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YOUR WEEKLY UPDATE ON ALL THINGS NOMA
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VISIT US THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
Tuesday, December 24 | Museum and Sculpture Garden open until 3 pm
Wednesday, December 25 | CLOSED for Christmas
Tuesday, December 31 | Museum and Sculpture Garden 11 am -- 5 pm
Wednesday, January 1 | Museum and Sculpture Garden 11 am -- 5 pm
Standard hours apply to all other dates
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Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986), Reclining Mother and Child, 1975, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 1998.141
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Add NOMA memberships to your last-minute gift list
Making a list and checking it twice? Remember that special person with the gift of a NOMA membership. Long after the holidays, the lucky recipient can continue to enjoy all that NOMA has to offer, from groundbreaking exhibitions to innovative programming. So give the gift of membership today. You can purchase online at the link below, at the admission desk during all museum hours, or by calling the membership department at (504) 658-4130.
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Enroll in daylong quilting workshop, January 18
Enroll now in Beyond Gee's Bend: A Community Quilting Workshop on Saturday, January 18, from 10 am to 3 pm, which will include textile demonstrations, a musical performance, and a lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard of the Just Wanna Quilt podcast. $35 members | $40 nonmembers (lunch is included in the fee).
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Attend a gallery talk
Guided tours of the museum are offered daily at 1 pm.
Tours of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden are given on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays at noon, weather permitting. Call (504) 658-4153 to verify.
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Studio KIDS! workshops in 2020 open for enrollment
From January through Studio KIDS! presents eight workshops for children ages 5 to 10 who want to get creative and learn art-making techniques inspired by works at NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The classes are held Saturday mornings from 10 am to 12 pm; cost per class: $25 members | $30 nonmembers. The first workshop of the new year starts January 25 (water-based paints). View the full schedule for Spring 2020 at the link below and enroll now; space remains for all sessions but each is limited to 14 seats.
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Les Cenelles is a contemporary string ensemble exploring the Creole diaspora through melody and memory.
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In the weeks ahead
Friday, January 10: Friday Nights at NOMA returns with a series of Gallery Talks about Inventing Acadia with a focus on the depiction or absence of African Americans in Louisiana landscape paintings of the nineteenth century.
Wednesday, January 15, 6 pm:
, whose wall mosaic titled Viñales (Mayombe Mississippi) is among the works in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, will discuss the influences that shape her art.
Sunday, January 26, 6 pm: As the exhibition Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana comes to a close, the string band Les Cenelles will present a concert of traditional Creole music and new compositions in the Great Hall. General admission $20 | NOMA members $15. Purchase advance tickets.
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Yoga in the Sculpture Garden, Saturdays, 8 -- 9 am
Tai Chi/Chi Kung, Mondays, 6 -- 7 pm
$5 | Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Wellness Center members
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The NOMA Book Club reading selections for 2020 have been chosen. View the list of eleven books at the link below. The first session of 2020 will be held on Thursday, January 9, to discuss The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert Picador.
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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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