CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS January/February/March 2014
EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING EVENTS
January 2014 3 Friday
18 Saturday
GALLERY TALK with Russell Lord,
Friday Nights at NOMA
Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument, 5:30 p.m.
ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
FILM Shell Shocked (discussion and
8-9 a.m.
screening), 6:30 p.m.
Studio KIDS! “Drawing in Clay,”
MUSIC Cathy Anderson, 5:30-8:30 p.m. GALLERY TALK Lin Emery, 6 p.m. DISCUSSION Unfathomable City: “Ebb and Flow” discussion with Monique Verdin and Janie Luster, 7:30 p.m.
4 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.
Studio KIDS! “Dragon Shapes,”
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
11 Saturday
ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m MUSIC Jasen Weaver Jazz Ensemble,
5:30-8:30 p.m.
12-4 p.m.
19 Sunday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Book Club Discussion Group
Friday Nights at NOMA
Film The Adventures of Photography,
13 Monday
StoryQuest “Monet,” 11:30 a.m.
10 Friday
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
8-9 a.m.
15 Wednesday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
StoryQuest “Winter,” 11:30 a.m. Educator Appreciation Day
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
6 Monday
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Film The Adventures of Photography, 12-4 p.m.
11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
17 Friday
25 Saturday Pilates in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.
27 Monday 31 Friday Friday Nights at NOMA ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m MUSIC Rex Gregory, 5:30-8:30 p.m
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Rosenheim, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Photography and the American Civil War, 6 p.m.
24 Friday
ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
Friday Nights at NOMA
MUSIC Calvin Johnson Jr.,
ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
1
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
22 Monday
Friday Nights at NOMA
5:30-8:30 p.m.
ARTIST PERSPECTIVE Grayhawk Perkins on Woven Histories: Houma Basketry, 6:30 p.m.
1
GALLERY TALK Russell Lord with Jeff
MUSIC Daria and the Hip Drops, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION “Photography at
NOMA: A Curators’ Discussion,” 6 p.m.
2
February 2014 1 Saturday
LECTURE Mary Niall Mitchell,Joseph Tregle Professor in Early American
15 Saturday
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Studio KIDS! “Furry Friends,”
History, UNO: “Orphans, Fugitives, and White Slaves: Photographic Propaganda and the Civil War,” 6 p.m.
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
FILM Underground Railroad: The William
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
StoryQuest “Shoes,” 11:30 a.m.
Still Story, 7:30 p.m.
3 Monday
8 Saturday
StoryQuest “Zoo” 11:30 a.m. Studio KIDS! for Teens
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
8-9 a.m.
5 Wednesday Book Club Curatorial Program with Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs/Curator of Asian Art, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
7 Friday Friday Nights at NOMA: ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m. MUSIC The Ramblin’ Letters,
5:30-8:30 p.m.
8-9 a.m.
Studio KIDS! “African Paper Masks,”
Friday Nights at NOMA ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m. MUSIC TBA GALLERY TALK By Mel Chin,
6:30-7:30 p.m. FILM Art21: Consumption featuring
Mel Chin, 8:00 p.m.
“Selfies in Pencil,” 1-4 p.m.
22 Saturday
8-9 a.m.
17 Monday
Pilates in the Sculpture Garden
10 Monday
Summer Camp early registration begins for NOMA members Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
A Surrealist Toast to Mel Chin
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
14 Friday Friday Nights at NOMA ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
20 Thursday
MUSIC Erin Demastes Jazz Trio,
5:30-8:30 p.m. AMOUR TOUR A Valentine’s Day tour,
21 Friday
6 p.m.
Book Club Discussion Group,
FILM Rebel: Loreta Velazquez: Secret
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
by Andrei Condrescu, 1 p.m.
24 Monday 28 Friday
Woven Histories: Houma Basketry (1)
Museum closes at 6 p.m.; no Friday Nights at NOMA
November 10, 2013–January 19, 2014, Ella West Freeman Galleries
Photography and the American Civil War (3) January 31–May 4, 2014, Templeman Galleries
8 Saturday
15 Saturday
22 Saturday
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
8-9 a.m.
