Saturday, September 3, 2022

This Week in the New Orleans Museum of Art ("NOMA")

 


AUGUST 31, 2022

Guests congregate beneath a canopy of live oak trees and twinkle lights

CELEBRATE UNDER THE STARS

After a three-year hiatus, LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney is back! Dance the night away on Friday, September 23, during an evening filled with the best of New Orleans’s music, cuisine, spirits, and culture.

This year’s festivities are held in honor of Sydney J. Besthoff III, and the party will feature entertainment from the Bucktown All-Stars, food from the city’s top restaurants, and the return of the LOVE Cocktail Challenge sponsored by Sazerac Company.


A pink and white graphic reads First Fridays at NOMA

FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMA

This Friday, September 2join us after hours for gallery tours, music from Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, pop-up performances from Mélange Dance Company, and more.

The façade of the New Orleans Museum of Art

LAST DAY TO VOTE

Today’s your last day to vote in Gambit’s annual Best of New Orleans Readers’ Choice poll! Show your support by naming NOMA the best museum in the city.

Musicians perform in front of a pink and purple light display.

OUT OF THIS WORLD

Steve Lands’s Rearranging the Planets returns to NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on September 9 and 10. The performance debuted at the museum during a sold-out run earlier this year.

An inked artwork shows a tree on a mountainous landscape

ESCAPE FROM THE CITY

A painting by Takahashi Sōhei illustrates the artistic styles and traditions of the Japanese literati, who looked to the natural world for escape from the obligations of everyday life.

Mexico Y Sus Raíces dance group

HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION

On Friday, September 16, Ecos Latinos and NOMA present a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring a line-up of music and dance from local and international performers.

A group of men sit around a table covered in photographs

MAKE AN IMPACT

Help tell the story of Black photographers working in commercial portrait studios from the medium’s earliest days in the United States. Join the Studio Circle today.

A painting by Maira Kalman shows a person in a black hat with red flowers standing in front of a yellow background

BOOK CLUB

Our next book club pick is Modernist classic The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein. Get reading and join our next virtual discussion on Thursday, September 29.


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IMAGES, FROM TOP:

LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney.

First Fridays at NOMA.

The façade of the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Steve Lands's Rearranging the Planets. Photo by Camille Lenain.

Takahashi Sōhei, Mountains in Mist and Trees in Clouds, 1832. Ink on Paper. Gift of Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Millie H. Gitter, 73.246.⁠

Mexico Y Sus Raíces dance group.

Hooks Brothers Studio, Untitled [Hooks’ School of Photography Students Reviewing Photographs], c. 1950. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Andrea and Rodney Herenton. (The Hooks Brothers Photograph Collection, consisting of original photographs, negatives, equipment, and ephemera was acquired by the RWS Company, LLC in 2018.)

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein.


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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