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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Lectures & Walk-throughs Library Events Wellness Activities Special Events
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Exhibition Opening Exhibition Last Day Family Programs
Museum Hours on Fridays: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Tuesdays through Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Events subject to change. Check the museum’s website for updates: www.noma.org.
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Monday, May 7 Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 The NOLA Project: As You Like It, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10 The NOLA Project: As You Like It, 7 p.m.
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Friday, May 4 Where Y’Art?! Art-making Activity, 5-8 p.m. Live Music, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Featured Museum Shop Artist: Joy Pompeo, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Yoga in the Sculpture Garden, 8-9 a.m.
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Monday, April 16 Saturday, April 21 Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. Yoga in the Sculpture Garden, 8-9 a.m. Wednesday, April 18 Book Club: Discussion Monday, April 23 Monday, April 2 Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. Group, Joan Mitchell: Lady Tai Chi/Chi Kung, Painter, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 6-7 p.m. Evening for Educators, Friday, April 6 Gala Preview, Leah Chase: “New Acquisitions in the Where Y’Art?! Paintings by Gustave Blache Sculpture Garden,” Art-making Activity, 5-8 III, 6-8 p.m. (tickets 4:30-6 p.m. p.m. available online) Music by DJ Kazoo, 5:30Friday, April 20 Friday, April 27 8:30 p.m. Where Y’Art?! Film: Mr. Dial Has Where Y’Art?! Opening of What is a Something to Say, 7 p.m. Vocal choral performance Photograph? by NOCCA, 5-6 p.m. Recycled Art Activity by Friday, April 13 Art-making Activity, the Craft Mafia, 5-8 p.m. Where Y’Art?!: Movies 5-8 p.m. Found Poetry Art-making Music by Paul Longstreth, in the Garden Activity with Press Street, Food by La Cocinita, 6-8:30 p.m. 5-8 p.m. 5-8 p.m. Comedic Gallery Tours Music by Robin Barnes, Art-making Activity, with The New Movement, 5:30-8:30 p.m. 5-7 p.m. 6:30 and 8 p.m. Featured Museum Shop Music by John Rankin, Artist Brandi Couvillion, Saturday, April 28 5-7 p.m. 6-8 p.m. Film: Willy Wonka and the Pilates in the Sculpture Chocolate Factory, 7:30 p.m. Panel discussion: “Women, Garden, 8-9 a.m. Poetry, and Art,” feat. or sundown Megan Burns, Gina Ferrara, Monday, April 30 and Tricia Vitrano, Saturday, April 14 Tai Chi/Chi Kung, moderated by Susan Yoga in the Sculpture 6-7 p.m. Larson, 6-7 p.m. Garden, 8-9 a.m. Walk-through of Hard Truths by artist Willie Birch, 6-7 p.m.
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Opening Friday, April 20 What is a Photograph? (Templeman Galleries, through August 19, 2012)
Sunday, April 1 Louisiana Iris Rainbow Festival, 12-4 p.m.
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Friday, May 11 Where Y’Art?!: Movies in the Garden Food by Crepes a la Cart, 5-8 p.m. Jewelry-making Activity with the Craft Mafia, 5-7 p.m. Music by Paul Soniat, 5-7 p.m. Film: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Friday, June 1 Where Y’Art?! Art-making Activity, 5-8 p.m. Music by DJ Kazoo, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Featured Museum Shop Artist Jessa Matthews, 6-8 p.m. Walk-through with Dario Robleto, 6 p.m.
Discussion with art historians Jane Livingston and John Beardsley on the evolution of the modern folk art movement in America, 6 p.m. The NOLA Project: As You Like It, 7 p.m. Film: Mr. Dial Has Something to Say, 7 p.m.
7:30 p.m. or sundown PhotoNOMA in the museum, 5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 12 Yoga in the Sculpture Garden, 8-9 a.m. Sunday, May 13 The NOLA Project: As You Like It, 7 p.m.
Opening Tuesday, April 24 Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III (Louisiana Galleries, through September 9)
Opening Friday, June 22 Ralston Crawford and Jazz (Ella West Freeman Galleries, through October 14, 2012)
CURRENTLY ON VIEW Making a Mark: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (Templeman Galleries) Last Day: Sunday, April 8
Saturday, May 19 Yoga in the Sculpture Monday, May 14 Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. Garden, 8-9 a.m. Wednesday, May 16 The NOLA Project: As You Like It, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 20 The NOLA Project: As You Like It, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 17 Book Club: Discussion Group, The Vanished Smile, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The NOLA Project: As You Like It, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 21 Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m.
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial (Ella West Freeman Galleries) Last Day: Sunday, May 20
Friday, May 25 Where Y’Art?!: Art-making Activity, 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 18 Music by Banu Gibson, Where Y’Art?! 5:30-8:30 p.m. Art-making Activity with Young Audiences, 5-8 p.m. Comedic Gallery Tours Vocal choir performance by with The New Movement, Trinity Episcopal School. 5-6 6:30 and 8 p.m. p.m. Music by Dorian Rush and Saturday, May 26 Pilates in the Sculpture Dave James, 6-8:30 p.m. Garden, 8-9 a.m. Saturday, June 9 Yoga in the Sculpture Garden, 8-9 a.m.
Friday, June 22 Where Y’Art?! Opening of Ralston Crawford and Jazz Monday, June 11 Art-making Activity, Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. 5-8 p.m. Live music, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 14 Panel discussion: “Ralston Crawford in New Orleans,” Book Club: Discussion feat. Olivia Lahs-Gonzales Group, My Name is Red, and John H. Lawrence, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. moderated by Russell Lord, Saturday, June 2 Friday, June 15 7 p.m. Yoga in the Sculpture Where Y’Art?! Garden, 8-9 a.m. Opening of Katie Holten’s Saturday, June 23 Great Hall installation Yoga in the Sculpture Monday, June 4 Art-making Activity, Garden, 8-9 a.m. Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. 5-8 p.m. Music by Sarah Quintana, Monday, June 25 Friday, June 8 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. Lecture with Book Club: Special Friday, June 29 Katie Holten, 7 p.m. program with Lisa Rotondo-McCord, 12-1 p.m. Where Y’Art?! Saturday, June 16 Where Y’Art?!: Movies Art-making Activity, in the Garden 5-8 p.m. Yoga in the Sculpture Art-making Activity with 3 Garden, 8-9 a.m. Music by Bruce Ring Circus, 5-7 p.m. Daigrepont, 5-8 p.m. Monday, June 18 Food by La Cocinita, 5-8 p.m. Tai Chi/Chi Kung, 6-7 p.m. Saturday, June 30 Music by Cindy Scott, Pilates in the Garden, 5-7 p.m. 8-9 a.m. Film: The Wizard of Oz, 7:30 p.m. or sundown
Self-taught Art from NOMA’s Collection (Great Hall) Last day: Sunday, June 10
Dario Robleto: The Prelives of the Blues (Frederick R. Weisman Galleries) Last day: September 16
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Opening September 7, 2012 Photography, Sequence, & Time (Templeman Galleries)
FA MILY PROGRA MS Family Art Activities Every Friday, 5-8 p.m.
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MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS TOURS
SUMMER ART CAMPS
Let the docents guide your exploration of NOMA’s special exhibitions and collection. Every Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., our trained docents give “museum highlights” tours. These engaging tours are open to the public and included with the cost of admission.
Open to children ages 5-12, NOMA’s summer art camps are held Monday-Friday, June 4-29 and July 9-August 3. “In the Studio” sessions are from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and “On the Stage” sessions are from 1-4 p.m. Please see pages 16 and 17 for more information, including a full descriptions of classes.