• Elena Dorfman, Syria’s Lost Generation

    Stone Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans

    Elena Dorfman will discuss her project "Syria's Lost Generation" that will be on view at the museum on May 9th. For several months over the last two years, Elena covered the Syrian refugee crisis for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Of the millions of Syrians displaced by the ongoing civil war, Dorfman was drawn most strongly to the teenagers. “They seemed particularly shell-shocked and bereft,” she said. “They spoke to me of powerful longing and frustration.”

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  • Tania Bruguera Artist Lecture

    Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

    One of the leading political and performance artists of her generation, Tania Bruguera will speak about her projects: intensive interventions on the institutional structure of collective memory, education, and politics. Her work The Francis Effect is currently on view in New Orleans as part of False Flags, a group exhibition curated by Noah Simblist, at […]

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  • Diana Al-Hadid Artist Lecture

    Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

    Diana Al-Hadid will discuss her upcoming NAM exhibition, which runs from May 9 – July 24, 2016. The works appear to be trapped in an eternal moment of precariousness and decay. Inspired by historical forms from art and architecture, Al-Hadid’s highly material sculptures and paintings are charged with drips, textures, patterns, and ornaments that recall […]

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  • “From Antarctica to Outer Space: Reflections on Isolation and Confinement”

    Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

    Renowned former NASA Senior Researcher Dr. Yvonne Clearwater will explore the range of meanings and variance of human experience in the realm of isolation and confinement, solitude and loneliness, highlighting the human experience of living and working in space. She will then present an overview of her interdisciplinary work in leading NASA space human factors […]

  • “Art Inspired by Space”

    Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

    Renowned former NASA Senior Researcher Dr. Yvonne Clearwater will present an overview and wide ranging examples of creative works that have both been inspired by and served to inform the process of space exploration as they arise from the convergence of science, art, technology, transmedia, and fan culture.

  • Conversation with Mickalene Thomas

    Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

    In conjunction with the NAM exhibition Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star, the artist will speak about her work in conversation with Dr. Mia Bagneris, Assistant Professor, History of Art, Tulane University. A public reception celebrating the show's opening will immediately follow in the Woodward Way breezeway. Mickalene Thomas (b.1971) is a USA Fellow […]

  • Michelle Nonó – Poverty, Political Theater and Emancipatory Education in the Caribbean

    100 Jones Hall Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States

    Caribbean artist and community organizer Michelle Nonó will discuss the role of social practice art in struggles for equality, visibility and political change. Nonó and her sister compose Las Nietas de Nonó, a performance collective that also runs an alternative art and community space in a house inherited from their grandfather in the industrial zone […]

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  • Prison Gourmet: New Orleans Cook-Off

    Sister Hearts Thrift Store 7519 W Judge Perez Drive, Arabi, LA, United States

    "Prison Gourmet: New Orleans Cook-Off" is a workshop and community gathering facilitated by Los Angeles’ artist Karla Diaz. The project focuses on sharing and supporting the exchange of prison recipes […]

  • LUNA Fête Artists Lecture

    Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

    Come hear from the artists behind LUNA Fête 2017! Newcomb Art Museum in collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico is pleased to present a discussion with Pedro Narvaez and Emma […]

  • Artist Talk: Dee Briggs

    Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

    Enjoy an artist lecture from sculptor Dee Briggs, whose sculpture "Three Rings 6' Diameter" is currently on display in The Newcomb Pottery Garden. About the sculpture:  Made of corten steel, […]

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