Gallery Talk with Polo Silk

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Concert by Majid Bekkas

A master of Gnawa music in Morocco, Majid Bekkas has performed worldwide with different jazz fusion bands and played with Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, and Joachim Kuhn, among many other musicians.

Recurring

Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10)

Join us this fall for Studio KIDS! art-making workshops for youth ages 6–10. Meet at the museum on select Saturday mornings to take a look at artworks in the galleries and practice your own art-making skills with a NOMA teaching artist. Registration includes all art-making materials.

Member Sale at the NOMA Museum Shop

Start your holiday shopping early! NOMA members save 20% off all regular-priced items and get first access to 70% markdowns in the NOMA Museum Shop.

Louise Bourgeois Lecture by Clare Davies

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In conjunction with the exhibition Louise Bourgeois: Paintings, NOMA presents a special lecture with Clare Davies, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Virtual Book Club Discussion: The Warmth of Other Suns

The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It 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!

Archival Preservation: Family Photographs Workshop

Join experts from New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Photo Alliance, Louisiana State University, and the Historic New Orleans Collection to learn about best practices for preservation of family photograph collections. Following presentations, participants will have the opportunity to bring a limited number of family photographs, in a variety of formats, to be digitized and brought home that day. NOMA will not keep any copies of digitized photographs.

First Fridays at NOMA: House Party

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

#ExploreNOMA after hours. The museum is open late night for an evening packed with musical performances, gallery tours, special pop-ups, and a full bar.

Recurring

Baby Artsplay! (12–24 Months)

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA

Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) presents a free six-part workshop series for children ages 12–24 months and their caregivers—inspired by works on view at NOMA!

Odyssey: To Your Heart’s Content Presented by First Horizon

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Odyssey celebrates and enhances the New Orleans Museum of Art in an evening of unparalleled elegance. Critically important to the museum and the wide community it serves, Odyssey raises the funds necessary to support NOMA’s internationally recognized exhibitions and educational programs.