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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Lecture Series featuring TJ McGrath | Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon Bank: Marsh Madness
DESCRIPTION:One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans\, Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon Bank showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs\, floral designers\, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond. Take in fabulous floral installations throughout the museum\, learn directly from today’s top design talents\, and celebrate spring during the luncheon and fashion show. This year’s event\, themed “Marsh Madness\,” will take inspiration from the natural beauty of our region’s swamps and wetlands. \nThis year’s Art in Bloom lecture series event will feature TJ McGrath of TJ McGrath Designs\, a unique floral design studio rooted in sustainable floristry practices and techniques that showcase the best of the New Jersey’s locally-grown flowers. \nThis year’s Lecture Series event is sold out as of Friday\, March 6\, 2026.  \nYour support through Art in Bloom provides critical resources for both NOMA’s educational initiatives and exhibitions and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans’s community grants program. \nFor sponsorship inquiries and questions about Art in Bloom please email aib@noma.org or call 504.658.4121. \n\nSchedule and Tickets for Art in Bloom: Marsh Madness\nSee all other Art In Bloom events and purchase tickets below. \nArt in Bloom Public Viewings | Thursday\, March 19 – Sunday\, March 22 | New Orleans Museum of Art\nAdmission to Art in Bloom during regular museum hours includes access to floral displays on all three floors of the museum. \nPlease note: Museum admission tickets do not include separate tickets for the Patron and Preview party\, Lecture series\, and Luncheon and Fashion Show. \nThursday\, March 19 \nFriday\, March 20 \nSaturday\, March 21 \nSunday\, March 22 \nSOLD OUT: Luncheon and Fashion Show Sponsored by SOSUSU | Thursday\, March 19\, 12:30 pm | Pavilion of the Two Sisters\, New Orleans City Park\nThe annual Art in Bloom Luncheon and Fashion Show Sponsored by SOSUSU. \nThis year’s Luncheon and Fashion Show is sold out as of Friday\, March 6. \nSilent Auction Sponsored by New Orleans Auction |Monday\, March 16 – Monday\, March 23 | Online (items on view in NOMA’s Coleman Courtyard from Wednesday\, March 18 – Sunday\, March 22)\nAn online-only silent auction showcasing a variety of original works of art from established artists and emerging talents. This year’s featured artist is Pippin Frisbie-Calder. \nAccess the Silent Auction \nPatron & Preview Party | Wednesday\, March 18\, 6 – 9 pm  | New Orleans Museum of Art\nA preview of Art in Bloom before it opens to the general public. \nView Event Listing and Purchase Patron and Preview Party Tickets \n\nSponsorship Levels (as of March 6\, 2026)\nLearn about sponsorship levels and become an Art In Bloom sponsor below. \nPlease note: As of March 6\, 2026\, the following sponsorship categories and associated benefits have been updated to reflect the adjusted availability of Lecture and Luncheon tickets. Sponsorships purchased before March 6\, 2026\, still retain the benefits outlined in your emailed sponsorship package. \nContact aib@noma.org or 504.658.4121 with additional sponsorship or ticket inquiries. \nSOLD OUT: Champion Swamp Sponsorship | $10\,000\nSOLD OUT \nBayou Final Four Sponsorship | $5\,000\n\nArt in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs\, a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40\,000 users each month) and is promoted to over 31\,000 email subscribers; over 66\,000 Instagram followers\, and over 44\,000 Facebook followers.\nSponsorship listing and logo placement in paid advertising.\nSixteen (16) Patron & Preview Tickets on Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026\, 6 pm–9 pm.\n\nBecome a Bayou Final Four Sponsor \nGreat Egret Elite Eight Sponsorship | $2\,500\n\nArt in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs\, a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40\,000 users each month) and is promoted to over 31\,000 email subscribers; over 66\,000 Instagram followers\, and over 44\,000 Facebook followers.\nSponsorship listing and logo placement in paid advertising.\nTwelve (12) Patron & Preview Tickets on Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026\, 6 pm–9 pm.\n\nBecome a Great Egret Elite Sponsor \nSweet Sixteen Cypress Sponsorship | $1\,000\n\n\n\nArt in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs\, a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40\,000 users each month) and is promoted to over 31\,000 email subscribers; over 66\,000 Instagram followers\, and over 44\,000 Facebook followers.\nSix (6) Patron & Preview Tickets on Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026\, 6 pm–9 pm.\n\nBecome a Sweet Sixteen Cypress Sponsor \n\n\nBayou Bracket Sponsorship | $650\n\nArt in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs\, a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40\,000 users each month) and is promoted to over 31\,000 email subscribers; over 66\,000 Instagram followers\, and over 44\,000 Facebook followers.\nFour (4) Patron & Preview Tickets on Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026\, 6 pm–9 pm.\n\nBecome a Bayou Bracket Sponsor \nCourt-Side Cypress Sponsorship | $500\n\nArt in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs\, a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40\,000 users each month) and is promoted to over 31\,000 email subscribers; over 66\,000 Instagram followers\, and over 44\,000 Facebook followers.\nThree (3) Patron & Preview Tickets on Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026\, 6 pm–9 pm.\n\nBecome a Court-Side Cypress Sponsor \nSwamp Fan Favorite Sponsorship | $350\n\nArt in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs\, a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40\,000 users each month) and is promoted to over 31\,000 email subscribers; over 66\,000 Instagram followers\, and over 44\,000 Facebook followers.\nTwo (2) Patron & Preview Ticket on Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026\, 6 pm–9 pm.\n\nBecome a Swamp Fan Favorite Sponsor \nTip-Off Ticket | $175\n\nOne (1) Patron & Preview Party ticket\n\nView Event Listing and Purchase Tickets for the Patron & Preview Party \n\nEvent Organizers\nEvent Chairs | Carroll Gelderman Zimmer and Helen Read Young\nNOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Jennifer Rowland\nGarden Study Club of New Orleans President | Karen Gundlach\nFull event committee available here \n\nThank You to Our Presenting Sponsor\n\nFull list of sponsors available here
URL:https://noma.org/event/lecture-series-featuring-tj-mcgrath-art-in-bloom-presented-by-first-horizon-bank-marsh-madness/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers,Special
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SUMMARY:Roberto Lugo Lecture
DESCRIPTION:NOMA is excited to welcome Roberto Lugo to NOMA for a lecture in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nBest known for cultural mash-ups that blend contemporary social issues with traditional porcelain pottery\, Philadelphia-based artist Roberto Lugo’s powerful commentary on poverty\, inequality\, and racial injustice has made him a defining artist for our moment.In 2019\, the New Orleans Museum of Art commissioned Lugo to create Stunting\, a set of three ceramic pots inspired by NOMA’s collection.  This spring\, the artist returns to NOMA to discuss this work and his overall ceramics practice.  \nThe lecture is at 6 pm\, and doors open at 5:30 pm. \nThis program is free with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. Registration is recommended to help us plan for probable attendance numbers. Registration does not guarantee a physical seat for the program\, as seating is first come\, first served. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout Roberto Lugo\n \nRoberto Lugo is a Philadelphia-based artist\, social activist\, poet\, and educator. Lugo utilizes traditional ceramic techniques in conjunction with portraiture and surface design reminiscent of his Kensington upbringing and Hip Hop culture to highlight themes of poverty\, inequality\, and racial injustice. He is the recipient of numerous awards\, including a 2019 Pew Fellowship\, a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize\, and a US Artist Award. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, The High Museum of Art\, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston\, Brooklyn Museum\, Walters Art Museum\, and more. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia\, PA.
