New Orleans Museum of Art

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday
2026-08-15 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-08-22 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-08-29 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-09-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-09-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-09-26 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Public Tours in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Sunday
2026-08-16 10:30, 2026-08-23 10:30, 2026-08-30 10:30 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
NOMA provides guided tours of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden every Saturday. During these tours, you’ll learn about a selection of the 100 large-scale works installed in the garden.
No registration is required. NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to all, seven days a week. Tours start at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive.

Tai Chi in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Monday
2026-08-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-08-24 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-08-31 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner-friendly, outdoor tai chi classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The first 30 minutes of class focus on simple celestial elemental Qigong forms, a gentle and accessible style of movement suitable for anyone. The second part of class explores progressive sequential movements from the “Tai Chi Easy” form developed by Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., director of Integral Institute of Tai Chi and Qigong Center.
In many martial, exercise, healing, and meditative traditions, attainment is the central aim. Our invitation is something different: to release, through the spirit of play, any obstruction that separates us from well being and harmony.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Tai chi participants meet at the garden entrance on the corner of Collins Diboll Circle and Enrique Alferez Drive, across the street from Café NOMA. Please bring a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please also bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Monday classes: register online by 3pm the day of class.
For Wednesday classes: register online by 3pm on the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Tai Chi in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Wednesday
2026-08-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-08-26 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-09-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-09-09 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-09-16 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-09-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-09-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Louisiana

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Wednesday
2026-08-19 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-08-26 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-09-02 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-09-09 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-09-16 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-09-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner-friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Musical Encounters: August 26
2026-08-26 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us for NOMA’s Musical Encounters Gallery Talk series, where local musicians and scholars host conversations connecting their practice to works on view in the museum’s collection. This year’s Musical Encounters gallery talks will take place at 6 pm on Wednesdays April 1, June 10, August 26, and November 11.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. No registration is required for this event series.

About the Speaker
More information about this Musical Encounters gallery talk will be available soon. Please check this page for updates.
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Book Club: Libre by Skye Jackson
2026-09-10 12:00 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions.
This month’s book club selection is Libre by Skye Jackson, a soaring collection of poems that deftly explores the familial, personal, and societal relationships of a young Black woman trying to make her way in a fraught world.
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About NOMA’s Book Club
NOMA’s book club 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 to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.
Books are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop, where museum members receive a 10% discount.
Meetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions, please email programs@noma.org.

About the Book
Libre
Freedom reverberates in Skye Jackson’s breathtaking debut, Libre, with evocative poems that are heart-wrenching, haunting, sensual, and tender. This collection explores the experiences of a young Black woman in New Orleans as she navigates the pull of familial and romantic relationships, celebrating the joys of Blackness, art, and friendship. Libre also includes Jackson’s award-winning poem “can we touch your hair?” which was hand selected by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project.
An acolyte of Sade and Stevie Nicks, Jackson muses on microaggressions, interracial relationships, and the endless intricacies of Black women’s hair as she rails against loss, random violence, and the dark expectations that society often places upon people of color. She roams each room of the heart, open and unafraid of what she might find behind every door. Through it all, this debut shines as the poetry refracts and reflects like a mirror leaving nothing unseen.
-description from Simon & Schuster
About the Author
Skye Jackson is an award-winning writer and editor from New Orleans, LA, whose poetry has appeared in The Southern Review, Rattle, Green Mountains Review, and was hand selected by Billy Collins for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project. In 2023, she was a finalist for the Iowa Review Poetry Award. She currently teaches at Xavier University.
