OBJECT LESSON: MBWOONG NTEY
Carved drinking vessels served as a sign of the authority of a Kuba chief, and in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, elaborate carved wooden cups for drinking palm wine established the title and refinement of the owner, serving as display pieces as well as functional objects.
Learn more about these drinking cups—currently on view in an installation in Café NOMA—in an Object Lesson from curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba.
JOIN THE TEEN ART COUNCIL
Applications are open for New Orleans–area high school students to join NOMA’s Teen Art Council. Submit yours by Monday, September 27, to join this creative group.
COVID-19 VACCINE DRIVE
Thursday, September 23, 4–7 pm: NOMA is a location for LCMC Health’s Mobile Vaccination Drive. No appointment is needed to receive your free COVID-19 vaccination.
UPCOMING: BOOK CLUB
On Tuesday, September 28, the NOMA Book Club meets to discuss Julian Barnes’s novel The Man in the Red Coat, which takes readers through Belle Époque Paris.
FINAL WEEKS
Marta Rodriguez Maleck’s installation Morir es Vivir (To Die is to Live) explores the potential for healing and hope. Experience it in the Great Hall before Sunday, October 3.
WELLNESS AT NOMA
Yoga and tai chi, in partnership with East Jefferson Wellness Center, are back! Classes are $5 each and free for museum members.
We welcome your feedback.
Please contact us at info@noma.org or by calling 504-658-4220
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IMAGES, FROM TOP:
Kuba artist, Mbwoong ntey (palm wine cups), c. 1800–1930. Wood. Bequest of Victor K. Kiam, 77.188 and 77.217.
Teen Art Council’s Teen Night in 2019.
Marta Rodriguez Maleck, "Morir es Vivir (To Die is to Live)," 2021. Collection of the artist.
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes.
NOMA’s Great Hall. Photo by @bostonomics on Instagram.
Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
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