Object Lesson: Mother and Child by Elizabeth Catlett
[Update, February 2023: Following the installation of Elizabeth Catlett’s Woman and Child in NOMA’s Great Hall, the sculpture is on view in the George l. Viavant Gallery on the museum’s… Read More
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Object Lesson: Corning “Lens” Bowl
An unadorned glass bowl displayed in NOMA’s decorative arts galleries was made in 1932 directly from the factory mold of a Corning Glass Company locomotive-headlight lens. The “Lens” Bowl is part of the important Modern design movement that openly paid tribute to new materials and thoughtful industrial production. Read More
Musicians from Home: Brazilian Guitarist Geovane Paivo Santos
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki, enjoy these… Read More
Object Lesson: Sketch for Several Circles by Wassily Kandinsky
From 1923 through 1929 the circle was the single motif which Wassily Kandinsky explored exhaustively in ten major paintings. Sketch for Several Circles is a study for Kandinsky’s large painting Several Circles, now in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum, New York. Read More
Object Lesson: Hercules the Archer by Antoine Bourdelle
From 1900 to 1907, Antoine Bourdelle worked on the model for Hercules the Archer, which is considered his most famous work. In Roman mythology, Hercules is known for his strength and numerous far-ranging adventures, including a cycle known as the “Twelve Labors,” one of which is depicted in this sculpture. Read More
Musicians from Home: The Swamp Buds
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Watch the Swamp Buds perform songs of Creole and Cajun origin. Read More
Object Lesson: Pommery Champagne Bottles, Reims by Ilse Bing
In 1933, as the company approached its 100-year anniversary, Pommery Champagne hired Ilse Bing to produce a series of photos documenting its production facilities in Reims, France. Even though she was ostensibly hired to sell more champagne Bing approached the job with the same creativity and avant-garde approach found in her personal work. Read More
Preschooler C. C. Zainey visits “Uncle NOMA” during weekly excursions
For C. C. Zainey, weekly visits to NOMA are a must. The Museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden are a wonderland for the preschool-age visitor who finds herself gazing up at the works of art and offering imaginative interpretations of all that she beholds. Her mother Casey shared her observations. Read More
Q&A: Paige Valente finds an educational lifeline in NOMA’s Virtual Visits
For Paige Valente, and millions of fellow teachers across the nation, the 2020 school year has redefined education as schools closed due to the pandemic and instruction moved online. NOMA’s Virtual Visits became a valuable teaching tool. Read More
Camp Able stages Christmas play in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden amphitheater, led by former NOMA theater camp participant
Fourteen-year-old volunteer counselor Kaleigh Bourque shares her thoughts about directing a holiday play in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden amphitheater for Camp Able, an outreach program for neurodiverse individuals. Read More
NOMA announces seven new members of Board of Trustees for 2021
In December 2020, the Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Museum of Art elected a slate of new members who will join the board in January 2021. The Board of Trustees works together to support NOMA’s mission of uniting, inspiring, and engaging diverse communities and cultures through the arts. Read More
Object Lesson: Adoration to the Christ Child and Annunciation to the Shepherds by Bernardino Luini
Bernardino Luini’s artistic style appears to have developed under various influences during the High Renaissance, but his greatest artistic debt is owed to Leonardo da Vinci. Read More
Object Lesson: Kitchen Wall in Bud Field’s Home, Hale County, Alabama by Walker Evans
In the summer of 1936, Walker Evans and James Agee, on assignment from Fortune magazine, set out to chronicle the daily lives of typical sharecropper families in the American South. In Hale County, Alabama, they found three families—including the Fields—with whom they lived for a month, with Evans photographing and Agee writing about their lives and environments, including this photograph from the family’s kitchen. Read More
Helen Gillet creates original solo concerts inspired by Mending the Sky
Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist- archeologist who explores synthesized sounds, textures, and rhythms using an acoustic cello. For Mending the Sky, she is creating a series of three solo performances that respond musically to the artists and ideas explored in the exhibition. Read More
Art-Making Activity: Photo-Transfer Collage
Bring your family together in a photo collage. Gather family members from across the generations in a group photo collage that will not damage your original photographs in this step-by-step art-making activity. Read More
Suggested Reading List for All Ages | December 2020
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement team is excited to present monthly suggested reading lists for all ages based on a theme or exhibition, in partnership with Octavia Books. For December, the theme is ritual and gathering. Read More
Object Lesson: Articulated Figure of the Veracruz Culture
Smiling children with subtly rounded bodies are among the best-known types of clay figurines from the Veracruz area of Mexico. Skillfully made of thin-walled clay, the movable limbs are attached to the body by strings, a device which permits the arms and legs to move to different positions. Read More
Musicians from Home: Martin Masakowski and Simon Moushabeck
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Martin Masakowski and Simon Moushabeck perform as an instrumental duet. Read More