URL:https://noma.org/event/roberto-lugo-lecture/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Talks & Tours,Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:20th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium: Cities of the Maya People in the Rainforest
DESCRIPTION:Join the Middle American Research Institute (MARI) for their 20th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium. This year’s keynote address by Dr. M. Charlotte Arnauld will be on Cities of the Maya People in the Rainforest and held in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.  \nThe lecture will begin at 6:30 pm\, followed by a reception in the adjacent Coleman Courtyard at 7:30 pm. \nRegistration for the lecture and following reception is free and open to the public. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout the Lecture\nThe ancient Maya cities were places of daily sociopolitical and economic interaction\, like all cities\, yet with a high proportion of agricultural activities. As fixed places of concentrated population in the lowland rainforest with scattered and seasonal resources\, the clustering of Maya settlements caused structural tensions between the place of residence and the place of subsistence production for the peasants\, and\, above all\, specific construction strategies and neighborhood-level social dynamics. During the Terminal Classic period\, these dynamics led to acute sociopolitical tensions between kings and nobles and\, following the collapse of dynasties\, to gradual urban transformations\, until the lowland urban system was almost completely relocated during the eleventh century. \nAbout the Speaker\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. M. Charlotte Arnauld is Emeritus Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Laboratoire Archéologie des Amériques\, France). As a Mesoamerican archaeologist\, she has directed or co-directed five long-term projects in Guatemala and Mexico. She specializes in Maya urban studies\, exploring neighborhood dynamics and population mobility as part of her broader work in social archaeology. Her co-edited volumes include The Neighborhood as a Social and Spatial Unit in Mesoamerican Cities\, Mobility and Migration in Ancient Mesoamerican Cities\, and Building an Archaeology of Maya Urbanism. She has published in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes\, Ancient Mesoamerica\, and the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
URL:https://noma.org/event/20th-annual-tulane-maya-symposium-cities-of-the-maya-people-in-the-rainforest/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Special,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Lawrence Sieberth
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nThis installment of the Butterfly Music Series will feature a live performance from Lawrence Sieberth. Previous performers have included Amina Figarova\, David Torkanowsky\, Tonya Boyd Cannon\, Sam Kuslan\, and others. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout the Performer\n \nPianist Lawrence Sieberth has thrived for years on the New Orleans music scene as a wearer of many musical hats: versatile keyboard accompanist\, multifaceted composer\, bandleader\, producer and educator. He’s at home in virtually any musical setting\, unlimited by genre barriers. Though rooted in jazz\, he has integrated many facets of music into an inclusive whole\, drawing on classical and world music and more\, composing for his own projects as well as television\, film\, dance and other idioms. \nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://noma.org/event/butterfly-music-series-december-2025/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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SUMMARY:"Hurricanes Katrina and Rita at 20: Poets Remember" with Creative Assembly Resident Andy Young and Louisiana Poet Laureate (2021-2023) Mona Lisa Saloy
DESCRIPTION:Join NOMA Creative Assembly resident Andy Young and former Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy for a conversation about poetry and art in connection with the new anthology Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: An Anthology of Louisiana Poetry with Art. This program commemorates Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and celebrates the new anthology edited by Louisiana Poets Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy and John Warner Smith. Dr. Saloy will be featured along with contributing poet Andy Young\, who is a member of the 2025 NOMA Creative Assembly Cohort. \nThis conversation will be followed by a book signing where guests can purchase copies of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: An Anthology of Louisiana Poetry with Art and have them signed.  \nThis program is free and open to the public. Advance registration is recommended. \nRegister Now \n\n\nAbout Andy Young\n \nAndy Young‘s second full-length collection\, Museum of the Soon to Depart\, was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press (2025). She is also the author of All Night It Is Morning (Diálogos Press\, 2014) and four chapbooks. She grew up in West Virginia and has lived most of her adult life in New Orleans\, where she teaches at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Her work has recently appeared in Prairie Schooner and Blue Mountain Review\, and her short film\, “Pharmacy Museum Tour Guide\, New Orleans” was recently screened at New Orleans Film Festival\, the Ó Bhéal Poetry Film Festival\, and has won awards from the Berlin Indie Film Awards\, London Women Film Festival and others. She is a graduate of the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. \nAbout Mona Lisa Saloy\nLouisiana Poet Laureate (2021-2023) Mona Lisa Saloy \nMona Lisa Saloy\, Ph.D.\, Louisiana Poet Laureate (2021-2023)\, is an author\, folklorist\, Louisiana Folklife Commissioner\, educator\, and scholar of Creole culture in articles\, documentaries\, and poems about Black New Orleans before and after Katrina. Saloy is currently Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professor of English\, Dillard University.  Mona Lisa Saloy writes for those who don’t or can’t tell Black Creole cultural stories. Learn more at www.monalisasaloy.com \nBooks: Red Beans & Ricely Yours (has a banned poem “The N Word”)\, won the T.S. Eliot Prize and the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award. Second Line Home\, on New Orleans Black Creole culture.\n\n\nRecent publications: The Chicago Quarterly Review\, Vol 33; “Introduction” to Black Fire!!! This Time II; Southern Voices: Fifty Contemporary Poets (Tom Mack & Andrew Geyer eds.) Literary Press\, Lamar University\, Fall 2024.  LMNL Poetry Anthology\, Fall 2024. Black Creole Chronicles: Poems (UNO Press 2023)\, choice for ONE BOOK ONE NEW ORLEANS 2024\, & Book of the Month\, The Whitney Plantation Museum.\n\n\nSaloy was named Louisianian of the Year in Literature: 2024 in Louisiana Life Magazine. Mentioned in “Read your Way through New Orleans\,” by Maurice Carlos Ruffin\, NYT Book Review\, Oct. 2024\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nLaunched in 2021\, NOMA’s Creative Assembly residency promotes community engagement by welcoming artists to collaborate throughout the year with the museum’s permanent collection\, special exhibitions\, and programs. Creative Assembly Cohort members are provided funds and museum support to develop artistic projects and public offerings\, like programs and workshops. \nLearn more at noma.org/learn/creative-assembly/.
