LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA

Hosted every year in the New Orleans Museum of Art's renowned Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, LOVE in the Garden celebrates the culture and spirit of New Orleans with a festive evening offering the best of New Orleans cuisine, libations, and entertainment.

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Art Thrives: Drawing on Sculpture (Ages 55 and up)

Drawing on Sculpture is a workshop that will guide you from sketching in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden to creating sculpture in our art studio as you learn how to think and work in three dimensions. This workshop will be taught over three Saturdays on September 23, September 30, and October 7 by teaching artist Chicory Miles. Using a variety of materials, you will learn to understand the lines, shapes, and forms in space.

Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0–5 years)

Join us for Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Artsplay! Presented by The Helis Foundation. The free six-part workshop series for children ages 0–5 years and their caregivers—inspired by works on view at NOMA!

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Art Thrives Ring-Making Workshop

Yaya Arts Center 3322 LaSalle Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

NOMA’s Art Thrives program creates opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new skills while building community and having fun. Join us at the YAYA Art Center for our two-day ring-making workshop where you’ll learn the basics of metalsmithing.

Book Club Discussion: Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

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!

Conversation and Book Signing: Susan Grant Lewin and Thomas Beller

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In conjunction with the exhibition Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, NOMA presents a talk with Lewin, one of the foremost collectors of 20th– and 21st-century art jewelry, and writer Thomas Beller, who is Director of Creative Writing & Associate Professor of English at Tulane University.

Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0–5 years)

Join us for Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Artsplay! Presented by The Helis Foundation. The free six-part workshop series for children ages 0–5 years and their caregivers—inspired by works on view at NOMA!

En Español: Gallery Talk on Fernando Botero

Join Museum Educator Laura Moreno for conversations in Spanish about Fernando Botero’s Mother and Child at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, October 4.

Elders Sacred Talk Series with Bill Summers and Nana Anoa

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

Join us for a panel discussion with two prolific New Orleans elders: award winning percussionist Bill Summers and Nana Anoa Nantambu, educator and community leader. Presented by the Congo Square Preservation Society and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

GOGO Jewelry in the NOMA Museum Shop

NOMA Museum Shop

Take inspiration from Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour with pop-ups on select dates in the NOMA Museum Shop. Available in person only.

Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0–5 years)

Join us for Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Artsplay! Presented by The Helis Foundation. The free six-part workshop series for children ages 0–5 years and their caregivers—inspired by works on view at NOMA!