Object Lesson: Guardian Angels by Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning painted Guardian Angels the same year she left Manhattan to live in solitude with her partner Max Ernst in a small desert town in the American Southwest. Fleeing… Read More
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Q&A: Dawn DeDeaux discusses her forthcoming retrospective
Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds is the first comprehensive museum exhibition for pioneering multimedia artist Dawn DeDeaux. Since the 1970s, DeDeaux has spanned video, performance, photography and installation to… Read More
Art-Making Activity: Gratitude Reflection Painting
Louisiana artist Lin Emery creates kinetic sculptures from reflective materials. Wave, installed in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, relies on forces of nature—wind and gravity—to go with the… Read More
Object Lesson: Reflective works in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Since its opening in 2003, the Besthoff Sculpture Garden has been a place of reflection for visitors—and in the case of works with mirrored surfaces by Lin Emery, Anish Kapoor, and Jeppe Hein that quality is quite literal. Read More
Object Lesson: Breath by Lee Krasner
“I never violate my inner rhythm. I loathe to force anything… I listen to it and I stay with it. I have always been this way. I have regards for… Read More
NOMA’s Mini Masters program prepares and delivers at-home activity kits
Mini Masters is a collaborative arts integration program for pre-kindergarten students featuring works of art from the New Orleans Museum of Art. Mini Masters encourages students to develop higher order… Read More
Q&A: Umana Nnochiri discusses Nigerian akwanshi-inspired batik patterns
Umana Nnochiri is a textile artist and art educator at the Cross Rivers University of Technology in southeastern Nigeria. She adapts motifs from akwanshi (stone sculpture) of the Ejagham people… Read More
Suggested Reading List: Reflection and Self-Care
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement staff suggests the following books related to themes of process and materials in art. In partnership with Octavia Books, links are provided to purchase these titles… Read More
Art-Making Activity: Breathing Wands
Create your own breathing wand—a fun tool to help you take three deep breaths developed by community partner Project Peaceful Warriors. Materials Pipe cleaner Feather Beads Make Take your pipe… Read More
Art-Making Activity: Mixed Mood/Media Self Portraits
Artists utilize color to create expression in works of art. Artist Joan Miró painted this abstract image of a “young girl” using organic shapes and a range of bold colors…. Read More
Object Lesson: On Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana by Guy Mendes
Many of us can name a work of art, music, or literature that provokes an emotional or even a physical reaction. This photograph by Guy Mendes has that quality, and… Read More
Art-Making Activity: Salt Dough Sculpture
All around the world, people make art and utilitarian objects out of clay. For this activity, we are going to make a salt dough that will behave a bit like… Read More
Art-Making Activity: Decorative Tassels
Dig into the textures and colors of your home to create a decorative tassel inspired by Brindaban Pink by Louisiana sculptor Lynda Benglis. Adults, this one’s for you! All-ages art-making… Read More
A curator’s tribute to Louisiana-born artist Tina Girouard
Tina Girouard, a Lousiana-born artist who became a key figure in the New York art scene of the 1960s and ’70s, died on April 21 at age 73. Born in… Read More
Young Audiences of Louisiana offers Baby ArtsPlay! at Home workshops
Caregivers for young children in the age range of one to two years of age are invited to participate in Young Audiences of Louisiana’s Baby Artsplay!™ at Home on six… Read More
Object Lesson: French Porcelain Soup Tureen
Porcelain imported from China was one of the most prized commodities in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. Europeans had not yet figured out the secret formula to produce a pure white… Read More
Object Lesson: Platinum-print photography
All photographs depend on different combinations of chemicals and minerals to turn light into pictures. This week, as NOMA focuses on the materials and processes that artists use to create,… Read More
Object Lesson: Newcomb College Pottery “Loquat Fruit” Table Lamp
From 1895 to 1940 Newcomb College Pottery gave young New Orleans women the skills they needed to reputably support themselves as artists. Mostly remembered today for coveted ceramic vases and… Read More