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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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Gallery Talk with Nana Sula
Gallery Talk with Nana Sula
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 Curatorial Program with Tracy Kennan
Book Club Curatorial Program with Tracy Kennan
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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Gallery Talk with Ava Bush
Gallery Talk with Ava Bush
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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NOMA at Night feat. Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra, GAC, and lo tide
NOMA at Night feat. Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra, GAC, and lo tide
Unwind from the week with an evening of music, art, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
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Baby Artsplay! (12–24 Months)
Baby Artsplay! (12–24 Months)
Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) presents a free six-part workshop series for children ages 12–24 months and their caregivers—inspired by works on view at NOMA!
Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10): Paper-Cut Portraits
Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10): Paper-Cut Portraits
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): Paper-Cut Portraits
Studio KIDS! (Ages 11–13): Paper-Cut Portraits
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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Gallery Talk with Curatorial Fellow Laura Ochoa Rincon
Gallery Talk with Curatorial Fellow Laura Ochoa Rincon
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. This week, join Laura Ochoa Rincon, Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow, for a conversation about porcelain in NOMA's permanent collection.
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Museum Matinees: The Jazz Ambassadors
Museum Matinees: The Jazz Ambassadors
In conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club, NOMA presents Museum Matinees: a day of film screenings related to the exhibition in the Lapis Center for the Arts.
Museum Matinees: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression
Museum Matinees: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression
In conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club, NOMA presents Museum Matinees: a day of film screenings related to the exhibition in the Lapis Center for the Arts.
Museum Matinees: Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman
Museum Matinees: Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman
In conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club, NOMA presents Museum Matinees: a day of film screenings related to the exhibition in the Lapis Center for the Arts.
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Book Club Discussion: Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
Book Club Discussion: Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
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!
Lecture with Leslie King-Hammond and Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Lecture with Leslie King-Hammond and Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Art historians Leslie King Hammond and Elizabeth Hutton Turner speak about the influence of Lawrence's work.
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Talk with Danai Giannoglou and Maro Michalakakos, Inaugural ARCAthens Fellows in New Orleans
Talk with Danai Giannoglou and Maro Michalakakos, Inaugural ARCAthens Fellows in New Orleans
Danai Giannoglou and Maro Michalakakos, the inaugural ARCAthens research fellows in New Orleans, give a talk in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
Film Screening: City of a Million Dreams
Film Screening: City of a Million Dreams
Join us in NOMA's Lapis Center for the Arts for a screening of the acclaimed documentary City of a Million Dreams. The film, based on the book of the same name by Jason Berry, explores New Orleans’s jazz funerals and second lines.