Studio KIDS!
Studio KIDS! presents a dynamic series of children’s art classes exploring our southern Louisianan environments and homes: both real and imagined. Each week, participants will engage with different sources of inspiration in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Advance registration required.
Gallery Talk: Lamentations with artist Tina Freeman
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Photographer Tina Freeman will discuss her exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Valentine’s Day concert with Meghan Stewart
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2020: live music, movies, activities for kids and families, 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.
Gallery Talk: Curator Nic Aziz on Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | Fifteen Paintings for the Plantationocene
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Community Engagement Curator Nic Aziz will discuss the exhibition Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene.
Closed for Endymion Saturday
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Saturday, February 22, as City Park and the surrounding Mid-City neighborhood host the Endymion parade as part of Mardi Gras celebrations.
Closed for Lundi Gras
The museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Monday, February 24, for Lundi Gras. Join us on Wednesday, February 26, after Mardi Gras, as we resume normal hours.
Closed for Mardi Gras
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Tuesday, February 25, in observance of Mardi Gras.
NOMA Book Club Discussion Program
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. The selection for February is The Glass Room: A Novel by Simon Mawer.
Gallery Talk: Allison Young on Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Allison Young, assistant professor of contemporary art history at Louisiana State University, will discuss the exhibition Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene.
Museum Highlights Tour – CANCELED
All organized tours are temporarily canceled as NOMA joins other cultural institutions in closing during the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Sculpture Garden Tour – CANCELED
All tours are temporarily canceled as the museum and sculpture garden remain closed during the advisory period for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Gallery Talk: An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond with Assistant Curator Anne C. B. Roberts
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Assistant Curator Anne C. B. Roberts for a discussion about the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond.