Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Wednesday
2026-04-08 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner-friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening. The instructor for this course is Donna Roubal.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

About the Instructor
Donna Roubal is a dynamic multidisciplined instructor of many genres of fitness including yoga, mat pilates, reformer pilates, yogalates, personal training, zumba, bodypump, cycle, rpm, aerobics, step aerobics, kickboxing, as well as aquatics and numerous avenues of fitness through multiple sports. Roubal enjoys teaching a combination of Vinyasa flow and Hatha yoga. She loves finding the freedom of movement that yoga provides for the ultimate mind/body experience.

Tai Chi in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Monday
2026-04-06 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-23 18:00 - 19:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner-friendly, outdoor tai chi classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The first 30 minutes of class focus on simple celestial elemental Qigong forms, a gentle and accessible style of movement suitable for anyone. The second part of class explores progressive sequential movements from the “Tai Chi Easy” form developed by Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., director of Integral Institute of Tai Chi and Qigong Center.
In many martial, exercise, healing, and meditative traditions, attainment is the central aim. Our invitation is something different: to release, through the spirit of play, any obstruction that separates us from well being and harmony.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Tai chi participants meet at the garden entrance on the corner of Collins Diboll Circle and Enrique Alferez Drive, across the street from Café NOMA. Please bring a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please also bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Monday classes: register online by 3pm the day of class.
For Wednesday classes: register online by 3pm on the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Public Tours in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Sunday
2026-04-05 10:30, 2026-03-29 10:30, 2026-03-22 10:30, 2026-03-15 10:30, 2026-03-08 10:30, 2026-03-01 10:30, 2026-02-22 10:30
NOMA provides guided tours of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden every Sunday. During these tours, you’ll learn about a selection of the 100 large-scale works installed in the garden.
No registration is required. NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to all, seven days a week. Tours start at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive.

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Wednesday
2026-04-01 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-03-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-03-04 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-25 17:00 - 18:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner-friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening. The instructor for this class is Donna Roubal.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

About the Instructor
Donna Roubal is a dynamic multidisciplined instructor of many genres of fitness including yoga, mat pilates, reformer pilates, yogalates, personal training, zumba, bodypump, cycle, rpm, aerobics, step aerobics, kickboxing, as well as aquatics and numerous avenues of fitness through multiple sports. Roubal enjoys teaching a combination of Vinyasa flow and Hatha yoga. She loves finding the freedom of movement that yoga provides for the ultimate mind/body experience.

NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Presented by Hancock Whitney
2026-03-28 10:00 - 12:30
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Presented by Hancock Whitney is a fun and festive event for families featuring arts, crafts, games, face painting, food, drinks, sweets, music, and much more. The festival is set within the picturesque Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
Funds raised during the NOMA Egg Hunt support critical educational and exhibition programs at NOMA.
Event Chairs |Abigail Deshotels & Caroline Boone Graham
NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Jennifer Rowland
Your support during the NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival provides critical resources to educational initiatives, programs, and exhibitions at NOMA.

Tickets
Tickets for the Egg Hunt and Family Festival are $20 for members through March 27 at 12 pm. General admission tickets are $25 through March 27 at 12 pm. Limited tickets will be available for purchase at the event for $25.
All children under the age of 2 receive free admission to this event, but still require a ticket for the event.
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a rain-or-shine event. Tickets are non-refundable.
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Please note that all activities and refreshments, excluding alcoholic beverages, are included in the ticket price.

Event Schedule
Oak Grove Activities (Back Garden)
10:45 – 11:15 am: Egg Hunt (ages 4 and under)
10:45 – 11:15 am: Egg Hunt (ages 5 and above)
10:45 – 12:30 pm: Face painting
10:45 – 12:30 pm: Hula hoop station
10:45 – 12:30 pm: Temporary tattoo station

Pine Grove Activities (Front Garden)
10 am – 12:30 pm: DJ Audio Jocks
10 am – 12:30 pm: Magician, juggler, and other special guests
10 am – 12:30 pm: NOMA Art Activities
10 am – 12:30 pm: Face painting
10 am – 12:30 pm: Photography by Polo Silk

Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Lead Sponsors

Beverly and Robert Matheney
Catherine Burns Tremaine
Fun & Games Sponsors
Burkart-Lacey Families

Cammie and Charles Mayer
Bunnies & Baskets Sponsors

Shlenker Family Foundation
Boogie & Bounce Sponsors
Little Miss Muffin
The Shapiro and Dandry Families
Lake Vista Pediatrics
Special Thanks

Sponsorship Levels and Benefits
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about the NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival, please email egghunt@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.
BOOGIE & BOUNCE | $250

Six (6) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations, the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Boogie & Bounce Sponsor
BUNNIES & BASKETS | $500

Eight (8) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations,the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Bunnies & Baskets Sponsor
SWEETS & TREATS / ACTIVITY UNDERWRITER | $1,000

Recognition as a “Sweets & Treats” Sponsor of the event & an underwriter of an Egg Hunt activity*
Twenty (20) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival

UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITY – LIMITED AVAILABILITY (5 available) ○ Your company can receive additional publicity by underwriting a specific NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival activity. Sponsors at this level will be recognized with special signage at the selected activity station. NOMA Art Activity | Musical Entertainment | Face Painting | Hula Hoop Station | Kid’s Tattoo Salon Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations,the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Sweets & Treats Sponsor
FUN & GAMES / EGG HUNT UNDERWRITER | $2,500

Thirty (30) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2026/2027

UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITY – LIMITED AVAILABILITY (2 available) ○ Your company can receive additional publicity by underwriting the NOMA Egg Hunt: for ages 4 & under or ages 5 & up. Sponsors at this level receive the benefit of further recognition with custom signage on the egg hunt grounds. Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations, the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.

Become a Fun & Games Sponsor
LEAD SPONSOR | $5,000
Recognition as a Lead Sponsor of the event

Fifty (50) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2026/2027

Sponsor recognition on Egg Hunt promotion: including digital invitations, the event webpage on the NOMA website (which reaches over 40,000 users each month) and is promoted on the NOMA newsletter to over 30,000 subscribers; over 70,000 Instagram followers, and over 44,775 Facebook followers.
Become a Lead Sponsor

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday
2026-03-28 08:00 - 09:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening. The instructor for this course is Sara Lyon.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

About the Instructor
Sara Lyon, LPC-S RYT ‘03, teaches an eclectic “slow flow” integrating dynamics in breath work, mindfulness, balance, strength and flexibility. Lyon pulls from various teaching styles to create predictable sequencing that allows for attunement; practicing discomfort with alignment and breath for increased capacity.

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Wednesday
2026-03-25 17:00 - 18:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner-friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening.
Please note: yoga on Wednesday, March 25, has been cancelled.
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

About the Instructor
Donna Roubal is a dynamic multidisciplined instructor of many genres of fitness including yoga, mat pilates, reformer pilates, yogalates, personal training, zumba, bodypump, cycle, rpm, aerobics, step aerobics, kickboxing, as well as aquatics and numerous avenues of fitness through multiple sports. Roubal enjoys teaching a combination of Vinyasa flow and Hatha yoga. She loves finding the freedom of movement that yoga provides for the ultimate mind/body experience.

The Embodied Magic of Nature Journaling: Illustrating, Observing, and Recording the World Around You
2026-03-22 10:00 - 13:00
Beau Romeo hosts a springtime journaling workshop series at NOMA. In this beginner-friendly course, participants will be guided in journaling with their preferred medium through each session’s focus—Observing, Illustrating, Inquiry, and Embodiment—letting their creativity support them in this exploration.
Through each session, participants will tune into the seasonal plant life of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden. These exercises in curiosity, observation, and recording can be applied to one’s own home and the natural world around us in New Orleans and beyond.
This workshop series will be hosted on March 22, April 12, May 10, and May 17. Each date in this series is a unique, stand alone class, so you can attend just one or all four to build on your skills.
Workshop registration is $25 for NOMA members and $30 for General Admission (materials not included). Advance registration is required to receive relevant prep materials. In the case of inclement weather, sessions will be rescheduled.
Register for March 22’s Observation workshop
Register for April 12’s Illustration workshop
Register for May 10’s Inquiry workshop
Register for May 17’s Embodiment workshop
Materials for this workshop series are also available for purchase through the NOMA Museum Shop, where members receive a 10% discount on their purchases.
Purchase Materials

About the Sessions and Required Materials
Class 1 – Observation: Participants will orient themselves to the plants and landscape of the sculpture garden. There we will develop and explore the practice of having a sit spot. Tapping into our sensory awareness, we start to build the internal framework that guides how we choose to record the worlds around us. We will learn basic introductory botany so as to more deeply familiarize ourselves with what we are recording.
Class 2 – Illustration: Participants will develop a language of illustration and/or visual representation (watercoloring, markers, pencils, etc.) for their journals. They will learn the basics of drawing from life, botanical illustration, and more importantly be encouraged to find the path of least resistance in order to gain confidence in the pursuit. All skill levels encouraged and all mediums, demonstrations will be in watercolors.
Class 3 – Inquiry: Now that some participants have spent some time in the garden, we are seeing seasonal shifts take place. As new cycles of life emerge before us, we fine tune our natural curiosities into scientific inquiries of our garden observations. We build a practice of story telling to convey what we are seeing, feeling, observing over a period of time.
Class 4 – Embodiment: Drawing from the skills we’ve learned in previous classes, (and introducing them for our first time students) – we will incorporate our new practices. What is it to be embodied and present in a place, how do we use a journal to capture this? Participants will become cartographers as they make a map that is relevant to their journalistic practice throughout the series.
Material requirements:
Journaling should be affordable and accessible. If you already have a journal that’s been languishing in your closet for years or colored pencils getting dusty in the bottom of a drawer, by all means bring them to share with your fellow students for the duration of the class. Markers, materials for collage, whatever gets you excited. The only requirement is to bring a journal (or spare paper), pencil, and eraser. The NOMA Museum Shop will have supplies available for purchase with a discount for registered attendees.
Registrants will receive an email with suggested materials and where to purchase them as well as readings ahead of the class date. Each session in this four part Embodied Magic of Nature Journaling series can be a stand alone class, but participation in all four is encouraged to get the most out of this journaling practice and observe the change of the seasons. This is an outdoor class, so dress appropriately to spend the full class time outdoors.

