Wednesday, August 22

3 PM: Encountering Sister Gertrude Morgan from the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories with Mellon Curatorial Fellow Allison Young.

Thursday, August 23

11 AM: Thornton Dial’s Ninth Ward with Docent Dennis Malloy

Friday, August 24

11 AM: The Royal Accoutrements in Antoine-François Callet’s Portrait of Louis XVI with Docent Harvey Orth

Saturday, August 25

11 AM: Veronese in Murano with Docent Pat Jackson

3 PM: Carlos Rolón, History, and Identity with Gallery Attendant Matthew Germanis

Sunday, August 26

3 PM: Carlos Rolón; The Caribbean-New Orleans Connection with Docent Sharon Mader

Tuesday, August 28

11 AM: Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space with Docent Cheryl Kain

Wednesday, August 29

3 PM: George Ohr, “The Mad Potter of Biloxi,” with Curator Mel Buchanan

 

The Community Perspectives series. features community members sharing their views on topics and works on view in Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories. Clancy DuBos, a longtime New Orleans attorney and journalist, will discuss his eyewitness account of the 1973 UpStairs Lounge arson as a reporter. The tragedy, which killed 32 patrons of a gay bar in the French Quarter, is commemorated in artist Skylar Fein’s installation for the exhibition (Wednesday, August 22, 3 pm).

Noontime Talks are casual conversations frequently scheduled throughout the year at noon between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors. In the week ahead, meet Chicago-based artist Edra Soto (Wednesday, August 22, 12 pm) as she discusses Carlos Rolón’s exhibition themes and her own career in a talk sponsored by The Helis Foundation, and join Curator Vanessa Schmid for an up-close look at Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored (Wednesday, August 31, 12 pm).