Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art
Aug 30th, 2024 - Feb 10th, 2025
Press Releases
The New Orleans Museum of Art Announces Details of Its Annual Fall Gala
This November, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) hosts its fall gala, which takes its theme from the blockbuster exhibition Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour. The annual event raises funds to support the museum’s world-class exhibitions, innovative programming, and educational initiatives. Starstruck: A Fashion Odyssey Presented by First Horizon is Friday, November 10. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art to Present First Major Retrospective of Photographer Debbie Fleming Caffery
Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything is the first exhibition to include examples representative of her entire body of work, including photographs taken throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, Mexico, and France over six decades. The exhibition includes Caffery’s renowned documentary images of people working in Louisiana’s sugar cane fields, as well as her most recent project creating exquisitely humanized portraits of birds around the world, some of which live in rescue and rehabilitation centers. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art to Present Major Survey of Wangechi Mutu
The New Orleans Museum of Art will present a major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu, bringing together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art Hosts its Annual Fundraiser LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will host its popular fundraising event LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney on Friday, September 22, 2023. Held in NOMA’s Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, LOVE in the Garden celebrates the culture and spirit of New Orleans through food, drink, and music—all in support of the museum’s mission to inspire lifelong learning through the arts. Read More
Museum Professionals Gathered at the New Orleans Museum of Art to Discuss Institutional Evaluation
This week, the New Orleans Museum of Art hosted museum professionals for the Innovations in Evaluation Convening in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. The two-day-long conference on August 21–22, 2023, featured presentations from thought leaders within the field of museum evaluation, while offering opportunities for professional development. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art Invites Local Artists to Apply for 2023–24 Creative Assembly Cohort
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is inviting New Orleans–based artists to apply to participate in the museum’s Creative Assembly Cohort for the 2023–24 session. Open to local artists working in all disciplines, the residency program connects artists with NOMA’s collection, special exhibitions, programs, and staff to develop neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as vehicles for personal exploration, community collaboration, and social change. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art Appoints Amanda M. Maples As Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art
Maples joins the museum this week and will oversee the museum’s significant collection of historic African art, which is considered one of the most important in the United States. Read More
New Study Measures the Public Value of Art Museum Experiences
The Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI) and a consortium of 11 museums across the United States—including the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)—have announced the results of a new study designed to define and measure the value of museums. Read More
NOMA Announces Extended Wednesday Hours and Additional Opportunities for Free and Discounted Admission Beginning June 1
This morning, Susan M. Taylor, The Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announced several changes to museum admissions with an emphasis on providing additional access for local residents. Read More
Major Exhibition Exploring the Past and Future of American Fashion Opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art this July
This summer and fall, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) casts a fresh eye on two centuries of innovative and distinctly American fashion in Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour. Read More
NOMA Exhibition Includes 100 Rings That Reinvent an Age-Old Form
This Friday, May 5, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) opens a new exhibition, Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, presenting 100 innovative rings by designers who have reinvented this enduring jewelry form with a distinctly contemporary sense of experimental craft. Read More
NOMA Curator Mel Buchanan Appointed to Committee for the Preservation of the White House
On Friday, April 14, President Joseph R. Biden announced the appointment of Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and other members to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House. Read More
NOMA Appoints Brian Piper as Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings
NOMA announced today the appointment of W. Brian Piper as the museum’s new Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings. Read More
NOMA Announces the Appointment of Redell Hearn as Chief Educator
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announces the appointment of Dr. Redell Hearn to the newly created position of Chief Educator. On Monday, February 6, Hearn officially began her position, which leads the museum’s Learning and Engagement department, including programming, partnerships, and community engagement initiatives. Hearn brings over two decades of experience in museums and higher education with an emphasis on creating new digital and in-person learning practices—from curriculum development for internships to supporting institutional efforts to expand community engagement. Read More
Showstopping Floral Displays Arrive at NOMA During Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon
A springtime staple in New Orleans, Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon returns to the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) this month, with innovative floral displays on view to the public Thursday, March 23–Sunday, March 26, during regular museum hours (10 am–5 pm). Read More
NOMA Announces New Trustees for 2023
During their December 2022 meeting, the Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) elected ten new members, who joined the board on January 1, 2023. 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
Major Exhibition Exploring Creative Exchange Between Jacob Lawrence and Artists from West Africa Opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art in February 2023
In February, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will present Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club, an exhibition exploring the creative exchange between artist Jacob Lawrence and the members of the Mbari Artists & Writers Club, a Nigerian arts collective founded in 1961. Read More
NOMA Welcomes Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow Laura Ochoa Rincon
The New Orleans Museum of Art welcomes Laura Ochoa Rincon as the Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow. Beginning this month, the two-year position is funded by a significant grant from the Decorative Arts Trust to support an emerging curator working with NOMA’s esteemed decorative arts and growing design collection, focusing specifically in the area of glass. Read More