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YOUR WEEKLY UPDATE ON ALL THINGS NOMA
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Artist Regina Agu, whose panoramic work titled Passage fills the Great Hall, will be the guest speaker at The Helis Foundation Lecture on Wednesday, December 18, at 6 pm. She will be joined in conversation with fellow artist Tia-Simone Gardner. Admission to NOMA is free for all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
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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 holiday 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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* See below credits for images of paintings from Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana
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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.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 12 pm
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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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In the weeks ahead
December 24, 25, 31 and January 1: NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open from 10 am to 3 pm on Christmas Eve, closed on Christmas Day. Visit on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day during special holiday hours from 11 am to 5 pm.
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.
Saturday, January 18, 10 am to 3 pm: Enroll now in Beyond Gee's Bend: A Community Quilting Workshop, 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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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.
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* Images from Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana:
(1) Robert Brammer, Mississippi Panorama, 1842-1853, Oil on canvas, Collection of Stacy and Jay Underwood
(2) Alred W. Boisseau, Louisiana Indians Walking Along a Bayou, 1847, Oil on canvas, 24 x 40 in., Gift of William E. Groves, 56.34
(3) George David Coulon, Spirit of Louisiana, 1894, Oil on canvas, 44 x 27 in., Gift of the Fine Arts Club of New Orleans on the occasion of their 60th anniversary, 76.69
(4) Henry Chapman Ford, Water Lilies and Spanish Moss, 1874, Oil on canvas, Collection of Fred and Jennifer Hebee
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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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