Workshops & Classes
Fashion Illustration with Artist Rhonda Corley
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAExplore the art of fashion illustration with artist Rhonda Corley on select Wednesday evenings inside the exhibition Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour.
Art Thrives: Drawing on Sculpture (Ages 55 and up)
Drawing on Sculpture is a workshop that will guide you from sketching in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden to creating sculpture in our art studio as you learn how to think and work in three dimensions. This workshop will be taught over three Saturdays on September 23, September 30, and October 7 by teaching artist Chicory Miles. Using a variety of materials, you will learn to understand the lines, shapes, and forms in space.
Art Thrives Ring-Making Workshop
Yaya Arts Center 3322 LaSalle Street, New Orleans, LA, United StatesNOMA’s Art Thrives program creates opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new skills while building community and having fun. Join us at the YAYA Art Center for our two-day ring-making workshop where you’ll learn the basics of metalsmithing.
Elders Sacred Talk Series with Bill Summers and Nana Anoa
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us for a panel discussion with two prolific New Orleans elders: award winning percussionist Bill Summers and Nana Anoa Nantambu, educator and community leader. Presented by the Congo Square Preservation Society and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Art Thrives Color Theory Workshop (Ages 55 and up)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LANOMA’s Art Thrives program creates opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new skills while building community and having fun. This workshop will begin your exploration of color by introducing basic color theory and how to mix colors.
Elders Sacred Talk Series with Ronnie Moore and Doratha “Dodie” Smith Simmons
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us on November 1, at 5:30 pm in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for the third program in the the Elders Sacred Talk Series featuring our third two honorees of the series.
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.