Motion to Move 2024

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In celebration of Juneteenth, dancer and choreographer Edward Spots presents Motion to Move 2024 in NOMA's Lapis Center for the Arts. The performance is the latest in a series of works by Spots exploring themes of freedom, movement, justice, and the spark of change.

Assemblage in New Orleans: Artists in Conversation

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In collaboration with Kolaj Fest New Orleans, NOMA will host a panel discussion highlighting the artistic practices and cultural traditions of assemblage and collage in New Orleans.

Cross-Cultural Conversations: Creative Assembly and ARCAthens

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

Join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for an enlightening evening of cross-cultural dialogue with ARCAthens resident artists Mare Spanoudaki and Nikolas Ventourakis and NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members Dianne Honoré and Kr3wcial.

Conversation and Book Signing: Susan Grant Lewin and Thomas Beller

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In conjunction with the exhibition Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, NOMA presents a talk with Lewin, one of the foremost collectors of 20th– and 21st-century art jewelry, and writer Thomas Beller, who is Director of Creative Writing & Associate Professor of English at Tulane University.

Hispanic Heritage Celebration with Ecos Latinos

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In partnership with Ecos Latinos, NOMA hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring a night of music in the Lapis Center for the Arts. Doors open at 6:00 pm, and performances begin at 7:00 pm.

Artist Talk with Wang Qingsong

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

NOMA presents an artist talk with celebrated photographer Wang Qingsong in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts.

Recurring

The UpStairs Lounge

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

]Mélange Dance Company presents The UpStairs Lounge in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on June 23, 24, and 25.

Artist Talk and Book Signing with Binh Danh

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

NOMA is excited to present an Artist Talk with photographer Binh Danh at 6 pm in the Lapis Center during NOMA's new Wednesday evening hours.

Recurring

The NOLA Project Presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

An audience favorite returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden after twelve long years! In this Shakespearian classic, chaos takes center stage when four lovers, an amateur troupe of actors, and the fairy king and queen all converge on the woods outside of Athens.

Film Screening: City of a Million Dreams

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

Join us in NOMA's Lapis Center for the Arts for a screening of the acclaimed documentary City of a Million Dreams. The film, based on the book of the same name by Jason Berry, explores New Orleans’s jazz funerals and second lines.