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.
Gallery Talk on In Two Canoe | Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
Join us for gallery talks across the museum discussing and inspired by Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined. Each month will host a talk with artists, curators, and other special guests.
Urban Mosaics: Kr3wcial and Charm Taylor Live at the Museum
Creative Assembly Cohort artists Kr3wcial and Charm Taylor present “Urban Mosaics,” an unforgettable night of hip-hop at the museum that reflects the cultural vibrancy of New Orleans’s neighborhoods.
MARI Presents “Beyond the Beautiful Map: Toward Large-Scale Modeling and Community-Engaged Settlement Pattern Research”
In celebration of the centennial of the Middle America Research Institute (MARI), NOMA is hosting the opening event with a lecture by director Dr. Marcello A. Canuto.
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.
Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond.
Public Tours of Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
After you see the spectacular floral installations during Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon, explore Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined with a guided tour led by NOMA’s docents and staff.
POSTPONED — Studio KIDS! | Process Over Product (Ages 6–9 and 10–12)
Join us at the museum on select weekend mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from artwork in the galleries or Besthoff Sculpture Garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist.
Gallery Talk with Curatorial Fellow Laura Ochoa Rincon
This week, join Laura Ochoa Rincon, Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow for a conversation about the exhibition Rebellious Spirits: Prohibition and Resistance in the South.
Book Club Discussion | Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book!
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.
NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Presented by Hancock Whitney
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a fun, festive, rain-or-shine event for families featuring art activities, crafts, games, face painting, food, drinks, sweets, music, and much more.