Noontime Talk: A Queen Within with Curator Mel Buchanan

Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a tour of NOMA’s first fashion exhibition. Every Wednesday Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Read More

Noontime Talk: A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes with Curator Mel Buchanan

Join Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan as she leads visitors through A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, NOMA’s first-ever exhibition devoted to fashion. Experimental gowns, headpieces, and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Gypsy Sport, and Iris van Herpen investigate symbols of womanhood and challenge conventional notions of beauty. Read More

Noontime Talk: Personalities in Clay with Curator Mel Buchanan

Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a noontime talk in the decorative arts galleries for an insightful walkthrough of the exhibition Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection. The exhibition features more than seventy ceramics made between 1940 to the end of the twentieth century. Read More

Friday Nights at NOMA: “Reinstalling the Decorative Arts at NOMA,” A gallery talk with Curator Mel Buchanan | Music by Carlo Ditta and Friends

Friday Nights at NOMA offers an array of opportunities during extended museum hours. Curator Mel Buchanan will lead a tour through the newly reimagined Lupin Foundation Decorative Arts Galleries. In the Great Hall, Carlo Ditta and Friends will entertain visitors. The Art on the Spot activity table is set up for young visitors and all galleries are open till 9 p.m. Read More