Workshops & Classes
Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10): Wind Sculpture Mobiles
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth and pre-teen art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from an artwork in the galleries or garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
Studio KIDS! (Ages 11–13): Wind Sculpture Mobiles
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth and pre-teen art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from an artwork in the galleries or garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
Art Thrives Shakespeare Alive! Showcase
NOMA’s Art Thrives program aims to create opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new creative skills while building community and having fun in the process. Over four weeks, participants worked with teaching artists and museum staff to learn hand-building techniques while exploring the progression of ceramics over the past 200 years.
Art Thrives: Sewing and Design (Ages 55 and Up)
Participants will work with professional sewists to learn technical sewing skills while drawing inspiration from Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour, using imagination and resourcefulness to design and create projects they are proud of.
Art Thrives: Watercolor Plein-air Painting Workshop (Ages 55 and Up)
Within the beautiful setting of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, learn the basics of handling watercolor as a medium while focusing on the fundamentals of plein-air painting.
Art Thrives Sewing and Design Showcase
NOMA’s Art Thrives program aims to create opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new creative skills while building community and having fun in the process. Over four weeks, participants worked with teaching artists and museum staff to learn hand-building techniques while exploring the progression of ceramics over the past 200 years.
Elders Sacred Talk Series with Kalamu ya Salaam and Big Chief Victor Harris
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us for a panel discussion with two prolific New Orleans elders: poet and scholar Kalamu ya Salaam and Big Chief Victor Harris, the oldest Black Masking Indian in New Orleans. Presented by the Congo Square Preservation Society and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
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.