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The Kaminari Taiko drummers are an annual favorite at NOMA's Japan Fest.
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Saturday, October 6: JAPAN FEST returns with sights, sounds, flavors, costumes, and art inspired by the Land of the Rising Sun
Admission: $5 | FREE to NOMA members, teens, and children 6 and under
The annual Japan Fest, a harbinger of autumn at NOMA, returns to the front steps, galleries, and Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Saturday, October 6, for a day filled with dramatic drumming, kimono demonstrations, Suzuki violinists, martial arts, traditional dancing, Zen meditation, anime and Lolita cosplay fashions, food tents, tours of the exhibition Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters, and dozens of vendors selling crafts and other wares of Japanese design. Festivities begin at 10 am and last till 4 pm. View the full schedule of events and rules for cosplay costumes.
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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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FRIDAY NIGHTS AT NOMA: New exhibition by Liberian-British artist Lina Iris Viktor opens; watch Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Friday, October 5, 5 - 9 pm
Liberian-British artist Lina Iris Viktor will debut her exhibition for NOMA's Great Hall as part of Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Twelve large-scale paintings featured in A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred examine the role of the United States in the establishment of Liberia, using the mythical "Libyan Sibyl" as a recurring female icon. Visitors can also watch the 1999 Jim Jarmusch movie Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. The film puts an inner-city, hip-hop spin on the traditional tale of a samurai warrior, Ghost Dog, played by Forest Whitaker. (Watch the trailer below). In conjunction with NOMA's Zen Masters exhibition in the Art of Japan Galleries, Abbot Richard Collins from the New Orleans Zen Temple will speak in advance of the screening.
5 - 8 pm | Art on the Spot family activity table
6:30 pm | Small Talk by artist Lina Iris Viktor in the Great Hall
7 pm | Screening of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Rated R | 1 hour, 56 minutes)
Cafe NOMA, the Museum Shop, galleries and exhibitions are open until 9 pm.
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SPECIAL OFFER for new members: Join now and receive three extra months as a limited-time benefit
Beginning now and continuing through January 27, 2019, new NOMA members who purchase either an Individual or Dual/Family membership receive 15 months for the price of 12. Click here and apply code ORLEANS3 at checkout. Please call the membership department at 504.658.4130 if you have questions.
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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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Joel Levinson, Fractions, 1979, Gelatin silver print, Gift of Mark Levinson, 2017.256.13
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Join us for Small Talks, Noontime Talks, and daily tours
Noontime Talks are casual conversations frequently scheduled throughout the year at noon between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors. Lina Iris Viktor will lead visitors through her exhibition A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred on Friday, October 5, and Curatorial Fellow Allison Young will follow up with her own discussion on Wednesday, October 10.
Docent-guided tours of the permanent collection and special exhibitions are offered daily at 1 pm. Tours of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden are offered on Saturdays and Mondays at noon through November 26.
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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, October 6, 8 - 9 am
Tai Chi/Chi Kung in the Galleries: Monday, October 8, 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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Purchase tickets or sponsorships now for ODYSSEY BALL 2018
Saturday, November 10, 7 pm - midnight
The 2018 Odyssey Ball, in partnership with IBERIABANK, offers an elegant night of elegant dining and dancing, along with a silent auction, that celebrates and enhances the New Orleans Museum of Art. Odyssey raises the funds necessary to support NOMA's nationally-recognized exhibitions and educational programs. Purchase tickets now.
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Among the works from The Orleans Collection: Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), The Meeting of David and Abigail, c. 1615-1620, Oil on canvas, 61 1/4 x 64 1/2 in., Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
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NEW EXHIBITIONS OPENING IN OCTOBER
Friday, 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.
Friday, 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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