URL:https://noma.org/event/katrina-and-rita-poets-remember/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Talks & Tours,Creative Assembly
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Henrietta Alves
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nThis installment of the Butterfly Music Series will feature pianist Henrietta Alves. Previous performers have included Amina Figarova\, David Torkanowsky\, Tonya Boyd Cannon\, Sam Kuslan\, and others. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with attendance. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout Henrietta Alves\nHenrietta Alves—called “a New Orleans legend” by WWOZ\, “the Amazing Henrietta” by AntiGravity Magazine\, and introduced by Quint Davis as “a New Orleans institution”—has been a beloved local musician and songwriter for more than 40 years. Her popular Mardi Gras song was recorded with Smokey Johnson (Fats Domino’s drummer) and George French (Fats’ bassist and Cosimo Matassa studio musician). She began recording in the early 1970s in Memphis with producer Willie Mitchell and has contributed to numerous New Orleans projects\, including a jazz album with Flora Purim and a WEZB compilation of the city’s top pop acts. \nA versatile\, ageless singer now in her 80s\, Henrietta performs weekly at Holy Diver in Tremé and has maintained a strong presence across the region for 45 years with regular appearances at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro\, Pat O’Brien’s Piano Bar\, and Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi. She’s performed Brazilian jazz at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — she and bandleader Edu were famously the first couple married at Jazz Fest in 1982 — and has sung the National Anthem at Saints games on multiple occasions.\n\nOn television she’s frequently cast as the quintessential “older New Orleans–style singing pianist\,” appearing in series such as HBO’s Togetherness and TNT’s Claws. Nationally she’s performed at iconic venues including the Troubadour\, Chateau Marmont\, the Roosevelt Hotel (L.A.)\, Catch a Rising Star and Mimi’s Piano Bar (NYC). Internationally she has brought her New Orleans–inflected music to audiences in Japan\, Italy and Brazil\, and she has played private events for corporations and celebrities. Renowned for her warm\, intimate connection with audiences\, Henrietta continues to captivate crowds of any size.\nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://noma.org/event/butterfly-music-series-henrietta-alves/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T220000
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Basquiat (1996) and Conversation with Meryl Poster and Director Julian Schnabel
DESCRIPTION:NOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. Discussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen a 2024 black-and-white restoration of Basquiat (1996) for this program. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, and the screening will begin at 7:00 pm. At 9:20 pm\, conversation between Poster and the film’s director Julian Schnabel (joining via Zoom) will begin. The NOMA Museum Shop will be present at the screening from 6:30-9:30 pm with merchandise related to the series’s theme “Artists on Film.”  \nFor this screening of Basquiat\, guests will also have the option of purchasing an additional ticket for a seated dinner at Café NOMA before the film. \nPlease note: seating for the dinner begins at 5:30 pm\, and food is served between 6:00-7:00 pm. Dinner tickets are available for purchase in the “Tickets” section below. \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nTickets\nTickets for the screening and pre-screening conversation are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nBuy Tickets for “Basquiat” \n*Please note: NOMA members must log into their my.noma account in order to see their ticket options at the link above.  \nSeated Dinner with Cafe NOMA\nFor this final screening of the Producer’s Choice Fall 2025 season\, NOMA has collaborated with Café NOMA on a pre-screening dinner option\, available with separate purchase. Enjoy watching the stars come out under the skylights of NOMA’s Coleman Courtyard while sharing a table\, a meal\, and a conversation with fellow film enthusiasts.  \nSeating for the dinner begins at 5:30 pm\, and food is served between 6:00-7:00 pm. \nBuy Tickets and View the Menu for the pre-film dinner \n\nWaitlist Policy\n\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\nAt 6:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 7:00 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\n\nAbout the Film and Pre-Screening Conversation\nBasquiat (1996\, 1h 50m)\nAn exploration of the brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat\, a world-renowned New York street artist struggling with fame\, drug use\, and his identity. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-basquiat/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Pollock (2000) and Conversation with Meryl Poster and Lead Actor and Director Ed Harris
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Pollock (2000) for this program. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, and the screening will begin at 7:00 pm. At 9:10 pm\, the conversation between Poster and the film’s lead actor and director Ed Harris (joining via Zoom) will begin.  \nThe NOMA Museum Shop will be present at the screening from 6:30-9:30 pm with merchandise related to the series’s theme “Artists on Film.” \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nTickets\nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nBuy Tickets for “Pollock” \n*Please note: NOMA members must log into their my.noma account in order to see their ticket options at the link above.  \nTicket Waitlist Policy\n\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\nAt 6:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 7:00 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\n\nAbout the Film\nPollock (2000\, 2h 2m)\nPollock is a look back into the life of the artist\, who engaged in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out across his career. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life. \nAbout Ed Harris\nActor and Director Ed Harris. Photo by O’Shane Howard. \n\nEd Harris has an acclaimed film career spanning five decades. He is a four-time Academy Award nominee and a two-time Golden Globe winner for his brilliant performances in The Hours\, The Truman Show\, Apollo 13\, Game Change (HBO)\, Empire Falls (HBO) and Pollock – his feature film directing debut.\n\n\n\n\nHarris has a prolific and diverse filmography of leading roles with acclaimed filmmakers\, including Alamo Bay (Louis Malle)\, The Abyss (James Cameron)\, The Firm (Sydney Pollack)\, Nixon (Oliver Stone)\, The Rock (Michael Bay)\, Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood)\, A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard)\, Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho)\, Mother! (Darren Aronofsky)\, and three films with veteran filmmaker Agnieszka Holland. Harris starred in blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick and in Netflix’s The Lost Daughter\, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s award-winning film adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel.\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming\, Harris will star in the highly anticipated Yellowstone spin-off The Dutton Ranch from creator Taylor Sheridan. He most recently starred alongside Jessica Lange in MGM’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night\, a screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.\n\n\n\n\nHarris’s recent work includes crime thriller feature Riff Raff\, alongside Jennifer Coolidge\, Dustin Hoffman\, and Pete Davidson. He also starred in the comedy-drama film My Dead Friend Zoe\, which had its debut at SXSW\, winning the Audience Award\, and alongside Kristen Stewart in the A24 film Love Lies Bleeding\, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2024.\n\n\n\n\nIn addition to directing Pollock\, his second film\, as director\, screenwriter\, and actor\, was Appaloosa\, co-starring Viggo Mortensen. His television credits include Empire Falls (HBO) and Riders of the Purple Sage (TNT)\, co-starring and co-produced with his wife Amy Madigan. Harris also starred as the enigmatic “Man in Black’ for four seasons of the critically acclaimed HBO series Westworld\, which earned him an Emmy nomination.\n\n\n\n\nHarris’ theatre credits include: Ronald Harwood’s Taking Sides\, Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love (Obie)\, and Simpatico (Lucille Lortel Award for “Best Actor”)\, George Furth’s Precious Sons (Drama Desk Award\, Tony Nomination)\, Prairie Avenue\, Scar\, A Streetcar Named Desire\, The Grapes of Wrath\, and Sweet Bird of Youth\, Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird\, and Shephard’s Buried Child\, in which Harris and Madigan made their London West End debut and for which he received an Olivier nomination.
URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-pollock/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Frida (2002) and Conversation with Julie Taymor and Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Frida (2002) for this program\, followed by a conversation with director Julie Taymor and Poster. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 7:00 pm.  \nThe NOMA Museum Shop will be present at the screening from 6:30-9:30 pm with merchandise related to the series’s theme “Artists on Film.”  \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nTickets\nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nBuy Tickets for “Frida” \nTicket Waitlist Policy\n\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\nAt 6:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 7:00 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\n\nAbout the Film\nFrida (2002\, 2h 3m)\nA biography of artist Frida Kahlo\, who channeled the pain of a life-altering injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-frida/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Amina Figarova
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nThis installment of the Butterfly Music Series will feature a live performance by Azerbaijani jazz pianist Amina Figarova. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout Amina Figarova\nAmina Figarova was born in Baku\, Azerbaijan\, and graduated from the Baku Conservatory as classical concert pianist. In 1990\, she entered the Rotterdam Conservatory to pursue jazz\, coming to the United States in 1992 to complete her formal education at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. In 1998 she was invited to the Thelonious Monk Institute’s summer jazz colony in Aspen. She currently lives in New York. Read more at aminafigarova.com. \nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://noma.org/event/butterfly-music-series-amina-figarova/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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SUMMARY:"Gathering in the Grief: Visualizing\, Healing\, Living With\, and Honoring the Lost" Workshop with Creative Assembly Resident Artist Horton Humble
DESCRIPTION:Grief is both personal and shared; it comforts yet isolates\, silences yet speaks. Through art\, ritual\, and remembrance\, grief declares: this mattered\, this hurts\, this was loved. \nOn Thursday\, October 16\, from 5 to 7 pm\, join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a workshop led by Creative Assembly resident and visual artist Horton Humble\, moderator Robin Pharo\, visual artist Veronica Caseras Lee\, musician Ruben Watts\, and licensed marriage and family therapist Khara Scott-Bey. Participants will collaboratively create a large-scale cereal box artwork using materials linked to the five stages of grief\, illuminating how grief shapes creative expression and lived experience. \nWorkshop leaders will also share perspectives on how grief influences art—through a painter’s palette\, a musician’s notes\, and New Orleans’ cultural traditions such as the funeral procession and Second Line. \nThe mission of this workshop is to share our experiences with loss and to collectively memorialize our loved ones. Additional elements\, including an altar of names and a grief activity map\, will be available to all participants to bring these goals to life. We hope to see you there. \nThis program is free and open to all. No registration is required for this workshop.  \n\n\nAbout the Workshop Leaders\nHorton Humble\n\nHorton Humble (b. 1970\, New Orleans) is a self-taught painter and sculptor whose work explores themes of resilience\, identity\, and cultural memory. His debut series Debris (2007) used wood from Hurricane Katrina’s wreckage\, followed by Transit Urban (2008)\, created during travels across Africa. \nTime in Lisbon (2012–2015) inspired The Lisbon Series and his first work in ceramics. Returning home\, he co-founded Level Artist Collective and later completed The Guardian (2017)\, a public sculpture for the Helis Foundation’s Poydras Corridor project. His work has been exhibited internationally\, including the Outsider Art Fair in Paris and solo shows in Marseille\, and regionally at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Humble continues to create large-scale\, expressive canvases while leading workshops and community projects in New Orleans. Horton has permanent pieces at the Ogden Museum and Luciano’s Benetton Imago Mundi Collection in Italy. \n\n\nRobin Pharo\nModerator Robin Pharo is a serial entrepreneur with multiple diverse businesses including Treysta Group\, a multi–faceted firm that specializes in hospitality-based businesses. Her other businesses include the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub in Mt Horeb\, WI and Camp&Common\, and a special event space in New Orleans. Pharo is also a nationally recognized speaker and moderator who has worked with many national organizations including the National Association of Home Builders\, Wisconsin Environmental Initiate\, US Green Building Council\, the Department of Energy\, the Department of Housing and Urban Development\, and more. Ms. Pharo is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a publisher.\n\nVeronica Casares Lee\nVeronica Casares Lee\, born in Michoacán\, Mexico in 1974\, is a multidisciplinary artist. She studied at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and earned a scholarship to attend Pratt Institute. From 2000 to 2008\, Veronica was a resident artist at Haven Art in Port Washington\, New York\, contributing significantly to the creative community. In 2008\, she and her family relocated to Michoacán\, Mexico\, where she shifted her focus to working primarily with ceramics and painting\, infusing her work with the cultural richness of her homeland. In 2016\, Veronica moved to New Orleans\, where she currently resides and passionately pursues her art as a full-time artist\, capturing the essence of the city in her diverse and evolving body of work. \n\nRuben Watts\nRuben Watts is a New Orleans-based percussionist known for a style of drumming played in New Orleans usually associated with the Black Masking Indian tradition. Over the years\, he has expanded this style to include other percussion and hand crafted instruments. \nRuben plays with a group called Public Relations and New Orleans Folkloric\, which pays tribute to the ancestral Heroes and Sheroes of our culture. He has played with groups including the Creole Osceola Mardi Gras Indians\, Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr.\, Percussion Inc.\, Casa Samba\, and cousin John Boutte\, to name a few. \n\nKhara Scott-Bey\nKhara Scott-Bey EXA\, LMFT (she/they) is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a focus in art therapy based in New Orleans. Scott-Bey is also a liberatory life coach\, an artist\, and a community organizer. With over 20 years of experience in mental health and art therapy\, Khara’s work blends African theology\, social justice and embodied practices to support people in cultivating liberation\, authenticity\, and wholeness. She is the founder of Live to Become Art!\, a healing and creative platform rooted in the belief that through the act of creating\, we transform. Learn more at www.livetobecome.com. \n  \n\n\n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nLaunched in 2021\, NOMA’s Creative Assembly residency promotes community engagement by welcoming artists to collaborate throughout the year with the museum’s permanent collection\, special exhibitions\, and programs. Creative Assembly Cohort members are provided funds and museum support to develop artistic projects and public offerings\, like programs and workshops. \nLearn more at noma.org/learn/creative-assembly/.
