Video: Odili Donald Odita, Emmanuel Odita, and the Zaria Art Society
In 2011, NOMA commissioned the mural Forever by artist Odili Donald Odita—on permanent view in the museum—to commemorate the 100th birthday of the museum. Read More
Video: Nigeria in the 1960s
In conjunction with Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club, exhibition curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba speaks with several scholars about their experiences in Nigeria in the 1960s. Read More
Video: Clown by Jacob Lawrence
Tia Williams, Visitor Experience Floor Lead at NOMA, shares one of her favorite works in Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club. Read More
Video: Gwendolyn Knight in Nigeria
Jessica Johnson, NOMA’s Creative Aging and Access Coordinator, shares one of her favorite works in Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club—a painting by Gwendolyn Knight of the artist’s birthplace of Barbados. 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