Helen Gillet in Virtual Concert for Mending the Sky
Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archaeologist who explores synthesized sounds, textures, and rhythms using an acoustic cello. For Mending the Sky, Gillet will weave together a soundscape using cello, drum machine, sounds in nature, loop pedal, poetry and storytelling.
Music in the Garden presents Ashlin Parker
This fall, join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Jazz musician Ashlin Parker will take the stage on Friday, October 16. SOLD OUT. Join a wait list.
NOMA Reset: Freedom at the Mat
Join NOMA for a new virtual series of quarterly workshops that focuses on mindfulness, creativity, comfort and reflection. NOMA Reset programs provide a much-needed infusion of relaxation and wellness by engaging our collective and individual wellbeing.
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 October is Seven Days in the Art World by by Sarah Thornton.
Music in the Garden presents Radio Bird Quartet
This fall, join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Radio Bird Quartet will take the amphitheater stage on Friday, October 30, at 6 pm. CANCELED.
New Photography Virtual Lunch Hour Preview
Join NOMA for an exhibition preview during lunch hour for our fall exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. Sign up to join the Zoom video session on Monday, November 2, from 12 to 1 pm with Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints and Drawings, and Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, as they share the work of four contemporary photographers and discuss themes from the exhibition. Questions and feedback are encouraged.
New Photography Happy Hour Preview
Join NOMA for an exhibition preview during happy hour for our fall exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. Sign up to join the Zoom video session on Thursday, November 5, from 6 to 6 pm with Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints and Drawings, and Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, as they share the work of four contemporary photographers and discuss themes from the exhibition. Questions and feedback are encouraged.
Music at the Museum with the Louisiana Philharmonic Brass Quintet
Here’s your chance to resume attending live concerts! Join us Thursday evenings in the fall as Louisiana Philharmonic Orchetra chamber ensembles will perform at various museums around town. On November 5, the LPO Brass Ensemble will present an eclectic concert at the amphitheater of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Gates open at 5 pm, and the performance begins at 6 pm.
Mozart and the Garden, presented by NOMA and Opéra Nouvelle
The New Orleans Opera and the New Orleans Museum of Art are thrilled to continue a three-year collaborative partnership with the Opéra Nouvelle series. This year’s theme is “Mozart and the Garden.” The concert is free but requires advance registration limited to 100 attendees.
NOMA Book Club Special Event: Guest Speaker Susan Hymel
In conjunction with November's reading selection, A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925–1928 by Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose, NOMA's Book Club has invited Susan Hymel, the Gregory family historian, to share her insights into the renowned artist by way of a Zoom video conference.
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 November is A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925 – 1928 by Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose.
Music in the Garden: Mahmoud Chouki and Noah Young
This fall, join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki. Chouki will join fellow musician Noah Young for an evening concert in the amphitheater. SOLD OUT. Join a wait list.