CONTENTS
May - August 2019 NOMA Magazine is a digital edition. Click on the links for stories.
DIRECTOR’S LETTER
LEARN
Remembering Leah Chase: NOMA honors the legacy of longtime trustee and volunteer LINK
Q&A: Photographer Rich Frishman captures the “Ghosts of Segregation” LINK
EXHIBITIONS
Q&A: Playwright Michael Aaron Santos channels William Shakespeare LINK
You Are Here exhibition questions sense of place in photography LINK
SUPPORT
Paper Revolutions Reveals the State of French Art in a time of political upheaval LINK
Video: Besthoff Sculpture Garden expansion opens with fanfare LINK
Video: Timothy Duffy captures roots musicians on tintype LINK
INSPIRED BY NOMA
COLLECTIONS
Fairyland Lusterware: Casting a Spell in Ceramics LINK 10 Depictions of Motherhood in NOMA’s Permanent Collection LINK
Q&A: Edward Spots brings Black Magic dance performance to NOMA LINK EVENTS
Artful Palate cooking demonstrations feature chefs preparing dishes from culinary mentors LINK
Celebrate American Art: 10 Must-Sees LINK
Artist’s Choice Film Series features eclectic array of movies LINK
Northern European Galleries undergo a reinstallation LINK
Q&A: Dickie Landry recalls past inspirations in advance of his NOMA solo concert LINK
ACQUISITIONS
NOMA acquires rare 19th-century jardinière LINK Akwanshi stone sculpture represents ancestral veneration LINK
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OPPOSITE PAGE On display in the exhbition You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place: Emmet Gowin (American, b. 1941), Geography Book Pages, 1973, Gelatin silver print, 9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in., Museum purchase through the National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 75.31 ABOVE The expanded Syndey and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden officially opened on May 14, 2019. Featuring 27 works of sculpture by artists working primarily in the twenty-first century, the garden is also a model of water management and eco-sensitive landscaping.
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