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FRIDAY NIGHTS AT NOMA: Member Appreciation Night, New Orleans' greatest piano geniuses team up on screen, tour Changing Course exhibition, listen to Crossing Canal duet
New Orleans music fans are in for a treat this Friday night as the renowned but rarely broadcast documentary Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together fills the big screen and nostalgic hearts. The 1982 film brought legends Tuts Washington, Allen Toussaint, and Professor Longhair together for a jam session never to be duplicated. For Member Appreciation Night, NOMA members will receive a complimentary drink at any of the bars, and an extra 10% off sales items in the Museum Shop. Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper for a tour of the ongoing exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories. At Café NOMA, the Artful Palate cooking demonstrations continue with a chef preparing jambalaya. Arrive early and stay late for Friday Nights at NOMA on August 10:
5 - 8 pm | Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 - 8:30 pm | Music by Crossing Canal
6 pm | Gallery tour of Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
6 pm | Artful Palate cooking demonstration at Café NOMA:
Jambalaya with Chris Fite, Café NOMA chef
7 pm | Picturing Us Film Series: Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together(Watch trailer below), followed by a Q&A with local filmmaker Tim Watson.
Cafe NOMA, the Museum Shop, galleries and exhibitions are open until 9 pm.
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Free admission on August days that top 93 degrees
From now through August 31, when the weather forecast from FOX8 News is predicted to top 93 degrees, admission is free to NOMA the following day for all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Wednesday, August 8, is the first qualifying date and the offer is extended to ALL visitors. Watch the nightly broadcasts with meteorologist David Bernard and look for notices on NOMA's Facebook page or the NOMA website. Additionally, free sno-balls will be served at an outdoor booth from Imperial Woodpecker Sno-balls and a raffle will be held with a prize print of colorful sno-balls by photographer David Armentor.
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Mujeres de Cine Film Series continues with Júlia 1st
Saturday, August 11, 2 pm
The Mujeres de Cine Film Series continues with a screening of Júlia 1st, the story of a college-age Spanish woman who travels Berlin to study abroad. Once there, in a cold, gray city alone, she must compare her expectations -- and her own self perception -- with reality. (Not rated | 2017 | 1 hour, 30 minutes | Watch the trailer). The film series, which features the work of Spanish women filmmakers, will conclude on Saturday, August 25, at 2 pm with the movie Summer 1993.
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Lee Friedlander (American, b. 1934), New Orleans, Louisiana, 1958, Gelatin silver print, Private collection, San Francisco .
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Final days to see Lee Friedlander in Louisiana, closes August 12
The retrospective exhibition Lee Friedlander in Louisiana, a showcase of the famous photographer's documentation of the state for nearly six decades closes on Sunday, August 12. Don't miss this first-ever exhibition solely focusing on this aspect of his career, with scenes of New Orleans' jazz community and the changing urban landscape of the city.
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Visit 16 participating local museums with your NOMA membership
Break the late summer doldrums and play tourist at home by visiting sixteen participating museums with your NOMA membership throughout the month of August. Join or renew online today or call (504) 658-4130. Membership can also be purchased or renewed at the admission desk. Make August memorable and enjoy such attractions as the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, the National World War II Museum, the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, and many other cultural institutions.
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Traditional Louisiana dishes featured in Café NOMA's
Artful Palate cooking demonstrations
Every Friday through August 24, chefs of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group demonstrate their own culinary masterpieces at Café NOMA's "Artful Palate," the annual summer cooking series featuring artfully inspired demonstrations at the New Orleans Museum of Art. In conjunction with the launch of Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories, the talented executive chefs and sous chefs of Café NOMA, Ralph's on the Park, Red Fish Grill, Brennan's, and Napoleon House will share culinary visions inspired by the exhibit, which will commemorate the past and look to the future by offering a contemporary twist on iconic New Orleans dishes. This Friday, August 10, Chef Chris Fite of Café NOMA will prepare jambalaya. View the full lineup of Artful Palate programming at the Café NOMA website.
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On view in Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters: Setsu-O, Daruma, 19th century, Ink on paper, Gift of Kurt H. Gitter, M.D., and Millie H. Gitter, 79.276
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Join Curators and Docents for Small Talks and Noontime Talks
Small Talks are a new addition to the lineup of programs at NOMA. These 10- to 15-minute discussions focus on a single object or small range of objects within the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Throughout Museum Month in August, there will be at least one Small Talk per day. This week join us for topics ranging from Buddhist art in the Asian collections to Pablo Picasso's Woman in an Armchair (1960). View the full list of dates, times, and themes.
