Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan
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.
Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds Book Signing
NOMA Museum ShopJoin us for a book signing and celebration of the newly published catalogue Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds.
NOMA at Night feat. N.O.B.A.B.E., Mélange Dance Company, and Sasha Masakowski
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAUnwind from the week with an evening of music, art, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Art Thrives: Printmaking (Ages 55 and Up)
NOMA’s Art Thrives program aims to create opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new creative skills while building community and having fun in the process. In conjunction with Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club, on view through May 7, we invite you to join us for an eight-session printmaking course.
Educator Night with Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAEducators are invited for a special viewing of the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club on view at NOMA through May 7.
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.
Family Day: At the Market
Kids and their grown ups are invited for a day of family fun inspired by Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club.Imagine the sights and sounds of the streets and marketplaces he visited through your own visit to the galleries, and participate in art-making and activities with the whole family!
Birdfoot Festival
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LAThe Birdfoot Festival pops up in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with a musical experience that will bring the niches and alcoves of the sculpture garden to life, and invite audience members to listen to familiar sounds from new angles.
Lecture with Obi Nwakanma: The Mbari Artists and Writers Club: Reflections on the Foundations of African Modernism
NOMA’s Lapis Center for the ArtsNOMA is excited to present a lecture on the Mbari Artists and Writers Club with Obi Nwakanma, Professor of English and the Black Diaspora, at the University of Central Florida in conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club. Following the lecture, attendees will be invited to explore the exhibition until 8:30 pm.
Gallery Talk
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin 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.
Maya Symposium Keynote Address and Reception
Join us for the keynote event of the 18th annual Tulane Maya Symposium, Mapping Inequality: Lessons from Central Mexico with Barbara E. Mundy, Robertson Chair in Latin American Art, Tulane University. A reception for all attendees will follow the lecture.
Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10): Patterned Places
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth and pre-teen art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from an artwork in the galleries or garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.