URL:https://noma.org/event/gathering-in-the-grief-workshop/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Classes,Creative Assembly
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SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Elegy Weekend Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day celebrating and engaging with the newly opened exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy. We are honored to feature this day of discussion in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts with local and visiting artists (including American photographer Dawoud Bey)\, curators\, historians\, and activists.  \nThe afternoon’s first panel will feature artist Dawoud Bey; Valerie Cassel Oliver\, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and LeRonn Brooks\, Associate Curator\, Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty Research Institute\, in a conversation around the exhibition and catalogue.  \nThe second panel highlights Kathe Hambrick\, Executive of the Director Amistad Research Center and Founder of The River Road African American Museum; Jo Banner and Dr Joy Banner\, Co-Founders of The Descendants Project; for a discussion centering the land of Louisiana and\, its history\, present and future.  \nThe day culminates in a catalogue signing.  \nThis program is free and open to all. Advance registration is recommended.  \nRegister Now \nIn order to view the exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy\, a museum admission ticket is required. Tickets can be purchased at the admissions desk  in the Great Hall or online. \n\nProgram Details\nDawoud Bey: Elegy Catalogue Contributor Panel | 1:00-2:00pm\nFeaturing artist Dawoud Bey; Valerie Cassel Oliver\, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and LeRonn Brooks\, Associate Curator\, Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty Research Institute. Moderated by Brian Piper. \nIntermission | 2:00-2:30pm\nPanel Discussion | 2:30-3:30pm\nFeaturing Kathe Hambrick\, Director of the Amistad Research Center and Founder of the River Road African American Museum; and Jo Banner and Dr. Joy Banner\, founders and directors of the Descendants Project and Woodland Plantation. Moderated by Kristina Kay Robinson. \nDawoud Bey: Elegy exhibition catalogue signing with Bey\, Cassel Oliver\, and Brooks | 3:30 – 4:15 pm\nCafe NOMA\, which is adjacent to the Lapis Center for the Arts\, will be open for food and beverage purchases throughout the afternoon \n\nAbout the Participants\nAbout Dawoud Bey\nAmerican photographer Dawoud Bey\, photo by Frank Ishman \nGroundbreaking artist and MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey examines the Black past and present. His photographs and film installations have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe. Bey’s work has been the subject of numerous solo museum exhibitions\, including Dawoud Bey: An American Project organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art (2020-2022)\, and Elegy at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (2023-2024) and New Orleans Museum of Art (2025-2026); and Dawoud Bey: Street Portraits at the Denver Art Museum (2024-2025). He has been the subject of several monographs\, including Elegy (Aperture/VMFA\, 2023)\, which chronicles Bey’s history projects and landscape-based work. Bey is the recipient of numerous awards including five honorary doctorates\, and in 2024\, the artist was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  \nBey lives and works in Chicago and New York. He is currently a Critic at Yale University\, where he received his Masters in Fine Arts\, and is Professor Emeritus at Columbia College\, Chicago.   \nAbout Valerie Cassel Oliver\nSydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Valerie Cassel Oliver \nValerie Cassel Oliver is the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Prior to this role\, she served as a senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Texas; director of the Visiting Artist Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and program specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2000\, she was one of six curators selected to organize the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Biennial. Cassel Oliver has organized several special exhibitions at VMFA\, including Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen (2018)\, Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South (2019)\, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art\, Material Culture\, and the Sonic Impulse (2021) and Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass (2022). In addition\, she has produced an installation series\, Lewis Focus\, that has featured the work of Theaster Gates\, Athena LaTocha\, Annabeth Rosen and Ebony Patterson \nAbout LeRonn Brooks\nDr. LeRonn P. Brooks\, curator of modern and contemporary collections\, and the African American Art History Initiative (AAAHI)\, at the Getty Research Institute \nDr. LeRonn P. Brooks is an art historian and curator of modern and contemporary collections\, and the African American Art History Initiative (AAAHI)\, at the Getty Research Institute. Brooks is curator of African American collections and acquisitions at the GRI. He is responsible for building and developing collections to promote advanced research in the study of African American art history. In his capacity at the GRI\, Brooks is also the curator\, and co-curator\, of several archives including those of the Johnson Publishing Company\, architect Paul Revere Williams\, sculptor Richard Hunt\, interdisciplinary artist\, Maren Hassinger\, and scholar Dr. Robert Farris Thompson\, among others. His interviews and essays on African American art\, and poetry\, have been featured in Callaloo Journal\, The International Review of African American Art\, and the Aperture Foundation\, as well as numerous exhibition catalogues. Brooks earned a Doctor of Philosophy\, Art History\, from City University of New York\, NY\, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from Hunter College\, NY. \nAbout Jo Banner\nJo Banner\, Founder and Director of The Descendants Project \nJo Banner is the founder and director of The Descendants Project\, a nonprofit she co-founded with her twin sister\, Dr. Joy Banner\, in St. John the Baptist Parish\, Louisiana. Holding bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communications\, she uses her education to honor the legacy of enslaved people while defending descendant communities.Jo’s mission includes preserving the burial grounds of the enslaved and protecting the last 11 miles untouched by industrial development in Cancer Alley. Through her work\, she envisions a just transition for people and land to achieve economic and environmental liberation. \nAbout Dr. Joy Banner\nDr. Joy banner\, Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Descendants Project \nDr. Joy Banner is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Descendants Project\, a nonprofit organization founded to protect the health\, land\, and lives of the Black descendant community in Louisiana’s River Parishes—an area known as “Cancer Alley.”After earning her Ph.D. in communications and B.S. in marketing from Louisiana State University\, Dr. Banner taught business communications\, marketing and entrepreneurship at LSU\, where she advanced to Chair of the Management program before returning to her hometown of Wallace\, Louisiana. Joy has 20+ years in heritage and tourism\, which she has leveraged to champion the preservation of Black historic sites\, heritage\, and communities. \nAbout Kathe Hambrick\nKathe Hambrick\, Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center \nKathe Hambrick is the Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center\, where she brings over 30 years of experience in public history\, curation\, and interpretation to preserve and share pivotal narratives of America’s ethnic and racial history. As the founder of the River Road African American Museum in Louisiana\, Hambrick has championed the preservation of African American history in the Mississippi River parishes. She holds a Master’s in Museum Studies from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) and has curated over 100 exhibits\, including “The Rural Roots of Jazz.” A published author and consultant\, she continues to shape a more inclusive historical narrative through her work. \nAbout Kristina Kay Robinson\nKristina Kay Robinson\, poet\, writer\, independent curator and visual artist \nKristina Kay Robinson is a poet\, writer\, independent curator and visual artist born and raised in New Orleans\, Louisiana. Her writing in various genres has appeared in Art in America\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Guernica\, The Baffler\, The Nation\, The Massachusetts Review and Elle among other outlets. Robinson is a recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism and an Andy Warhol Arts Writing grant. Currently she serves as the New Orleans editor at large for the Atlanta based\, Burnaway magazine. \nAbout the Amistad Research Center \nThe Amistad Research Center is the nation’s oldest\, largest\, and most comprehensive independent archives specializing in the history of African Americans and other ethnic minorities. The Center is dedicated to preserving this history by providing a home to manuscripts\, photographs\, books\, periodicals\, and works of art that bear witness to a post worth sharing with the future. \nAbout The Descendants Project\nThe Descendants Project is an emerging organization committed to the intergenerational healing and flourishing of the Black descendant community in the Louisiana river parishes. The lands of the river parishes hold the intersecting histories of enslavement\, settler colonialism\, and environmental degradation.\n​\nWe are descended from the enslaved men\, women\, and children who were forced to labor at one or more of the hundreds of plantations that line the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Starting in the 1970s\, large industrial  petrochemical plants began purchasing the land of these plantations still surrounded by vulnerable Black descendant communities. The region is now known as “Cancer Alley” for the extreme risks of cancer and death due to pollution. The community faces many other problems such as food insecurity\, high unemployment\, high poverty\, land dispossession\, and health issues that stem from a culture of disregard for Black communities and their quality of life.\n​​\nThrough programming\, education\, advocacy\, and outreach\, The Descendants Project is committed to reversing the vagrancies of slavery through healing and restorative work. We aim to eliminate the narrative violence of plantation tourism and champion the voice of the Black descendant community while demanding action that supports the total well-being of Black descendants. \nAbout the River Road African American Museum \nThe mission of the River Road African American Museum (RRAAM) is to educate visitors about the history and culture of African Americans in the rural communities of south Louisiana through the collection\, preservation\, and interpretation of art\, artifacts\, and historic buildings. \nAbout Dawoud Bey: Elegy\nDawoud Bey: Elegy draws upon the factual and imagined realities of the early African American presence in the United States. Including forty-five black-and-white photographs and two film installations\, the exhibition elucidates the deeply profound historical memory still embedded in geography at historically significant sites in Virginia\, Louisiana and Ohio. Through the interweaving of three photographic series—”Stony the Road “(2023)\, “In This Here Place” (2019)\, and “Night Coming Tenderly\, Black” (2017)—Bey offers a framework through which to conceptualize the landscapes of Virginia\, Louisiana\, and Ohio (respectively) through images that convey the memories of our shared American past. \nLearn More