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From Newborns to Three-Year-Olds, BABY ARTSPLAY! Invites NOMA'S Youngest Vistors to a Stimulating Saturday Morning
Saturday, August 11, 10:30 am
Instill a love of art at an early age through a guided, hands-on experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops on Saturday mornings for children ages 0-3 and their caregivers. Parents, grandparents, guardians and their young ones are welcome to join the next session of Baby ArtsPlay! on Saturday, August 11, which will focus on "Tiny Household Helpers" (incorporated development areas). Space is limited; register today at this link. For more information, email: education@noma.org or call 504.658.4128.
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Wellness Classes Among the Artworks
NOMA, in collaboration with East Jefferson Wellness Center, offers wellness classes every Saturday morning and Monday evening.
Yoga in the Garden: Saturday, August 11, 8 - 9 am
Tai Chi/Chi Kung in the Galleries: Monday, August 13, 6 - 7 pm
Classes are $5; FREE for NOMA members and East Jefferson Wellness Center members. To register, call East Jefferson Healthfinder at 504.456.5000.
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Active-Duty Military and Families Admitted FREE for Summer
Valid through Monday, September 3
NOMA is proud to be a Blue Star Museum. In collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 participating museums nationwide, active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, are granted free admission from now through Labor Day, September 3.
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NOMA Book Club to Discuss the Remarkable Legacy of an Obscure Mississippi Artist
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA's collections and exhibitions. See the 2018 schedule and reading list here.
NOTE: The Book Club will meet in NOMA's board room on the second floor during the August sessions due to construction near the museum's ground-floor library.
The selection for August is The Artist's Sketch: A Biography of Painter Kate Freeman Clark by Carolyn J. Brown, the chronicle of an obscure Mississippi artist who left behind an impressive lifetime collection to her hometown of Holly Springs, prompting the construction of a gallery.
Book Club members may join in a group discussion about the book on either Wednesday, August 15, from 1:30 - 3 pm, or Thursday, August 16, from 12 - 1 pm.
Please contact NOMA Librarian Sheila Cork to reserve space for future sessions of the NOMA Book Club at scork@noma.org or 504.658.4117.
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SAVE THE DATE: LOVE IN THE GARDEN will be September 28
NOMA's annual fall soirée beneath the moss-draped oaks of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be held on Friday, September 28. Presented by Hancock Whitney, the gala features live music, cuisine from over 60 restaurants, the LOVE Cocktail Challenge, and honors four artists: John Alexander, Katrina Andry, Luis Cruz Azaceta, and L. Kasimu Harris. Purchase tickets now or become a sponsor.
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IN THE WEEKS AHEAD at NOMA
Docent guided tours of the collection or special exhibitions are offered Tuesdays through Sundays at 1 pm.
Friday, August 17, 5 - 9 pm: Artist Katrina Andry, whose installation inChanging Course addresses the upheaval of urban renewal and community displacement, will discuss her work as part of Friday Nights at NOMA. Filmmaker Rebecca Snedeker will be present for a Q&A following a screening of her documentary By Invitation Only, a behind-the-scenes look at New Orleans' most exclusive Mardi Gras krewes. Singer/songwriter Kathryn Rose Woods will perform in the Great Hall.
Saturday, August 18, 2 pm: The Architecture and Design Film Festival, sponsored by the Louisiana Architecture Foundation, will offer a "sneak peek" of two films about three individuals who reshaped typography, mapping, in the latter decades of the 20th century: Visions Not Previously Seen: The Groundbreaking Design Work of Barbara Stauffacher Solomon and Design Is One: Lella and Massimo Vignelli (Watch the trailer).
Wednesday, August 22, 12 pm: Chicago-based artist Edra Soto will visit NOMA and deliver a Noontime Talk about fellow artist Carlos Rolón and his solo exhibition Outside/In, courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Buy tickets now for the NOLA Project's latest production to be staged in NOMA's Great Hall for ten nights from September 6 -16. The Revolutionists, an all-female production, features four beautiful, badass women who lose their heads in this girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
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NOMA is committed to preserving, interpreting, and enriching its collections and renowned sculpture garden; offering innovative experiences for learning and interpretation; and uniting, inspiring, and engaging diverse communities and cultures.
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