CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS April/May/June 2013
EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 2013 1 Monday
11 Thursday
17 Wednesday
Tours of Inventing the Modern World, 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Book Club Discussion Group,
Book Club Discussion led by Lisa
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Asian Art, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Art activities by NOMA & Young Audiences
5 Friday Friday Nights at NOMA
12 Friday
ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences,
Friday Nights at NOMA
5-8 p.m.
ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m MUSIC Spanish pianist Marta Espinos,
MUSIC Daria Dzurik, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Edible Book Day 5-7 p.m. “Tips and Tricks” Baking demonstration 7 p.m.
6 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m. StoryQuest 11:30 a.m. Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m. Iris Show in the Cafe NOMA courtyard, 12-4:30 p.m.
19 Friday
5:30-8 p.m..
Friday Nights at NOMA: Movies in the Garden: Meet Me in St. Louis
LECTURE with Inventing the Modern
FOOD VENDORS Crepes a la Cart, Green
World curators Catherine Futter and Jason Busch, 6-7 p.m.
To Go NOLA, La Cocinita, Ye Old Kettle Cooker
PERFORMANCE Isidore Newman Dance
ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences,
Performance in Sculpture Garden, 6-7 p.m.
5-7:30 p.m. MUSIC Paul Soniat, 5-7 p.m. FILM Meet me in St. Louis,
13 Saturday
7:30- 9:30 p.m.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m. Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m.
20 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
7 Sunday
14 Sunday
8-9 a.m.
Louisiana Iris Festival in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 12-4 p.m.
Lecture Poet Laureate Julie Kane, 3 p.m.
Demonstrations by Holy Cross Robotics Club, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
15 Monday
Piano by Wayne Daigrepont, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Bike Easy Demonstrations, 11 a.m.-1p.m.
8
Monday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
“Meet Me at the Fair” Family Day
Art demonstrations by jewelry artist Vitrice McMurry
StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.
22 Monday
1
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
1
26
Friday
Friday Nights at NOMA ART ACTIVITY 5-8 p.m. FILM WYES: A World’s Fair to Remember,
7-8 p.m. MUSIC Marc Stone, 5-8 p.m.
27
Saturday
Pilates in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.
29 Monday
2
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m
Barber Shop Quartet, 12-2 p.m.
May 2013 1 Wednesday
The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
Noontime Talk 12 p.m
3 Friday
11 Saturday Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences,
5-7:30 p.m.
24 Friday
MUSIC Calvin Johnson, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday Nights at NOMA
FILM Beasts of the Southern Wild,
ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m.
8-10 p.m.
MUSIC Peter Collins, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
MUSIC Trinity Episcopal Choir
Friday Nights at NOMA
8-9 a.m.
(in the museum), 5-6 p.m.
ART ACTIVITY 5-8 p.m.
India Fest 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
FILM WYES: A World’s Fair to Remember, 7-8 p.m.
4 Saturday
12 Sunday
LECTURE Lisa Dennison, Chairman of Sotheby’s North and South America, (in the museum), 6-7 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION “World’s Fairs as Catalysts for Change: the New Orleans Experience,” 6-7 p.m.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
The NOLA Project
8-9 a.m.
Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
6 Monday
13 Monday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m
18 Saturday
25 Saturday
Currently on View
Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Pilates in the Sculpture Garden
The Bayou School: 19th Century Louisiana Landscapes
19 Sunday
8 Wednesday
15 Wednesday
Noontime Talk 12 p.m. The NOLA Project
Noontime Talk 12 p.m. The NOLA Project
Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
20 Monday
9 Thursday
16 Thursday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
The NOLA Project
The NOLA Project
Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
22 Wednesday
10 Friday
17 Friday
Noontime Talk 12 p.m. The NOLA Project
Friday Nights at NOMA
Friday Nights at NOMA: Movies in the Garden: Beasts of the Southern Wild
MUSIC Patrice Fisher Arpa Quartet,
5:30-8:30 p.m.
FOOD VENDORS Crepes a la Cart, Green
To Go NOLA, La Cocinita, Ye Old Kettle Cooker
Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
8-9 a.m.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m.
3
The NOLA Project
The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
23 Thursday The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
8-9 a.m.
August 24, 2012-May 2013, Stafford Gallery
StoryQuest 11:30 a.m. Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Pictures at the Exposition: Japanese Painters at the World’s Fairs (1) February 22 – June 2013, Japanese Galleries
26 Sunday The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.
Reinventing Nature: Art from the School of Fontainebleau January 18-May 19, 2013, Templeman Galleries
Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights
29 Wednesday Noontime Talk 12 p.m.
31 Friday Friday Nights at NOMA ART ACTIVITY with YAYA , 5-8 p.m. MUSIC The Ramblin’ Letters,
5:30- 8:30 p.m. ARTIST PERSPECTIVE Mignon Faget,
6 p.m.
October 5, 2012-April 14, 2013, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries
Portrait of Faith: John Paul II in Life and Art (2) March 8 - June 16, 2013, Second Floor Galleries Organized by the Museum of Biblical Arts & the Archdiocese of New Orleans
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939 (3) April 12 - August 4, 2013, Ella West Freeman Galleries Organized by Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
Spectacle and Spectator: Joshua Mann Pailet’s Photographs of the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans March 1 - June 13, 2013, Great Hall
Upcoming Exhibitions
June 2013
Rashaad Newsome: King of Arms
3 Monday
8 Saturday
15 Saturday
24 Monday
June 21-September 15, 2013, Great Hall
Summer Art Camp (ages 5-8)
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Summer Art Camp (ages 9-12)
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 7)
8-9 a.m.
8-9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 28)
September 27, 2013-February 23, 2014, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries
17 Monday
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Summer Art Camp (ages 5-8)
28 Friday
StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
5 Wednesday Summer Art Camp (ages 5-8) 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m.
10 Monday Summer Art Camp (ages 9-12) 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 14)
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 21)
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.
7 Friday Friday Nights at NOMA
14 Friday
21 Friday Friday Nights at NOMA
ART ACTIVITY with KID smART, 5-8 p.m.
Friday Nights at NOMA
MUSIC The Salt Wives, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m.
5-8 p.m.
LECTURE Nonnie Frelinghuysen, Curator
MUSIC Jasen Weaver, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.
of American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Fairs,” 6-7 p.m.
LECTURE Judith H. Bonner, Senior
“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.
ART ACTIVITY with 3 Ring Circus,
22 Saturday
Curator/Curator of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection: “The 1884 World’s Fair, William Woodward, and Women’s Education,” 6-7 p.m.
8-9 a.m.
“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.
StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.
Event schedule subject to change. Please check www.noma.org for updates.
Pilates in the Sculpture Garden
Friday Nights at NOMA ART ACTIVITY with YAYA, 5-8 p.m.
Camille Henrot: Cities of Ys
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.
MUSIC DJ Lingerie, 5:30-8:30 p.m FILM Drawing the Line: Keith Haring, 7-8 p.m. FILM Artists of the 20th Century: Andy Warhol, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.
29 Saturday Pilates in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.
Museum Hours Tuesday -Sunday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday: 11 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 Back Cover SPECTACLE AND SPECTATOR: JOSHUA MANN PAILET’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 1984 WORLD’S FAIR
1984 New Orleans World’s Fair, Wonderwall and Ferris Wheel, 1984, printed 2013, Joshua Mann Pailet, American, born 1950, Archival pigment print, courtesy of the artist