Art-Making Activity: Here Comes the Sun!
In this community-oriented activity, create your own sun inspired by artist Ugo Rondinone’s The Sun, a sculpture in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Read More
Cristina Molina offers “whispering tour” of Ear to the Ground in Under Three Things performance
Join performance artist Cristina Molina on a “whispering tour” of Ear to the Ground. Working with natural elements like earth, wind, water and fire, the contemporary artists in this exhibition show how how nature can spur artistic innovation and spark new thinking about human culture and community. Molina’s performance is called Under Three Things. “In… Read More
Object Lesson: Surf Bathing, Grand Isle by John Genin
John Genin’s panoramic portrayal of a leisurely day at the beach in Surf Bathing, Grand Isle (c. 1885–1890) is a scene familiar to generations of Louisianians who have enjoyed carefree excursions to Louisiana’s only inhabited island in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More
Object Lesson: Ceylon cyanotype by Anna Atkins
A unique camera-less photograph NOMA’s collection was part of an extensive project to document plants from Great Britain and British colonies like Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). This cyanotype illustrates an early example of how important photography would become in our attempts to learn about and protect the natural world. Read More
Art-Making Activity: Create a Solar Print
Create a sun print using solarized paper and a variety of objects of different shapes and sizes. Read More