Gallery Talk with Dr. Sara Hollis

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.

Book Club Discussion: The Real Ambassadors

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

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!

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.

Recurring

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.

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 , LA

The 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 Arts

NOMA 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, LA

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.