URL:https://noma.org/event/dawoud-bey-elegy-weekend-symposium/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Special
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: David Torkanowsky
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nJoin us for this installment of the Butterfly Music Series featuring New Orleanian jazz pianist and composer David Torkanowsky. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout David Torkanowsky\nDavid Torkanowsky is one of New Orleans’s premier contemporary jazz pianists\, composers\, and arrangers. “Tork” was born in New Orleans in 1956\, the son of classical conductor Werner Torkanowsky and flamenco artist Theresa Torkanowsky. He learned to play piano early on\, and was schooled in the ways of New Orleans music by legends such as Danny Barker\, David Lastie and Ellis Marsalis. Read more at https://www.wwoz.org/acts/david-torkanowsky \nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://noma.org/event/butterfly-music-series-david-torkanowsky/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Chocolat and Conversation with Robert Nelson Jacobs and Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Chocolat (2000) for this program\, followed by a conversation with screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs and Poster. Doors open at 5:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 6:00 pm.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nPurchase Tickets \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \nTicket Waitlist Policy\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats:\n\nAt 5:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 6:15 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\nAbout the Film\nChocolat (2000\, 2h 1m)\nA mysterious woman opens a sweets shop in a 1950s French village and immediately causes a romantic and societal stir among the uptight townsfolk. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-chocolat-and-conversation-with-robert-nelson-jacobs-and-producer-meryl-poster/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Pride Summer Soirée
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the first Friday of June for a vibrant evening of art\, music\, and celebration in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride month. \nNOMA’s after-hours Pride Summer Soirée invites everyone to celebrate art and Pride in the heart of NOMA’s galleries. With live music and DJ sets\, Pride-inspired art making activities\, and more\, this celebration is designed to be inclusive and welcoming for all. \nWe can’t wait to see you there! \nTickets are $15 for Members\, $30 for General Admission\, and free for attendees under 19. \nPurchase Tickets \n\nEvent Details\nLive DJ Set from ZEUS\nDance all night to live mixes from local artist\, DJ\, and producer ZEUS in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nArt-Making Activities for All\nCraft the night away at our interactive art-making station. Our featured art activity\, an “identity Collage” inspired by Robert Rauschenberg’s Melic Meeting (Spread)\, on view in the second floor’s Entergy Corporation Gallery\, is designed for creatives of all experience levels. \nGlam Photo Booth\, Courtesy of MIPB & Co.\nStrike a pose\, channel the energy of your favorite LGBTQ+ icons\, and capture unforgettable memories of the night with complementary photos from a Glam Photo Booth courtesy of MIPB & Co.\, an LGBTQ+ owned business. \nGallery Talk with Dr. Orlando Hernández Ying\, Curator of Arts of the Americas\nEnjoy after-hours access to our galleries and exhibitions\, and gain deeper insight into our collection with a gallery talk led by NOMA’s Curator of Arts of the Americas\, Dr. Orlando Hernández Ying. His gallery talk\, titled Three Male Nudes at NOMA\, will focus on the appreciation of the male nude through the lens of Mannerism\, a period of experimentation and innovation that pushed the boundaries of art and challenged the idealized norms of the High Renaissance. \nThis gallery talk will take place from 7:00-7:20 pm. The talk will begin in the Renaissance Art Gallery and move into the Dutch Art Gallery\, both found on the first floor. \nFood and Drinks from Café NOMA\nSip and snack on a small bites and beverage menu from Café NOMA. The menu will include a rainbow doberge cake\, Pride-themed cocktails\, and more. \n\nBios\nAbout ZEUS\nZEUS is a New Orleans-based artist\, DJ\, and producer. He supported Grammy Award-winning Tank and the Bangas on their The Heart\, The Mind\, The Soul tour across the US\, performed at Gameday at The Bayou Classic\, and recently held a residency at Emeril Lagasse’s 34 Restaurant and Bar in New Orleans. You can find him on Instagram\, Soundcloud\, TikTok\, YouTube\, and on his official website. \n \nAbout MIPB & Co. (Photo Booth Experience Makers)\nMIPB & Co. is a premier destination for exceptional photo booth experiences. They are passionate about creating unforgettable moments and capturing the essence of joy\, laughter and celebration. \n“As a LGBTQ+ owned business\, it’s important to us to show up for our community not just in celebration\, but by giving our time\, talent\, and resources where it counts\,” remarks co-owner Orlando Whigham. “We’re excited to support Pride in a way that feels authentic to who we are.” \nConnect with MIPB & Co. on their Instagram (@mipb.activations) and their official website.
URL:https://noma.org/event/pride-summer-soiree/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Special,Member Events,Festivals
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: The Wings of the Dove and Conversation with Susan Taylor and Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen The Wings of the Dove (1997) for this program\, followed by a conversation with Susan Taylor\, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of NOMA\, and Poster. Doors open at 5:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 6:00 pm.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nPurchase Tickets \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \nTicket Waitlist Policy\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats:\n\nAt 5:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 6:15 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\nAbout the Film\nThe Wings of the Dove (1997\, 1h 42m)\nA scheming woman exploits a friendship with a dying heiress to attain her goals in this handsome adaptation of Henry James’s novel. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-wings-of-the-dove/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Spring Festival: New African Masquerades
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the special exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations at NOMA’s Spring Festival\, a day of activities for all ages. \nThis year’s Spring Festival will take place on Saturday\, May 31st\, from 10 am to 4 pm. \n$5 for Members \n$10 for General Admission \nFree admission for people ages 19 and under \nRegister Now \nPlease note: the New Orleans Museum of Art will be CLOSED after Spring Festival ends at 4 pm on Saturday\, May 31st. There will be no public admission to the museum after 4 pm this day.   \n\nEvent Details\nLive Music from Local Acts Young Guardians of the Flame and ÌFÉ\nListen and dance along to live performances by the Young Guardians of the Flame at 10:30 am and electronic music artist ÌFÉ at 2:45 pm. \nGuided Tours of New African Masquerades\, Afropolitan\, and More\nExplore all three floors of the museum with guided tours of our New African Masquerades and Afropolitan exhibits\, as well as our permanent African Art collection on the 3rd floor. Enjoy docent-guided tours of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden throughout the day. Tours are all ages\, with youth- and teen- focused tours scheduled throughout the day\, as well. \nNew African Masquerades-inspired Arts and Activities\nEnjoy art-making activities and demonstrations inspired by New African Masquerades.  \nConservator-Led Workshop on Document and Photo Preservation\nJoin NOMA’s Conservator of Photographs and Works of Art on Paper\, Nayla Maaruf\, for an invaluable workshop titled “Preserving Family History: Disaster Prep at Home for Family Photos and Documents.” \nConnect with Our Community\nMeet and mingle with a variety of community partners\, learn about their programs and projects\, and get creative. \nEnjoy Food and Drinks All Day\nEnjoy food from local vendors\, including Tanjariné and Café NOMA. Food will be available for purchase throughout the event.  \n\nAbout New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations\nNew African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations spotlights the work of four contemporary artists working in cities across West Africa: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa\, Sheku “Goldenfinger” Fofanah\, David Sanou\, and Hervé Youmbi. Read more.  \nAbout ÌFÉ\nNew Orleans-based African American producer and percussionist ÌFÉ blends elements of Afro-Cuban folklore and Yoruban religious music with the sounds of modern day Jamaican Dancehall\, Trap and AfroBeats. The single most important electronic act in Afro-Caribbean music today\, ÌFÉ’s long awaited sophomore album 0000+0000 was released to worldwide critical acclaim in November of 2021. His new album is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2025.
