This Week at the New Orleans Museum of Art

       

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APRIL 16, 2020

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Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), Harlem Rooftops, Harlem, 1948, Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation

JUSTICE FOR ALL 

This week NOMA brings you web-exclusive stories, virtual tours, art-making activities, lesson plans, and other content at the intersection of art and social justice.

Now, more than ever, donor support plays a critical role in bringing world-class arts and culture to our community. You can help NOMA's team as they produce virtual content to keep our community connected, care for our permanent collection during the museum's closure, and prepare to reopen by making a donation online.

VIRTUAL TOUR

Visit 1940s-era Harlem in a debut LIFE magazine photo essay from African American photographer Gordon Parks. 

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ART-MAKING ACTIVITY

Observe and record your surroundings through a found-object viewfinder in a drawing exercise that focuses on community improvement. 

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WEB-EXCLUSIVE FEATURE

A teapot by Modernist artist Sargent Johnson appears to be both of nature and man, ancient and modern.

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WEB-EXCLUSIVE FEATURE

Two recent acquisitions of works by Firelei Báez and Jamiliah Sabur examine racial histories that are both local and global.

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LESSON PLAN

Learn more about the critical-thinking process of photo editing.

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READING LIST

NOMA staff, in partnership with independent bookseller Octavia Books, offer a list of titles related to themes of social justice.

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YOUTUBE VIDEO

Community Engagment Curator Nic Aziz discusses the exhibtion Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene.

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Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), Untitled (detail), 1948, Gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the Gordon Parks Foundation

Sargent Johnson (American, 1888-1967), Teapot, 1941, Earthenware, Museum purchase, William McDonald Bowles and Eva Carol Bowles Fund, 2019.36

Firelei Báez, the trace, whether we are attending to it or not (a space for each other's breathing), (detail), 2019, Acrylic, oil, and transfer on archival printed canvas, Museum purchase, Carmen Donaldson Fund, Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York, Photo by Phoebe d'Huerle, © Firelei Báez, 2019.34

Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965), One of the Homeless Wandering Boys, Before the C.C.C., 1933, Gelatin silver print, Gift of H. Russell Albright, MD, 95.971

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