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Every week we will bring you a variety of options for education and escapism. This week, enjoy virtual exhibitions, web-exclusive features, hands-on art-making activities for all ages, and other digital assets based on the theme of nature and ecology. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for regularly updated content.
A few of our favorite @jazzfest 2024 musicians who have performed at the museum 🎶 @mahmoudchouki @folkrockdiva @peoplemuseumband @brucesunpiebarnes @rebirthbrassband @yps_brass_band @helengillet @tremebrassband ...
If you were at the first @jazzfest in 1970, you would have seen artist Sister Gertrude Morgan in a booth selling her paintings. ➡️🔗 Swipe to learn about this important figure in New Orleans art history and then click the link in our bio to keep reading an article by curator Brian Piper. — 🎨: Sister Gertrude Morgan, "A Poem of My Calling," c. 1970. Crayon, tempera, graphite, and ballpoint ink on paper. Gift of Maria and Lee Friedlander, 2000.108. 🎨: Harriet Blum, "Sister Gertrude Morgan, Jazz & Heritage Festival," 1973. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the artist, 2006.47 ...
The sculptures grouped on this platform in "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined" are macroscopic impressions of viruses. 🦠 Reminiscent of pottery, they are made from the distinctive and highly fertile red volcanic soil found in the highlands region of Kenya—a lifegiving material that is the source of the region’s dense forests and abundant horticulture. Enlarging their scale highlights their geometry, symmetry, and distinctive textures, which evolved over millennia to facilitate the viruses’ infiltration of and reproduction within human, plant, and animal cells. Mutu has specifically chosen to represent viruses that have historically been deployed as bioweapons of colonization (like measles and smallpox) as well as those that are tied to specific geopolitical contexts (like Zika and Dengue) or are otherwise interwoven with human societies (the common cold). Such pathogens cause sickness and disease but also speak to fears, vulnerabilities, and experiences that unify humanity. "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined" is on view at NOMA through July 14. — 🎨: Wangechi Mutu, various works, 2016–22. Red soil, paper pulp, and wood glue. Courtesy the artist, Gladstone Gallery, and Prout-Lara Collection, Vancouver. 📍: First floor, Ella West Freeman Galleries 📸: @annrowsonlove ...
No better way to celebrate #EarthDay than with a walk outside through the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. 🌿🌞🌍 — 🎨: Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Una Battaglia (A Battle: For the Resistance Fighters)," 1971. Bronze and stainless steel. Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 98.144. 📍: Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 📸: @crazymajax ...
Thank you, Councilmember Oliver Thomas (@otforus), for speaking to some of the pre-K students who are part of NOMA’s Mini Masters program, which combines in-school instruction and museum visits to bolster learning through the arts. 🎨🏛️✍️ ...