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Creative Assembly

Community Engagement Through Collaboration

What Is Creative Assembly?

NOMA Creative Assembly seeks to give renewed expression to the diverse voices embodied in New Orleans’ various neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are places that give birth and places where the honored dead remain present. They invite belonging, whether for a day or for many generations. Gathered between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, our neighborhoods are spaces where cultures flow from across continents and oceans to flourish. They are landscapes where nature takes on countless culinary, linguistic, ancestral, and sacred forms. Neighborhoods allow us to share our anguish and ask us to offer a voice for those who have suffered in the silences of injustice and ignorance. Through music, dance, images, and stories, we hope to create a space of belonging where people can see reflections of their own neighborhoods and find themselves at home.

Creative Assembly at a Glance

Creative Assembly Cohort

New Orleans is one of the most culturally rich cities in the world, and its layers of culture can be experienced in an endless number of ways. As the largest museum in the region, the New Orleans Museum of Art has a singular opportunity to serve as a nexus and forum for New Orleans’ vast cultural production. The Creative Assembly Cohort is a multidisciplinary group of New Orleans-based creators who immerse themselves within the museum’s collection and use the institution as a catalyst for their own work and creativity.

The disciplines of cohort members vary, but range from musicians, dancers, and poets to mixologists, activists, and educators. Cohort members use the museum as a space for inspiration and collaboration and work with the museum and its staff to develop and implement programs that speak to a diversity of perspectives.

The 2023–24 Creative Assembly Cohort

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Charm Taylor

Charm Taylor

Music Producer, Singer, Performance Artist

MEET CHARM

Dianne Honoré

Dianne Honoré

Teaching Artist and Event Producer

MEET DIANNE

Simone Immanuel

Simone Immanuel

Artist, Writer, Actor

MEET SIMONE

Apply for the 2024–25 New Orleans Museum of Art Creative Assembly Cohort

The New Orleans Museum of Art is seeking applicants for the 2024-2025 Creative Assembly Cohort. The Creative Assembly Cohort is a multidisciplinary group of New Orleans-based creators who immerse themselves within the museum’s collection and use the institution as a catalyst for their work and creativity. The disciplines of cohort members range from musicians, dancers, and poets to mixologists, activists, and educators.
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The 2021–22 Creative Assembly Cohort

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Ashtin Berry

Ashtin Berry

Activist, Sommelier, Bartender

MEET ASHTIN

Steve Lands

Steve Lands

Trumpeter, Musician

MEET STEVE

Kathleen Currie

Kathleen Currie

Perfumer, Herbalist, Breathwork Teacher

MEET KATHLEEN

Franky Canga

Franky Canga

Performance Artist, Dancer

MEET FRANKY

People Museum

People Museum

Pop-Art and Electronic Band

MEET PEOPLE MUSEUM

Courtney Clark

Courtney Clark

Artist, Food Justice Organizer

MEET COURTNEY

Tiana Nobile

Tiana Nobile

Poet, Writer, Educator

MEET TIANA

Joseph Darensbourg

Joseph Darensbourg

Singer, Violinist, Bookbinder

MEET JOSEPH

Edward Spots

Edward Spots

Dancer, Choreographer

MEET EDWARD

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