Costume workshop for 1811 Slave Rebellion reenactment with Antenna and ricRack Inc.
Volunteers are invited to assist in the creation of costumes for the Slave Rebellion Reenactment scheduled to take place in November 2019. All skill levels of sewing are welcome to participate. Advance registration is requested.
Gallery Talk: Decorative arts with Curator Mel Buchanan
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about NOMA's decorative arts collection.
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.
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. Sited on twelve acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Screening of Shirin Neshat’s Looking for Oum Kulthum | Music by Joy Clark | Artful Palate cooking demonstration
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.
Gallery Talk: You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
As the photography exhibition You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place concludes, Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper will discuss the themes evident in the selection of images from NOMA’s permanent collection. The exhibition explores photography’s complicated relationship to the places it represents, the places in which it is created, and the places in which we experience it.
Friday Nights at NOMA: French Fête | Photographer’s Perspective with Jonathan Traviesa | Artful Palate cooking demonstration
Celebrate the French joie de vivre with an evening of art, music, dance, food, film, and children's activities. All galleries, Café NOMA, and the Museum Shop remain open until 9 pm for an evening of special programs.
Gallery Talk: Bodies of Knowledge with Curator Katie Pfohl
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge.
Gallery Talk about Wafaa Bilal’s 168:01
NOMA curators will be present to discuss artist Wafaa Bilal’s interactive installation 168:01 on view in the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge. The work is comprised of a large bookshelf filled with blank, white books which symbolizes the burning and looting of libraries in Baghdad during the 2003 American invasion of Iraq. Museum visitors are invited to transform the shelves from austere white to color by donating a book that will ultimately be shipped to Baghdad.
Safar musical performance with Mahmoud Chouki and Helen Gillet
Throughout the run of Bodies of Knowledge, Mahmoud Chouki will create a new musical composition and series of site-specific performances for the exhibition, collectively titled Safar, that explore how music can speak across cultural divides to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West. Chouki will be joined by New Orleans-based Belgian cellist, composer, and singer Helen Gillet.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Screening of Shirin Neshat’s Women Without Men | Music by Lucho | Artful Palate cooking demonstration
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open until 9 pm.
Artist’s Choice Film Series: La Jetée
Bodies of Knowledge brings together ten international contemporary artists to reflect on the role that language plays in archiving and asserting our cultural identities. In conjunction with this exhibition, NOMA will be screening movies selected by these artists that reflect their inspirations, interests, and ideals. Manon Bellet has selected La Jetée, a French science-fiction short film from 1962.