NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Museum of Art, also known as NOMA, has announced its schedule of events for November:
ONGOING:
Tai Chi/Chi Kung in the Art Galleries. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Join East Jefferson Hospital’s Terry Rappold for an evening of relaxation and rejuvenation conducting Tai Chi in NOMA’s art galleries. Offered every Wednesday. Register by calling East Jefferson Health Finders at 504-456-5000. FREE for NOMA and Wellness Center members; $5 for non-members. Please bring your own yoga mat. 6p, Wed.
Yoga/Pilates in the Sculpture Garden. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Every Saturday join us for a wellness class in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, in partnership with East Jefferson Wellness Center. Fourth Saturdays is pilates, every other Saturday is yoga. Register by calling East Jefferson Health Finders at 504-456-5000. FREE for NOMA and Wellness Center members; $5 for non-members. Please bring your own yoga mat. 8a, Sat.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010
Meet Museum Featured Artist Vitrice McMurry. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Vitrice McMurry is a New Orleans designer whose inspirations range from the tropical environs of the Crescent City to Mayan forms viewed during her travels to Central America. Using a combination of cast and constructed techniques, McMurry makes each of her pieces individually by hand in her Bayou St. John Studio. Her jewelry features materials including silver, 14-karat and 18-karat gold, and a variety of stones, and draws on a contemporary mixture of textures and finishes to create depth and interest. This event is FREE and will take place in the Museum Shop. 6p, Wed.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010
Selections from Project 35 Walk Through. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Join Miranda Lash, NOMA Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, in discussion of international video art, with a focus on artists Guy Ben-Ner, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Kota Ezawa, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and Phù Nam Thúc Hà. This event is FREE with museum admission. Noon, Friday.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010
Selections from Project 35 Lecture. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. This lecture focuses on the exhibition Selections from Project 35, which is organized by Independent Curators International in honor of their 35th anniversary. Selections form Project 35 presents nine contemporary videos selected by nine curators from around the world. This event is FREE with museum admission. Noon, Friday.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
Déjà Vu All Over Again Walk Through. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Artists Matt is and Tony Campbell discuss their work in the Déjà Vu All Over Again exhibition, including photography, video, and sculpture. This event is FREE and open to the public. 6-8p, Wed.
Book Signing with John Besh. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. New Orleans chef John Besh will be signing his latest book, My New Orleans: The Cookbook. The book features 200 recipes as well as stories about New Orleans. The book is being sold for $45.00. This event is FREE and open to the public. 6-8p, Wed.
Educator Evening- 20th Century and Contemporary Art. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100.This workshop is a hands-on professional development workshop for educators that will explore NOMA’s special centennial exhibition, Great Collectors/Great Donors with a focus on the concept of a “masterpiece” as it relates to the Museum’s collection, and learn ways to integrate NOMA’s collection into the classroom. This event is FREE and open to the public. 4:30-6 p, Wed.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010
Scents and Sensibility Walk Through. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. The organizing curator of this popular exhibition, John W. Keefe, will present a brief overview of the fascinating history of the scent bottles from the ancient world to the present day. This event is FREE with museum admission. Noon, Friday.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010
Odyssey Ball & Patron Party. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. As the New Orleans Museum of Art approaches its one-hundredth anniversary, the Forty-Fifth Odyssey Ball will focus on the incredible collectors whose donations of artwork have helped create our Museum. Simply put, at NOMA, “Art Lives” because of these amazing patrons. Director Emeritus John Bullard will premiere the newest exhibition: Great Collectors/Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1910-2010, honoring the more than sixty-five collectors who helped build the Museum’s permanent collection. The honorary chair and special guest for the evening is Mrs. Frederick M. Stafford, who along with her late husband opened the very first Odyssey Ball forty-five years ago. To purchase tickets visit www.odysseyball.org or contact Kristen Jochem at 504-658-4121.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2010
Great Collectors/Great Donors Exhibition Opening. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Great Collectors/Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1910 – 2010 celebrates 100 years of generous collectors and donors who have made NOMA the premiere fine arts museum of the South. The exhibition walks visitors through the history of NOMA, decade by decade, honoring the patrons who shaped the museum’s permanent collection, which is over 35,000 pieces, spanning over 4000 years of art history. The exhibition is on view in the Ella West Freeman Galleries through January 23, 2011 and is generously sponsored by the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.
Bernard Faucon Exhibition Opening. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Bernard Faucon’s The Most Beautiful Day of My Youth depicts one-day celebrations of a festive and playful nature in twenty-five international sites. This collection of sixty photographs represents youths ranging from 15 to 20 years old from diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
Great Collectors/Great Donors Walk Through. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. During his almost forty year tenure as director of the New Orleans Museum of Art, John Bullard built NOMA from a small local institution to a nationally respected art museum. All the while, he worked to develop the Museum’s collection through the active engagement of extraordinary art collectors and philanthropists. The centennial exhibition Great Collectors/Great Donors traces the one hundred year development of the museum’s collections from the time the building itself was gifted to the City of New Orleans by Isaac Delgado in 1911, to the present. Led by Bullard, director emeritus and curator of the exhibition, this walk-through will ink the interests of various collectors to the works that fill the walls of the Museum’s galleries. This event is FREE with museum admission. 2 p, Sun.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMER 17, 2010
Educator Workshop. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. This workshop is a hands-on professional development workshop for educators that will explore NOMA’s special centennial exhibition, Great Collectors/Great Donors with a focus on the concept of a “masterpiece” as it relates to the Museum’s collection, and learn ways to integrate NOMA’s collection into the classroom. This event is FREE and open to the public. 4:30-6:30 p, Wed.
Book Club Discussion Group, The Ultimate Trophy: How the Impressionist Paintings Conquered the World. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. “In 1892 Degas’ painting In the Café was sold for a mere 180 guineas at auction with the public hissing as the hammer fell. Less than a century later another Impressionist work, Renoir’s Moulin de la Galette sold at Sotheby’s for GBP44.5 million accompanied y enthusiastic applause . . . Equally fascinating is the story of Impressionist change in status. More than exceptionally pretty pictures, Impressionist works have become a currency in their own right, being bought and sold like blue-chip stock—coveted as much for their monetary worth as for their intrinsic beauty. Drawn from this fascinating chapter in art history is narrated through the lens of today’s art market. This event is FREE and open to the public.11:30-1 p, Wednesday.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
Centennial Spotlight Walk Through. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Noon, Friday. Join us for a series of walk-throughs highlighting the New Orleans Museum of Art’s centennial exhibition. Specific subjects and speakers are to be announced. This event is FREE with museum admission. Noon, Friday.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010
Art-Making Activity. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100. Join the Museum as we kick off our centennial celebration with a centennial-themed family art-making activity. Visitors are encouraged to explore NOMA’s permanent collection as we enter into our one-hundredth year. This activity and the provided materials are FREE with museum admission. 1-4 p, Saturday.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2010
NOMA will be closed for Thanksgiving. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658.4100.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010
Museum Shop Holiday Sale. Join us for a quiet day of shopping at the Museum Shop.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
The New Orleans Museum of Art, is located at 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA 70124. Tel. 504-658-4100.
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