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There's a lot to love at LOVE in the Garden - Join us for the big party under the stars on Friday, September 28th
NOMA's annual fall gala fundraiser beneath starlit skies and the moss-draped oaks of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be held on Friday, September 28, from 6 pm to midnight.
- 7 pm: Patron Party | $150 nonmembers, $125 members
- 8 pm: Garden Party | $100 nonmembers, $75 members
- 9 pm: Late Night Party | $50 for members and nonmembers
Presented by Hancock Whitney, the gala features live music by the Storyville Stompers, the Boogie Men, and Otto, 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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The floodlit live oaks in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden canopy guests at LOVE in the Garden.
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West African Cinema Series kicks off with SEMBENE! documentary as Saturday matinee on September 29th
As NOMA prepares to host an exhibition of works by British-Liberian artist Lina Iris Viktor in early October, a film series presenting new movies and documentaries by West African filmmakers will get underway on September 29th with a screening of Sembene! at 2 pm. This 2015 documentary traces the career of self-taught Senegalese novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Semb ène (1923-2007), an activist who used cinematic storytelling as a means of promoting African independence and preserving the continent's varied cultures. In the weeks ahead, plan to attend the following screenings in the West African Cinema Series:
- Saturday, October 13, 2 pm: Green White Green (Nigeria | Rated PG | 2006)
- Saturday, November 10, 2pm: Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Libera | Not rated | 2008)
- Saturday, December 8, 2 pm: Borders (Burkina Faso | Not rated | 2017)
Watch the trailer for Sembene!:
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NOMA Magazine features a preview of The Orleans Collection, recent acquisitions, and calendar of events through end of 2018
The latest edition of NOMA Magazine mailed in early September with a range of features that includes a preview of The Orléans Collection, the much anticipated exhibition that will close out the New Orleans Tricentennial year, along with news of other new exhibitions, recent acquisitions, research within the permanent collection, an update on the Besthoff Sculpture Garden expansion, and an extensive calendar of events through the final weeks of 2018. Visit our supplemental online edition to learn more about our recently hired Curator of African Art and the Deputy Director of Learning and Engagement and read a blog about the impact of the NOMA+ mobile museum.
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New installations in the Lupin Decorative Arts Gallery include Midcentury Modernist furniture by such designers as Charles and Ray Eames, Piero Fornasetti, Norman Churner, Arne Jacobsen, and Isamu Noguchi.
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Join us 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. This week join us for topics ranging from a look at the new Lupin Galleries for Decorative Arts to the abstract work of artist Joan Mitchell. View the full list of dates, times, and themes.
Noontime Talks are casual conversations frequently scheduled throughout the year at noon between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors. Curator Mel Buchanan will introduce visitors to the new decorative arts installation, which includes new twentieth- and twenty-first-century objects, on Wednesday, September 26.
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Enroll now in Create Late workshops for October and November
Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and a hands-on art lesson during Friday Nights at NOMA. Enroll now in Create Latesessions from 6:30 - 8 pm on the following dates:
- Friday, October 5: Drawing with a brush, inspired by the calligraphic paintings in the Zen Masters exhibition.
- Friday, November 2: Printmaking
Learn to make a cyanotype print
Under the direction of photographer Robert A. Schaefer, participants in
Seeing Blue: A Cyanotype Workshop on Saturday, November 3, from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm will learn about the cyanotype process and create a camera-less blueprint. Registration includes a boxed lunch.
Classes with Curators examines art in 18th-century Paris
In conjunction with The Orléans Collection, Curator Vanessa Schmid and Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan will lead Classes with Curators: Looking at Art in Eighteenth-Century Paris on Tuesdays, November 27 and December 4 and 11, from 6 - 8 pm.
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NOMA Book Club to discuss Michelangelo and his creation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling mural
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 full 2018 schedule and reading list.
The selection for October is Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King. The book chronicles the four years it took Michelangelo to create the vast Biblical mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the politics swirling around Rome and the Vatican in the early sixteenth century.
On Tuesday, October 16, from 10 am - 4 pm, the public is invited to view a rare, large-scale book featuring highly detailed photographs of the Sistine Chapel mural in its pre-restoration state.
Book Club members may join in a group discussion about the book on either Tuesday, October 23, from 12 - 1 pm, or Wednesday, October 24 from 1:30 - 3 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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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, September 29, 8 - 9 am
Tai Chi/Chi Kung in the Galleries: Monday, October 1, 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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A traditional kimono dressing demonstration is part of the activities for Japan Fest on Saturday, October 6.
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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. Tours of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be held on Saturdays and Mondays
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Lina Iris Viktor, Eleventh from the series A Haven. A Hell, A Dream Deferred (detail), 2018, Pure 24-karat gold, acrylic, gouache, print on canvas, 65 x 50 in., Collection of the artist, Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Seattle
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FOUR NEW EXHIBITIONS OPENING IN OCTOBER
October 5: A new exhibition created for the Great Hall opens. Artist Lina Iris Viktor explores the mythicized history surrounding America's involvement in the founding of Liberia in A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred.
October 26: NOMA celebrates the close of New Orleans' Tricentennial year by reuniting European masterworks from the collection of the city's regal namesake. The Orléans Collection includes paintings by Rembrandt, Veronese, Valentin, and Rubens, among others -- many never before exhibited in the US -- that formerly hung in the Palais Royal of Philippe II, the Duke of Orléans, in Paris before being dispersed at auction in the 1790s.
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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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