URL:https://noma.org/event/spring-fest-new-african-masquerades/
LOCATION:Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans \, LA\, 70124
CATEGORIES:Performances,Kids & Families,Talks & Tours,Member Events,Festivals
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Cinema Paradiso and Conversation with Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Cinema Paradiso (1989) for this program\, starting with a conversation with Poster. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, the talk begins at 7:00 pm\, and the film screening starts at around 7:45 pm.  \nDue to pending weather conditions\, this program will now take place in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nSeating location is on a first-come\, first-served basis. Popcorn\, bites\, beverages\, and special cocktails by Café NOMA are available for purchase. No outside food or drinks are permitted.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nNote on Ticket Availability\nDue to pending weather conditions and indoor capacity limitations\, tickets for this program are no longer available for purchase online. \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nAbout the Film\nCinema Paradiso (1989\, 2h 35m)\nA prominent movie director returns to his Sicilian home village for the first time in many years to attend the funeral of the town’s former film projectionist\, who served as the filmmaker’s mentor when he was a young boy. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-cinema-paradiso/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:NOMA at Night with the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:Get creative and explore the museum after hours during NOMA at Night. \nFor this edition of NOMA at Night\, we’ve partnered with the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans for an evening celebrating the vibrant cuisines\, arts\, and cultures of India. With live folk and contemporary dance performances from the NOLA Garba Group and Sanjukta; inspired dishes from local Indian food vendors\, along with specialty cocktails and a happy hour menu by Café NOMA; a documentary film screening; Mehndi tattooing; and much more\, this NOMA at Night will be one to remember. \n$15 for members\n$30 general admission\nFree admission for attendees ages 19 and under \nBuy Tickets \n\nProgram Details\nTemporary Mehndi Tattooing with Local Artist\n6:00-8:00 pm in the NOMA Shop courtyard\nCelebrate the ancient art of mehndi (also known as henna) tattoos by receiving a design from a local mehndi artist. \nFresh Indian Cuisine with Atti NOLA and Inaayat NOLA\n6:00-8:45 pm in the Front Circle of the New Orleans Museum of Art\nExplore Indian cuisine with local pop-ups Atti NOLA and Inaayat NOLA. These vendors will serve their takes on South Indian and Indian-meets-Southern cuisine\, respectively\, throughout the evening. \nLive Dance Performances from NOLA Garba Group and Sanjukta\n7:10 PM and 8:30 pm performances by Sanjukta in the Great Hall\, 7:45 pm performance with the NOLA Garba Group\nDance along with the NOLA Garba Group in a collaborative Garba performance\, a folk dance originating in the state of Gujarat. Also enjoy two performances of a classical Bharatanatyam dance with a unique twist by Sanjukta. \nTour of the Indian Art Gallery with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord\n6:40 pm in the third-floor Elise Mayer Besthoff Galleries\nJoin NOMA’s Deputy Director and Curator of Asian Art Lisa Rotondo-McCord for an after-hours guided tour of the Indian Art Gallery. Learn all about our collection of art and objects from across the Indian subcontinent from an expert. \nThe Elephant Whisperers (2022) Film Screening\n7:00 pm and 7:45 pm screenings in the Lapis Center for the Arts\nView two exclusive screenings of the 2022 documentary The Elephant Whisperers for NOMA at Night guests. \nMore Dining and Drinks from Café NOMA\n6:00–9:00 pm in the Great Hall\nEnjoy a happy hour menu and specialty cocktails from Café NOMA all night long. \n\nAbout the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans\nThe Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans (IACNO) aims to organize concerts by accomplished Indian classical performing artists\, enrich the cultural life of New Orleans by introducing yet another element of music among the thriving indigenous jazz and blues tradition\, and to increase awareness of the diverse classical heritage of India. \nLearn More \nAbout Atti NOLA\n“Atti” is a slang word that means a local spot or adda—a place where people gather\, eat\, and bond over good food and great conversations. It’s more than just a name; it’s a reflection of what we wanted to create—a space where South Indian food lovers and the curious foodies of New Orleans could come together and experience something unique.  \nSee @atti_nola on Instagram for information. \nAbout Inaayat NOLA\nChefs Kanwarpal Singh and Elise Ryon run the Indian-meets-Southern cuisine pop-up Inaayat NOLA\, which takes its name from an Urdu word for blessing. Singh is a native of the state of Punjab in India and cooked at some top New Orleans restaurants before starting the pop-up. He and Ryon met while working at Donald Link restaurants.  \nSee @inaayat_nola on Instagram for information. \nThank You to Our Supporters\nNOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation\, and Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.
