"NOMA" weekly Events Calendar for the week of September 12, 2018

HOME     SHOP     DONATE     EXHIBITIONS                                  SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 NOMA News YOUR WEEKLY UPDATE ON ALL THINGS NOMA QUICK LINKS:  FRIDAY NIGHTS AT NOMA | CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES | BOOK CLUB TALKS AND TOURS | LOVE IN THE GARDEN Skylar Fein, Remember the UpStairs Lounge (detail), 2008, Mixed media installation FRIDAY NIGHTS AT NOMA: Skylar Fein discusses the UpStairs Lounge, Arts & Letters Series focuses on Alcott's Little Women NOMA's Arts and Letters Series of literary discussions features Anne Boyd Rioux, author of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters, on stage in the Stern Auditorium with Susan Larson, host of WWNO radio's The Reading Life. NOMA celebrates a century of photography in the new exhibition Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art. As part of the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories (closing September 16), artist Skylar Fein will lead visitors through his installation Remember the UpStairs Lounge, a tribute to the 1973 gay nightclub arson in the French Quarter that killed 32. Classical cellist Dr. Jee Yeoun Ko will perform in the Great Hall. Arrive early and stay late for allFriday Nights at NOMA programs on September 14: 5 - 8 pm | Art on the Spot family activity table 5:30 - 8:30 pm | Music by Dr. Jee Yeoun Ko 6 pm | Gallery Talk about Changing Course: Relfections on New Orleans Histories with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young  7 pm | Arts & Letters Series: Anne Boyd Rioux with Susan Larson discussing Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters 7:15 pm | Artist Perspective with Skylar Fein in Remember the UpStairs Lounge. Cafe NOMA, the Museum Shop, galleries and exhibitions are open until 9 pm. CHANGING COURSE: REFLECTIONS ON NEW ORLEANS HISTORIES closes Sunday, September 16 The last day to see NOMA's summer blockbuster exhibition, Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories, is Sunday, September 16. Don't miss this final opportunity to see installations that pay tribute to the UpStairs Lounge fire of 1973, the ministry and artistry of Sister Gertrude Morgan, the commonalities of Vietnamese funerary rituals and jazz funerals, the legacy of urban renewal in black communities, the changing face of the Old Prieur neighborhood, and a photo exhibition addressing the history of New Orleans' public education system. Read more about the artists who created these works and visit the museum before the gallery doors close. Catch the final four performances of The NOLA Project theater company's all-female cast in THE REVOLUTIONISTS  Buy tickets now for The Revolutionists, The NOLA Project's latest production staged in NOMA's Great Hall. Four performances remain: September 12, 13, 15 and 16 at 7 pm. This all-female production features four beautiful and bold women determined to change the world during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Artistic Director A.J. Allegra recently discussed the play's themes in a web-exclusive interview for NOMA Magazine. Watch the promotional trailer below: 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.  Nathalie Du Pasquier, Memphis Group,"Objects of the Electric Age" Fruit Bowl, 1984, Enamel and polished metal, laminate, stone, Museum purchase, William McDonald Boles and Eva Carol Boles Fund, 2017.198 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 genre paintings in the Dutch Golden Age to the brash 1980s-era decorative arts design of the Milan-based Memphis Group. 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 Katie Pfohl will discuss installations from Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories on Wednesday, September 12. 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. NOMA Book Club to discuss The Lost City of Z by David Grann 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.    The selection for September is The Lost City of Z by David Grann. The book examines British explorer Percy Fawcett's ill-fated 1925 expedition into the Amazon and the legends that have persisted over his disappearance in the decades that followed.    Book Club members may join in a group discussion about the book on either Wednesday, September 12, from 2 - 3 pm, or Friday, September 14, 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. 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 15, 8 - 9 am Tai Chi/Chi Kung in the Galleries: Monday, September 17, 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. The West African Cinema Series kicks off on Saturday, September 29, at 2 pm with a screening of Sembene!, a documentary about famed Senegalese filmmaker Ousane Sembène (1923-2007), often called the "father of African film." IN THE WEEKS AHEAD at NOMA    Docent guided tours of the collection or special exhibitions are offered Tuesdays through Sundays at 1 pm.  Friday, September 21, 5 - 9 pm: In conjunction with the exhibition Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters, NOMA will screen the 2004 Zen-themed documentary Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... And Spring (Watch trailer). The Neptune Steel Orchestra of Louisiana will bring a Caribbean vibe to Friday Nights at NOMA, and Curator Mel Buchanan will guide visitors through the newly reinstalled decorative arts exhibition in the Lupin Galleries.  Saturday, October 6, 10 am - 4 pm: The ever-popular Japan Fest returns to NOMA with the sights, sounds, and flavors of the Land of the Rising Sun. Enjoy martial arts and traditional dancing demonstrations, a Lolita and Anime fashion show, food booths, the Kaminari Taiko drummers, and tours of Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Masters. 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 19: The focus exhibition Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain marks the first solo exhibition of experimental woodworks by the African American artist who spent much of her career in self-imposed exile in Europe. Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art features works by eighteen artists that address themes of nature not just as a resource to be protected or exploited, but as a generative force with its own sentient power. 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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