Friday Nights at NOMA | Don’t Look Now movie screening
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. 5 to 7:30 pm: Art on the Spot (in the Garden) 5 to 7:30 pm: Music by Disko Obscura (in the Garden) 6 pm: Docent guided tour of A Life of Seduction: Venice...
Studio KIDS!
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAAspiring artists, get ready to sharpen your creative skills! This Spring, students will explore art made by diverse cultures as inspiration for art projects.
Taylor Scholars Family Day
Join us for a a special Family Day at NOMA that celebrates the academic achievements and excellence shown by Taylor Scholars throughout Louisiana, all of whom are eligible for free admission. A full day of activities for students, families, and educators of all ages is planned throughout the galleries and Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Schedule of Events All...
StoryQuest
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LASpark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2017 schedule and reading list has been announced. Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to...
Noontime Talk: “Decorative Arts at NOMA,” with Curator Mel Buchanan
Join Curator Mel Buchanan as she leads visitors through the newly reimagined Lupin Foundation Decorative Arts Galleries, a multiphase work in progress. Included is a dazzling large display of glass vessels from the Melvin P. Billups collection. Billups assembled one of America’s most important glass collections in the 1950s, amassing more than 1,000 pieces that cover...
Friday Nights at NOMA | Documentary Film: The Ghost Army | Music by Joe Cabral Thrio
Friday Nights at NOMA presents the documentary film The Ghost Army in tribute to World War II veteran and lifelong printmaking artist Jim Steg, the subject of a NOMA retrospective. Music by The Joe Cabral Thrio, an Art on the Spot family-activity table, and a docent tour are also among the evening's offerings.
Create Late
Exclusively for adults, Create Late allows participants a chance to unwind in an artist-led workshop. Two drink tickets are included in the registration fee.
Memorial Day Special Opening Hours
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open for Memorial Day from noon to 5 p.m. Visitors are welcome to view all galleries and current special exhibitions, including: NEW at NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in Modern and Contemporary Art Jim Steg: New Work Regina Scully | Japanese Landscape: Inner Journeys
Noontime Talk: Regina Scully | Japanese Landscape: Inner Journeys, with Regina Scully and Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord
Abstract artist Regina Scully and Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord guide visitors through an exhibition of Scully's paintings displayed alongside 17th and 18th-century Edo period Japanese scrollworks.
Friday Nights at NOMA | Music by Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton
Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton will perform a jazzy repertoire ranging from Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton to Stevie Wonder and
Randy Newman. All galleries and Café NOMA will be open till 9 p.m. A docent tour and the popular Art on the Spot family activity table round out the evening.
Noontime Talk: Jim Steg: New Work, with Curator Russell Lord
Curator Russell Lord will discuss the works of New Orleans' preeminent 20th-century printmaker Jim Steg. The retrospective Jim Steg: New Work spans the career of the artist, from his sketches as an art student and World War II soldier to his experimental works using a variety of media as a Newcomb College professor from the...