About Beau Romeo

Beau Romeo is a botanical illustrator, naturalist, field botanist, and farmer living between New Orleans and Mississippi where they co-run Rotglow Research Farm and Nursery. They are passionate about the living world and want to inspire people of all ages to get out in it. They believe in demystifying and opening up scientific fields to be accessible to people of all skill levels and backgrounds. They can be found canoeing through the swamps to collect seeds for their nursery, organizing classes at Rotglow Farm, or drawing for the new edition of the Earthbound Farmers Almanac.
Instagram: @rotglowfarm
Email: rattlesnakeorchid@gmail.com

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday
2026-03-21 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-02-28 08:00 - 09:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday
2026-03-14 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-02-21 08:00 - 09:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening. The instructor for this class is Claiborne Davis.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

About the Instructor
Claiborne Davis wants to help you create and maintain a body that can withstand the test of time, so you can always feel fantastic, elastic, stronger, longer, tough, buff, agile but not fragile, more upright and less uptight. A NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200) and Integrated Yoga Tune Up® Teacher (YTU-I), Claiborne also is a longtime tennis player, language-learner, corny joke-teller, traveller and a former television news producer.
Davis’s classes are all Levels, with options to increase or decrease challenge levels.

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Wednesday
2026-03-11 17:00 - 18:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner-friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening. The instructor for this class is Sara Lyon.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3 pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

About the Instructor
Sara Lyon, LPC-S RYT ‘03, teaches an eclectic “slow flow” integrating dynamics in breath work, mindfulness, balance, strength and flexibility. Lyon pulls from various teaching styles to create predictable sequencing that allows for attunement; practicing discomfort with alignment and breath for increased capacity.

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday
2026-03-07 08:00 - 09:00
Experience wellness at NOMA with beginner friendly, outdoor yoga classes in the serene Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Classes take place every Saturday morning and (beginning in late February 2026) every Wednesday evening. The instructor for this class is Sara Lyon.
Class is $5 for members and $10 for the general public. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat and a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Walk-ins are welcome and can pay with cash. If you are a member paying in cash, please bring your membership card or member number.
REGISTER NOW
For Saturday Classes: register online by 3pm the Friday before class.
For Wednesday Classes: register online by 3pm the Tuesday before class.
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

About the Instructor
Sara Lyon, LPC-S RYT ‘03, teaches an eclectic “slow flow” integrating dynamics in breath work, mindfulness, balance, strength and flexibility. Lyon pulls from various teaching styles to create predictable sequencing that allows for attunement; practicing discomfort with alignment and breath for increased capacity.

Music in the Garden: Sir. Chantz Powell and Wes Anderson IV Quartet
2026-02-22 14:00 - 16:00
This year, experience the seasons change at NOMA with Music in the Garden! Enjoy local musicians performing alongside artworks new and old in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Sunday afternoons February 22nd, April 12th, October 25th, and November 15th.
Sunday, February 22’s Music in the Garden will feature music from Sir. Chantz Powell and the Wes Anderson IV Quartet.
This program is free and open to the public, with registration recommended.
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Performance Schedule
2-3 pm: Sir. Chantz Powell
3-4 pm: Wes Anderson IV Quartet
Both performances will take place in the Sculpture Garden Ampitheater.
Download a Besthoff Sculpture Garden Map Here

About Sir. Chantz Powell

Sir. Chantz Powell is an outstanding multifaceted performer with an international career, showcasing his talent as a singer, trumpeter, dancer, and actor. He has received critical acclaim and has performed at prestigious venues, award shows, and charity events across the globe.

About Wes Anderson IV Quartet

Wes Anderson is a New Orleans–based trombonist known for his warm tone, deep swing, and strong roots in the city’s jazz tradition. A versatile performer, he is equally at home in traditional New Orleans jazz, swing, brass band music, and modern styles. Anderson has performed with notable artists and ensembles including Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, earning a reputation as a reliable and expressive collaborator on stages throughout the city. Deeply grounded in New Orleans culture and community, his playing reflects the city’s rich musical lineage while bringing his own voice to every performance.
