You Are Here Photographer’s Perspective with Abdul Aziz

New Orleans-based photographer Abdul Aziz will discuss his connection to themes in the exhibition You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place. Admission is free on Wednesdays to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Aziz is a freelance photojournalist, filmmaker, and serial entrepreneur. For nearly two decades, he has worked to...

Book Club Discussion Group

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 July is Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair, A Natural History by Witold Rybczynski.

When I Get Home by Solange Knowles: Two Film Screenings

Visual artist and singer/songwriter Solange Knowles presents an extended director’s cut of her interdisciplinary performance art film When I Get Home. The 41-minute film will be shown at two times: 6:30 pm and 7:45 pm. Both screenings are sold out. Those who have tickets will be asked to check in at the RSVP table in front of the museum and given a wristband only for the screen time they reserved. A standby line will be set up for unclaimed seats.

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Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)

Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Advance registration required.

Baby Artsplay – Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)

Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Advance registration required.

Gallery Talk: Decorative arts with Curator Mel Buchanan

Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about NOMA's decorative arts collection.

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Museum Highlights Tour

NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.

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Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour

Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. Sited on twelve acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon.

Gallery Talk: You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper

As the photography exhibition You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place concludes, Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper will discuss the themes evident in the selection of images from NOMA’s permanent collection. The exhibition explores photography’s complicated relationship to the places it represents, the places in which it is created, and the places in which we experience it.