Conservator Howard Sutcliffe discusses The Quilts of Gee’s Bend
On December 4, 2019, textile conservator Howard Sutcliffe spoke with NOMA visitors about his work on five quilts from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, in NOMA’s permanent collection. Read More
Lily Brooks offers an Artist’s Perspective on Tina Freeman: Lamentations
Photographer Lilly Brooks speaks about her work in relation to the exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, on view at NOMA through March 22, 2019. Lilly Brooks Lily Brooks is an instructor… Read More
Southerly Gold reconstructs The Land of Evangeline in interactive installation
In conjunction with the exhibition Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana, the New Orleans-based artists ensemble known as Southerly Gold was invited to create an interactive installation for the Evelyn L. Burkenroad Creative Concept Studio on NOMA’s first floor. Read More
Torkwase Dyson’s commissioned works examine Black Compositional Thought
Torkwase Dyson will speak about her new exhibition, Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene, as part of Friday Nights at NOMA on January 24 at 7 pm. Her abstract works are informed by Black Compositional Thought, a working term that considers how waterways, architecture, objects, and geographies are composed and inhabited by black bodies. Read More
Greenwood Parlor installation recognizes all lives lived at a Louisiana plantation
In 2014, NOMA acquired the parlor furnishings from Greenwood Plantation, today called Butler-Greenwood, in St. Francisville, Louisiana. In its installation, NOMA has taken thoughtful steps to present the parlor’s story and recognize all the lives lived at Greenwood Plantation—original purchaser Harriet Mathews, her family, and, equally, the enslaved men, women, and children whose labor created their wealth. Read More