Create Late
Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and an art lesson! Unwind with a teaching artist-led art project while enjoying Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Reserve your space now! Nature will provide the inspiration for a lesson in printmaking. Participants will explore the process of block printing using styrofoam printing plates to...
ZaZen in the Sculpture Garden
Join Richard Collins, an abbot in the New Orleans Zen Temple, for a meditative ZaZen session in the serene setting of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The precise meaning and method of zazen varies from school to school in the Buddhist tradition, but in general it can be regarded as a means of insight into the...
Seeing Blue: A Cyanotype Workshop with Photographer Robert A. Schaefer
Join us for an exploration of the history and methods of the cyanotype process. This workshop begins with an overview of the camera-less photographic process, also known as the blueprint process, from its roots in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Participants then move into NOMA’s art studio for a hands-on lesson in creating their...
StoryQuest
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration. Saturday, November 3: Music Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission. Find the full...
Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Saturdays and Mondays in October and November at noon. Sited on five acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than sixty works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped...
French Connections Film Series: A Little Chaos
Travel through time to 18th-century France with films exploring life among the aristocracy. This series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Orleans Collection, takes place Saturday afternoons in November and December. Saturday, November 3, 2 pm: A Little Chaos (Rated R, 2015) Saturday, November 17, 2 pm: The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV) (Not...
Small Talk: John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer with Docent Naomi Kornman
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Join Docent Naomi Kornman for a discussion about...
Small Talk: Pablo Picasso’s Portrait of a Woman in an Armchair with Docent Rosemary Hays-Thomas
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Wednesdays are free to all Louisiana residents courtesy...
Baroque and Beyond: Les Arts Musicaux
In celebration of The Orléans Collection NOMA welcomes acclaimed musicians Vance Woolf (trumpet), Cara McCool Woolf, and Dustin Gledhill (piano), to the Great Hall for an evening of music inspired by the visual and musical arts of the 17th and 18th centuries. Admission: $15 | $10 for NOMA members and Musical Arts Society of New...
Small Talk: Jacques Lipchitz’s The Bather with Docent Naomi Kornman
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Join docent Naomi Kornman as she discusses Jacques...
NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan will lead a discussion related to the book selection for November, Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford.
Small Talk: Amadeo Modigliani’s Portrait of a Young Woman with Docent Connie Traub
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.