URL:https://noma.org/event/noma-at-night-with-the-indian-arts-circle/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:NOMA at Night
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: The Talented Mr. Ripley and Conversation with Jude Law and Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) for this program\, followed by a conversation with actor Jude Law and Poster. Doors open at 5:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 6:00 pm.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nSold Out \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \nTicket Waitlist Policy\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\n\nAt 5:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 6:15 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\nAbout the Film\nThe Talented Mr. Ripley (1999\, 2h 19m)\nA social-climbing psychopath insinuates himself into a wealthy man’s life. Chilling. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-ripley/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:The Role of Warrior Women in the Republic of Benin\, Haiti\, and New Orleans with Creative Assembly Artist Caleb Dowden and Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dowti Desir
DESCRIPTION:This is a multi-part program organized by Creative Assembly resident artist Caleb Dowden beginning with a lecture by Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dowti Desir\, who will discuss the intersections of spirituality and cultural traditions in Haiti\, the Benin Republic\, and New Orleans. \nGuests will engage in a light body movement rooted in the warrior dance practice of the Agoojee\, an all-female army of the Dahomey Kingdom\, formerly the Benin Republic\, which symbolizes strength and resilience. \nClosing with a conversation with Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dowti Desir\, moderated by Creative Assembly artist Caleb Dowden. \nDiscussion of the vital roles women of African descent have carried in the spiritual and cultural traditions of New Orleans\, reinforcing the interconnectedness of these rich histories and highlighting the ongoing influence of the leadership of women in contemporary society. \nThis event is part of the series “Nana Benz: Reimagining the Black Feminist Future\,” which seeks to deepen the understanding of Black women’s contributions and the cultural legacies they continue to uphold. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. \nAbout Creative Assembly Artist Caleb Dowden\nCaleb Dowden is a choreographer and researcher from New Orleans\, Louisiana. In 2021\, she graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase with her BFA in dance. As a 2021 recipient of a Fulbright Independent research award from the U.S. Department of State and a Fulbright Hay’s fellowship with SUNY Purchase \, Caleb’s choreographic work and research has been supported locally and internationally by the French Alliance of New Orleans\, Le Centre ( Benin Republic)\, Borna Soglo gallery ( Benin Republic)\, University of New Orleans\, Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, International Dance Festival of New Orleans\, The New Ohio Theatre \, and the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University. As the Director of Dow-Dance Company\, Caleb Dowden produces choreographic work at the intersection of African history and culture with a unique vision of (re)connecting the African Diaspora with the African continent. \nAbout Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dòwòti Désir\nHer Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dòwòti Désir\, Sêmévo 1st of the Royal Palace of the African Diaspora\, has been a prominent figure since her enthronement in 2022 as Queen Mother of the African Diaspora in the Benin Republic. Born in Haiti\, she is the first Haitian to hold this title on the African continent and is recognized for her dedication to African spirituality\, repatriation\, and dual citizenship for members of the African Diaspora. An accomplished scholar with degrees from Barnard College\, Bard College\, and The New Seminary\, her work includes founding the Imperial Corps Agoodjié\, advocating for children’s rights\, and engaging in various international initiatives. Dr. Désir has participated in notable events such as the Festival of the Diaspora in Colombia and has collaborated with organizations to foster connections between Africa and its Diaspora. As an educator at Dutchess Community College\, she empowers youth through the Imperial Corps Agoodjié and its Youth Warriors program. Her commitment to reconnecting the African Diaspora with their ancestral roots and addressing critical issues has made her a recognized thought leader on a global scale.
URL:https://noma.org/event/warrior-women/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Classes,Talks & Tours,Creative Assembly
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SUMMARY:Cross-Cultural Conversations: Creative Assembly and ARCAthens
DESCRIPTION:Join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for an enlightening evening of cross-cultural dialogue with ARCAthens resident artists Angelo Plessas and Steffi Stouri and two of NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members\, Carl Harrison Jr. and LaVonna Varnado-Brown. These artists with diverse backgrounds will share their experiences\, perspectives\, and creative processes.  \nThrough an open exchange\, attendees will gain insight into how art serves as a universal language\, transcending geographical boundaries\, and fostering connections among people from varied cultural backgrounds. In conversation with NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members\, the visiting artists will explore themes of identity\, representation\, and the power of artistic expression. \nThis program is included with with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation.  \n\nABOUT ARCATHENS\nBased in New York City\, ARCAthens was created in 2017 to provide opportunities and support to visual artists\, curators\, and scholars through its artist residency programs. The inaugural NOLA/NYC Research Fellowship gives Greek artists and curators the opportunity to focus on cultural exchange and community engagement in two American cities: New Orleans and New York City. Visit ARCAthens to learn more about the organization and their programs. \nLearn More \n\nAbout the Speakers\nAngelo Plessas lives and works between Athens and Kymi\, Greece. He explores the intersection of spirituality and the networked world\, investigating how ancient\, folk\, and cybernetic histories intertwine. By weaving together elements from the spiritual and the online realms\, Plessas creates spaces that challenge the notion of binaries—material versus virtual\, human versus machine\, past versus future—proposing instead a fluid reality where all these dimensions converge. His work spans performances\, artist residencies\, artist’s books\, interactive websites\, quilted sculptures\, neon installations\, and educational projects. His work has been exhibited in Documenta 14\, the 8th Thessaloniki Biennale\, the Onassis Foundation\, the 8th Biennale of Gherdëina\, the Serralves Foundation\, and the 13th Gwangju Biennale in S. Korea. Other projects have also been exhibited in The Museum of Contemporary\, Chicago; the Jeu de Paume\, Paris; the DESTE Foundation\, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art\, Athens. He is the founder of the independent space P.E.T. Projects in Athens. He won the DESTE Foundation Prize in 2015. \nSteffi Stouri is an independent curator and researcher based in Athens\, specializing in feminist epistemologies\, archival practices\, and sonic art. With an academic background in Heritage and Museum Studies (MA\, University of Amsterdam) and History and Philosophy of Science (BSc\, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens)\, her work explores the intersections of gender\, identity\, and memory. Her curatorial projects often engage with embodied experiences and fragmented histories\, aiming to challenge dominant narratives through collaborative practices and innovative exhibitions. Notable projects include Otherlands (2024) a site specific exhibition and sonic performance in the archaeological site of Heraion\, Unboxing Callas (2023–2024)\, an archival and group exhibition exploring the legacy of Maria Callas in dialogue with the Greek National Opera’s archive\, and From Cartography to Cookbooks (2021)\, a digital exhibition examining Dutch colonialism through cartography and culinary history. She has also curated sound-focused projects like Chase (2018)\, a sound installation exploring sonic performance and the body\, and Symbiotic Degradation (2020)\, a hybrid exhibition addressing environmental degradation and its artistic representations. Her practice is deeply informed by a commitment to reparative curating\, cultural exchange\, and community engagement. Through the NOLA/NYC Research Fellowship\, she seeks to expand her exploration of sonic art\, while connecting the cultural histories and musical legacies of New York and New Orleans to her ongoing curatorial work. \nCarl Harrison Jr. is a New Orleans–based filmmaker\, artist\, and urban farmer dedicated to preserving cultural heritage and promoting environmental sustainability. As the founder of the St. Roch Apiary and Food Forest\, Harrison creates spaces for community engagement\, combining urban farming with beekeeping to support local ecosystems and inspire others to reconnect with nature. His short film\, The Buzz of St. Roch\, won an Audience Award at the 2024 New Orleans Film Festival and highlights the beauty and resilience of his neighborhood. Currently\, Harrison is touring The Buzz of St. Roch. His exhibition Echoes of the Hive was on view last year at the Tulane School of Public Health. Harrison also directed The Black Schoolhouse\, a documentary exploring the intersection of art\, activism\, and education within New Orleans’ Black community. \nLaVonna Varnado-Brown has worked as an installation artist\, artist advocate\, teaching artist\, and tutor in and around New Orleans and with Beginning with Children\, a Brooklyn–based college and career preparatory program). Varnado-Brown creates mixed-media visual art engaging with Afrofuturism\, history\, the divine feminine\, and floral motifs. Varnado-Brown explores Afrofuturism as a cultural aesthetic to navigate the intersection of art and history and inspire action in the now by creating space for joy. Varnado-Brown finds inspiration in the community through facilitating workshops that create intentional space to engage in creative grounding practices that raise our spatial awareness and kinesthetic responses to one another and our environment.
URL:https://noma.org/event/creative-assembly-and-arcathens-2025/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Talks & Tours
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