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Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan
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.
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Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds Book Signing
Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds Book Signing
Join us for a book signing and celebration of the newly published catalogue Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds.
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NOMA at Night feat. N.O.B.A.B.E., Mélange Dance Company, and Sasha Masakowski
NOMA at Night feat. N.O.B.A.B.E., Mélange Dance Company, and Sasha Masakowski
Unwind from the week with an evening of music, art, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
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Art Thrives: Printmaking (Ages 55 and Up)
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.
Educator Night with Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
Educator Night with Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
Educators are invited for a special viewing of the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club on view at NOMA through May 7.
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Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper
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.
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Family Day: At the Market
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
Birdfoot Festival
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.
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Lecture with Obi Nwakanma: The Mbari Artists and Writers Club: Reflections on the Foundations of African Modernism
Lecture with Obi Nwakanma: The Mbari Artists and Writers Club: Reflections on the Foundations of African Modernism
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.
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Gallery Talk
Gallery Talk
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.
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Maya Symposium Keynote Address and Reception
Maya Symposium Keynote Address and Reception
Join us for the keynote event of the 18th annual Tulane Maya Symposium, Mapping Inequality: Lessons from Central Mexico with Barbara E. Mundy, Robertson Chair in Latin American Art, Tulane University. A reception for all attendees will follow the lecture.
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Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10): Patterned Places
Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10): Patterned Places
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth and pre-teen art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from an artwork in the galleries or garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
Studio KIDS! (Ages 11–13): Patterned Places
Studio KIDS! (Ages 11–13): Patterned Places
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth and pre-teen art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from an artwork in the galleries or garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
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Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond.
Gallery Talk
Gallery Talk
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.
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Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan and the Clay Art Center
Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan and the Clay Art Center
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.
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Book Club Discussion: Kiki Man Ray
Book Club Discussion: Kiki Man Ray
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!
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NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival
NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a fun and festive event for families featuring arts & crafts, games, face painting, a petting zoo, food, drinks, sweets, music, and more.
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Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival
Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival
Iris lovers and gardening enthusiasts are invited to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for the annual Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival, presented by NOMA and the Greater New Orleans Iris Society.
Music in the Garden
Music in the Garden
NOMA is excited to present Music in the Garden, a new outdoor music series for spring 2023. Encounter the sounds of local New Orleans musicians while strolling through the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Sunday afternoons beginning at 2 pm.
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