NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki, enjoy these relaxed and informal music experiences with acclaimed musicians from New Orleans and beyond. Read More
This presentation uses artefacts from the New Orleans Museum of Art and the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society and visual materials from recent archaeological discoveries to discuss the changing ideas and attitudes toward life, death, and afterlife in pre-Buddhist China. From the Early Bronze Age to the first Empires, religious centers moved from family lineage temples to individual tombs, reflecting profound socio-political transitions in the declining of a hierarchical genealogical structure and the rising importance of one’s achievements through personal efforts. Read More
Colleagues and friends of NOMA curator emeritus Bill Fagaly (1938-2021) reflect on his life and accomplishments. Speakers include Dr. Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Emeritus Prof. Robin Poynor, Professor of African Art History of the University of Florida, Gainesville; Prof. Sara Hollis, Professor of Museum Studies at SUNO; Dr. Roslyn Walker, African Art Curator at the Dallas Museum of Art; Dr. Susan Cooksey, Retired African Art Curator of the Harn Museum in Gainesville; Florida; Dr. Carlee Forbes, Mellon Fellow at the Fowler Museum of Art, UCLA; and Erika Witt – PhD candidate at LSU, and librarian at SUNO. Read More
The silver stem cup in Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection is an embodiment of the transmission of art and culture along the Silk Road during the medieval period. This talk introduces how the seemingly ordinary shape of stem cups signified an innovation in the form of Chinese drinking vessels under the influence of Central and Western Asia. Dr. Zhang further addresses issues around materiality through an investigation of the production and perception of luxury silverware by Chinese and Nomads respectively. Read More
In partnership with the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans and in celebration of Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, NOMA presents a performance of Bharatanatyam featuring Aparna Srinivasan and Sanjukta. Read More