Mindfulness
Join Dr. Jayashree Rao at NOMA for an eight-week mindfulness course. Combining scientific research and in-person practice, participants will explore the many facets and benefits of mindfulness techniques.
Wellness Through Mindfulness
Join Dr. Jayashree Rao at NOMA for an eight-week mindfulness course. Combining scientific research and in-person practice, participants will explore the many facets and benefits of mindfulness techniques.
Wellness Through Mindfulness
Join Dr. Jayashree Rao at NOMA for an eight-week mindfulness course. Combining scientific research and in-person practice, participants will explore the many facets and benefits of mindfulness techniques.
Perspectives: A Neighborhood Photography Workshop with Paige DeVries (Off-Site)
UNO St. Claude Gallery 2429 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA, United StatesIn this off-site workshop with 2023–24 Creative Assembly Cohort artist Paige DeVries, participants will view the artist’s solo show on view at UNO St. Claude Gallery (2429 St. Claude Avenue) and discuss how the artist uses photography from her phone to inform her work as a painter.