Museum Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.
Film Screening and Conversation: World AIDS Day
The New Orleans Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for the thirtieth annual Day With(out) Art by presenting STILL BEGINNING, a program of seven newly commissioned videos responding to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic, followed by a panel discussion.
Gallery Talk: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend with Conservator Howard Sutcliffe
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join textile conservator Howard Sutcliffe as he discusses his work within the exhibition The Quilts of Gee's Bend.
Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.
Studio KIDS!
This fall, Studio KIDS presents “Text and Textures” art classes for kids on select Saturday mornings from 10 am to noon. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art-making techniques. Studio KIDS explore art in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden as inspiration for an art project they complete in each session. Advance registration required.
Gallery Talk on Inventing Acadia with Kelly Presutti
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Kelly Presutti, an art scholar who contributed to the catalog for Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana, as she describes her research into the exhibition.
Fragmented Landscapes Film Series
On four select Saturdays at 2 pm throughout the run of Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana, NOMA will screen a series of films by Deltaworkers collectively titled Fragmented Landscapes. The films present landscape as a way to communicate ideas about representation and political histories. Join us on January 18 at 2 pm.
Gallery Talk: Ancestors in Stone with Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba
Join Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba for a discussion about Ancestors in Stone, an exhibition centered upon a recently acquired akwanshi stone monolith from the Cross River region of Nigeria.
Artist’s Perspective: Photographer Lily Brooks discusses Tina Freeman: Lamentations
Throughout the exhibition of photographs in Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic by Tina Freeman, fellow artists, including photographer Lily Brooks, will offer their perspective on the subject matter.
Arts & Letters: Environmental Justice in New Orleans
Thomas Beller, an author, journalist and associate professor of English at Tulane University, will be in conversation with Monique Harden, Assistant Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, on the subject of her work exposing the secret hiding places of toxic waste in New Orleans, past and present.
PhotoNOLA Keynote Address: Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick
In conjunction with the citywide PhotoNOLA Festival, NOMA will host the keynote address by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, a husband-and-wife team of New Orleans-based photographers born and raised in the Lower Ninth Ward who have documented Louisiana and its people for more than 35 years. Seat reservations are requested.
Scent-Blending Workshop with Xodo Botanicals
In conjunction with the exhibition Inventing Acadia, scent specialist Jane Bleecker of Xodo Botanicals and visual artist Hannah Chalew invite you to explore your own relationship with scent and sensory memories with this hands-on scent-blending workshop. Participants will be given the opportunity to work with essential oils, native raw materials, and a variety of other...