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FRIDAY NIGHTS AT NOMA: Zen-themed movie, Caribbean steel-drum band, and decorative arts gallery talk
In conjunction with the exhibition Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Calligraphy and Painting by Zen Masters, NOMA will screen Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring, a 2004 Zen-themed movie that tells the story of a boy raised in an isolated Buddhist temple that floats upon a lake. (Watch the trailer below.) The Neptune Steel Orchestra will bring a Caribbean vibe to the Great Hall, and the newly installed Lupin Galleries of Decorative Arts opens with a talk by Curator Mel Buchanan. Arrive early and stay late for all Friday Nights at NOMAprograms on September 21:
5 - 8 pm | Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 - 8:30 pm | Music by Neptune Steel Orchestra of Louisiana
6 pm | Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan on the newly installed Lupin Galleries for Decorative Arts
7 pm | Screening of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring (Rated R | 1 hour, 43 minutes) in Stern Auditorium, with an introduction by Richard Collins of the New Orleans Zen Temple.
Cafe NOMA, the Museum Shop, galleries and exhibitions are open until 9 pm.
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Tickets on sale for September 28 LOVE IN THE GARDEN
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, from 6 pm to midnight. 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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FREE ADMISSION on Saturday, September 22, with downloadable ticket for Smithsonian magazine Museum Day+
Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine at participating cultural institutions nationwide. Visit this weblink to download a ticket for two people to NOMA on Saturday, September 22. Post photos to Instagram @MuseumDay.
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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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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 brash 1980s-era decorative arts design of the Milan-based Memphis Group to the career of photojournalist Del Hall, the subject of the focus exhibition Best Seat in the House. 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. In the week ahead, Curator Russell Lord will lead visitors through the new exhibition Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Wednesday, September 19. 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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Anna Atkins, Ceylon, between 1852 and 1854, Cyanotype, Museum purchase, 81.385
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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 - 5 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 22, 8 - 9 am
Tai Chi/Chi Kung in the Galleries: Monday, September 24, 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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The Kaminari Taiko drummers are a favorite at the annual Japan Fest, scheduled for 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.
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. A West African Cinema Series of four films will accompany this exhibition, starting Saturday, September 29.
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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