8-9 a.m.
8-9 a.m.
8-9 a.m.
Studio KIDS! “Printmaking Jungle”
10 Monday
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
StoryQuest “Eyes,” 11:30 a.m. Studio KIDS! for Teens
3 Monday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
11 Tuesday
5 Wednesday
Book Club | NOMA READS events
17 Monday
Discussion group, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Noontime Talk 12 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
LUNCH IN CAFÉ NOMA 1 p.m.
“Mixed Media Landscapes” 1-4 p.m.
26 Wednesday Noontime Talk 12 p.m.
Book Club Fall Schedule
28 Friday
January Tamara De Lempicka: 1898-1980 by Gilles Neret and/or The Last Nude by Ellis Avery
12 Wednesday
ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
Noontime Talk 12 p.m.
6-10 p.m.
FILM Little Women (1949), 7 p.m.
14 Friday
21 Friday
29 Saturday
Friday Nights at NOMA
Friday Nights at NOMA
Studio KIDS! “Clay Creatures,”
ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
MUSIC Wayne Daigrepont,
MUSIC Arpa Quartet, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
5:30-8:30 p.m.
MAYA SYMPOSIUM Keynote Lecture by
DONNA PERRET ROSEN LECTURE
Dr. Karl Taube, 6-7 p.m.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Movies in the Garden ART ON THE SPOT 5-8 p.m.
MUSIC Eileina D’Ennis, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Museum Highlights Tours Every Sunday at 2 p.m., NOMA’s docents lead informative and engaging tours of the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions. Tours are included with museum admission. For more information, call (504) 658-4100.
Event schedule subject to change. Please check www.noma.org for updates.
May 16 – September 14, 2014, Great Hall
June 20 – September 21, 2014, Ella West Freeman Galleries
Friday Nights at NOMA
Calvin Tomkins, Dodie Kazanjian, Adam D. Weinberg (see p. 12) 6 p.m.
Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Noontime Talk 12 p.m. Art in Bloom Patron and Preview Party,
City: Sugar Heaven and Sugar Hell: lecture on Isaac Delgado, 7:30 p.m.
February 21–May 18, 2014, Ella West Freeman Galleries
Behind Closed Doors: Power and Privilege in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898
19 Wednesday
LECTURE E. John Bullard, Unfathomable
Mel Chin: Rematch
24 Monday
PANEL DISCUSSION 2:30 p.m.
Gallant Creoles, A History of the Donaldsonville Canonniers, 6 p.m.
October 11, 2013-February 23, 2014, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries
Photography at NOMA: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2)
1 Saturday
LECTURE Michael Marshall, author of
Camille Henrot: Cities of Ys October 11, 2013–February 23, 2014, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries
March 2014
7 Friday
Exhibition Schedule
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Soldier of the American Civil War, 7:30 p.m.
Museum closes at 3 p.m. for the Krewe of Endymion parade
3
8-9 a.m.
Panel Discussion with Miranda Lash, Eleanor Heartney, Herb Tam, and Jim Harithas, Mel Chin: Rematch, 7:30 p.m.
2
10 a.m.-12 p.m
StoryQuest “Pop Art,” 11:30 a.m.
31 Monday
February Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay March The Paper Garden: an Artist Begins her Life’s Work at 72 by Molly Peacock Each month a different work of fiction or non-fiction, all with art or museum-related content, is selected for discussion. The Book Club also engages in curatorial programs and field trips correlating with each book. Check the calendar for meeting dates. To join or for more info, contact Sheila Cork at 504.658.4117 or at scork@noma.org.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Museum Hours
Tuesday-Thursday | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday | 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. For more details | visit www.noma.org or call 504.658.4100
Above, top Camille Henrot: Cities of Ys Above, center Photography at NOMA: Selections from the Permanent Collection Above, bottom Photography and the American Civil War Back Cover I Don’t Want To, 2006; Mel Chin; media Sterling silver and Belizian hand-
knapped flint; Courtesy of the artist, on loan to the New Orleans Museum of Art