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.
StoryQuest
Spark 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.
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 1940s through the 1990s.
NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
Join 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...
Friday Nights at NOMA: “Hidden Musicians of Venice: The Fascinating Story of Vivaldi’s All-Female Orchestra,” a lecture by Kim Teter
In conjunction with the exhibition A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s, author Kim Teter will share her research on the little-known history of Antonio Vivaldi's all-female orchestra that he led from an orphanage in Venice. A trio of classical musicians from Loyola University will also entertain visitors in the Great Hall. Upstairs a Teen Poetry Slam will be held in the Contemporary Galleries.
Give NOLA Day at NOMA
A day of activities celebrating NOMA's role in the community are planned for Give NOLA Day, a citywide, online effort to raise funds for nonprofits. Join docent tours, a scavenger hunt in the sculpture garden, and savor a special menu item at Café NOMA.
Noontime Talk: Decorative Arts at NOMA, with Curator Mel Buchanan
Curator Mel Buchanan will lead visitors through the newly installed Decorative Arts Gallery, where NOMA's renowned collection of
Friday Nights at NOMA: “Reinstalling the Decorative Arts at NOMA,” A gallery talk with Curator Mel Buchanan | Music by Carlo Ditta and Friends
Friday Nights at NOMA offers an array of opportunities during extended museum hours. Curator Mel Buchanan will lead a tour through the newly reimagined Lupin Foundation Decorative Arts Galleries. In the Great Hall, Carlo Ditta and Friends will entertain visitors. The Art on the Spot activity table is set up for young visitors and all galleries are open till 9 p.m.
Noontime Talk: A Life of Seduction, Venice in the 1700s, with Curator Vanessa Schmid
Join Vanessa Schmid, Senior Research Curator for European Art, as she gives a Noontime Talk on the exhibition, A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s. Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the galleries given by NOMA curators and special guests. A Life of Seduction: Venice in the...
The Spider Queen, a world-premiere play by The NOLA Project
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LAIn this highly fantastical new play, a rebellious teenager on a mission to discover the truth about her father’s death and a squeamish park ranger who just wants to maintain some order find themselves accidentally thrust into a hidden fantasy realm full of exotic creatures, nefarious villains, and a giant spider who rules the land....
NOMA Book Club Field Trip: Latin American Library at Tulane University
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library 7001 Freret St., New Orleans, LA, United StatesJoin 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...
Masquerade: Late Night at NOMA
A costume bash replete with live music, a cocktail bar, Carnival parading groups, drag performers, and tours of the exhibition A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s will keep NOMA in a party mode till midnight.