CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS October/November/December 2012
UPCOMING EVENTS
EXHIBITIONS
October 2012 1 Monday
10 Wednesday
15 Monday
22 Monday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
Noontime Talk
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
17 Wednesday
24 Wednesday
Noontime Talk
Book Club
Photography, Sequence, and Time, Russell Lord, 12 p.m.
Field Trip to Arthur Roger Gallery, 10:30 a.m.
Discussion Group led by Susan Tucker (Author/Editor) and Beth Willinger (Editor) followed by book signing, 11:30 a.m.–1p.m.
19 Friday
Noontime Talk
Where Y’Art?!
MUSIC Dave Jordan, 5–7 p.m.
3 Wednesday Noontime Talk Photography, Sequence, and Time, Russell Lord, 12 p.m.
5 Friday Where Y’Art?! ART ACTIVITY 5–8 p.m. MUSIC Andrew Duhon 5:30–8:30 p.m. GALLERY TALK Make Yourself at Home,
Jim Richard, 6 p.m. MUSEUM SHOP FEATURED ARTIST
Kat Walker, Painter, 6–8 p.m. FILM A Legend in the Classroom: The Life
Story of Ms. Yvonne Busch, 7:30 p.m.
6 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8–9 a.m.
Photography, Sequence, and Time, Russell Lord, 12 p.m.
12 Friday Book Club
ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences
5–8 p.m.
Monday
Movies in the Garden ART ACTIVITY 5–7 p.m.
MUSIC Eileina Williams, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
TOUR “Scary Sculptures” of the Sculpture Garden, 6 p.m.
GALLERY TALK Ralston Crawford and
FOOD VENDORS Woody’s Fish Tacos,
Photography, Sequence, and Time, Russell Lord, 12 p.m.
26 Friday Museum closes at 5 p.m. due to Voodoo Fest
Jazz, Russell Lord, 6 p.m.
Crepes a la Cart, and Green To Go NOLA
FILM A Great Day in Harlem, 7 p.m.
FILM The Birds, sundown
29 Monday
20 Saturday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
31 Wednesday
FILM Clarence John Laughlin: An Artist
with a Camera, 8 p.m.
13 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8–9 a.m.
8
Lunch TBA, 12 p.m.
8–9 a.m.
Japan Fest 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
1
Noontime Talk Photography, Sequence, and Time, Russell Lord, 12 p.m.
StoryQuest 11 a.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
November 2012 1 Thursday
9 Friday
Book Club
Movies in the Garden
Curatorial program with Russell Lord, Curator of Photographs, 12 p.m.
ART ACTIVITY 5–7 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION Lifelike Panelists:
Pre-Columbian Art, 6 p.m.
TBA, 6 p.m.
FILM The Fantastic Flying Books of
FILM ART21: Featuring Lifelike artist, Ai Weiwei, 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Morris Lessmore, 7:30 p.m.
MUSIC Marc Stone, 5–7 p.m. TOUR Lifelike in the Garden, 6 p.m.
2 Friday
FOOD VENDORS Woody’s Fish Tacos,
Where Y’Art?!
FILM The Incredible Shrinking Woman,
Green To Go NOLA, Squeal BBQ
17 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8–9 a.m.
26 Monday Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
2
Currently on View Maquette for Lipizzaner Through November 5, Great Hall
Photography, Sequence, and Time
28 Wednesday
Through December 2, Templeman Galleries
Lifelike Family Day 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Caricaturist, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
The NOLA Project
10 Saturday
Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
Through February 24, 2013, Great Hall
MUSIC “Uncle Wayne” Daigrepont,
BOOK DISCUSSION Hugh Howard, author
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
MUSIC Dixie Land Jazz Quartet, Hot
of Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War (book signing to follow in Museum Shop), 6 p.m.
8–9 a.m.
Potatoes, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Odyssey Ball 9 p.m.–1 a.m. (Patron
PANEL DISCUSSION with Siri Engberg,
The NOLA Project
LECTURE The Bayou School, Rachel
Party from 7:30–9 p.m.)
Cameron Shaw, and James Casebere, 2 p.m.
Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m
Upcoming Exhibitions
12 Monday
StoryQuest 11 a.m.
30 Friday
Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
19 Monday
Feaux Real Night Come out dressed
Lifelike (2)
16 Friday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
ART ACTIVITY with KID smART 5–8 p.m.
sundown
MUSIC Kristen Diable, 5:30–8:30 p.m. MUSEUM SHOP FEATURED ARTIST
Denise Mehurin, 6–8 p.m.
Stephens, 7:30 p.m
3 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8–9 a.m.
StoryQuest 11 a.m..
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
29 Thursday
in your finest faux furs, costume jewelry, and mock-brand attire for half off admission!
Where Y’Art?!
Where Y’Art?!
Time, Russell Lord, 5:30 p.m.
ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences,
ART ACTIVITY 5–8 p.m
5–8 p.m
MUSIC Scott Sibley Outfit,
5:30–8:30 p.m. LECTURE Native American Art with Paul
Tarver, Curator of Native American and
5:30–8:30 p.m. FILM My Louisiana Love, Q&A with
filmmaker Monique Verdin to follow, 7:30 p.m.
1 Saturday
7 Friday
12 Wednesday
17 Monday Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Where Y’Art?!
The NOLA Project
ART ACTIVITY, 5–8 p.m.
Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
StoryQuest 11 a.m.
MUSIC Cindy Scott, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
2 Sunday The NOLA Project
GALLERY TALK Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights, Anne C.B. Roberts, 6 p.m.
Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
MUSEUM SHOP FEATURED ARTIST
Peg Martinez, 6–8 p.m.
3 Monday
FILM Gerhard Richter Painting, 7:30 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m
5 Wednesday
The NOLA Project Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
14 Friday
21 Friday Feaux Real Night Come out dressed in your finest faux furs, costume jewelry, and mock-brand attire for half off admission! ART ACTIVITY, 5–8 p.m.
Where Y’Art?!
NEW ORLEANS OPERA ASSOCIATION
8 Saturday
ART ACTIVITY with KID smART, 5–8 p.m.
Opera On Tap! 6–8 p.m.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
READING AND BOOK SIGNING
8–9 a.m.
The NOLA Project Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
9 Sunday
6 Thursday
The NOLA Project Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
The NOLA Project Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
13 Thursday
10 Monday
MUSIC Cristina Perez, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
by Michael Allen Zell, Errata, and David Lummis, The Coffee Shop Chronicles of New Orleans, Part 2, 6 p.m.
15 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8–9 a.m.
StoryQuest 11 a.m.
16 Sunday The NOLA Project Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m.
Schedule subject to change. Please check www.noma.org for updates.
25 Tuesday
Book Club Fall Schedule October Newcomb College, 1886-2006: Higher Education for Women in New Orleans by Susan Tucker and Beth Willinger November River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit 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.
Museum Highlights Tours Every Sunday at 2 p.m., docents give insightful tours of NOMA’s collection and special exhibitions. These tours are included with museum admission.
Museum closed for Christmas
28 Friday Where Y’Art?! ART ACTIVITY with YAYA, 5–8 p.m. MUSIC The New Orleans Moonshiners,
5:30–8:30 p.m. FILM The Fantastic Flying Books of
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6–7 p.m.
Opens November 11, Ella West Freeman Galleries
MUSIC The Ramblin’ Letters,
December 2012 8–9 a.m.
Opens October 19, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries
Opens January 18, Templeman Galleries
23 Friday
Revue, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Through January 6, Frederick M. Stafford Gallery
LECTURE Photography, Sequence, and
Discussion Group, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
MUSIC Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk
The Bayou School: Nineteenth-century Louisiana Landscapes
Reinventing Nature: Art in the Forest of Fontainebleau
ART ACTIVITY with YAYA, 5–8 p.m.
Book Club
5 Monday
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Jim Richard: Make Yourself at Home (1)
Mr. Morris Lessmore, 7 p.m.
Museum Hours Tuesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more details visit www.noma.org or call 504.658.4100 Back Cover Pop Eye—Speed of Light, (detail) 2001; James Rosenquist (American, born 1933), Oil on canvas; Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2008.140