Exhibition Reception

Join the Newcomb Art Museum in celebrating Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists. The evening will begin with a public discussion in the Freeman Auditorium between museum director Monica Ramirez-Montagut and exhibition artists Amy Ellingson, Anne Vieux, and Brittany Nelson. Sculptor Dee Briggs, whose Three Rings 6’ Diameter is currently installed in the Newcomb Pottery Garden […]

Come celebrate the opening of Newcomb Art Museum's latest exhibitions "Clay in Transit" featuring contemporary Mexican ceramics and "Clay in Place" featuring Newcomb pottery and guild plus other never-before-exhibited pieces from the permanent collection. 5:30 pm – Private VIP/members reception featuring catering by Araña, a mezcal tasting, specialty cocktails, and music. 6:30 pm – Curatorial […]

Join us for the opening reception celebrating Newcomb Art Museum's upcoming exhibition EMPIRE!   Celebrating the New Orleans tricentennial, EMPIRE is an art installation by LA-based artists Fallen Fruit, David Allen Burns and Austin Young, commissioned and presented by Newcomb Art Museum, A Studio in the Woods and Pelican Bomb. Through this assembly of over […]

Join us for a welcome back reception and another chance to explore our tricentennial exhibition EMPIRE after hours! Now incorporating a recently acquired piece from Brandan “Bmike” Odums, this immersive installation by Fallen Fruit merits an additional visit!   5:30 pm - VIP Members Reception (not a member? Join in August during museum month for […]

Celebrate the close of our tricentennial exhibition EMPIRE with jazz from Courtney Bryan (4 to 6 pm), food, drinks, and a chance to meet the artists behind the exhibition! Free and Open to All! __ About the exhibition: Celebrating the New Orleans tricentennial, EMPIRE is an art installation by Los Angeles based artists Fallen Fruit […]

Join the Newcomb Art Museum next Thursday to mark the opening of the museum's latest exhibitions – Flint is Family,  the  first solo show in Louisiana from renowned artist, activist, and MacArthur Genius awardee LaToya Ruby Frazier, and the accompanying The American Dream Revisited: The Residents of Gordon Plaza’s Struggle to Leave the Agriculture Street Landfill Behind, a student-organized […]

Celebrate the extended run of Newcomb Art Museum's groundbreaking exhibition "Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana" at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine's Diboll Gallery with a free opening reception! The evening will include remarks from Dean Thomas LaVeist, an introduction to the exhibition from Museum Director Monica Ramirez Montagut, refreshments, plus […]

Mark the end of the exhibitions "Flint is Family" and "The American Dream Revisited" with a closing reception featuring live music, catering, drinks, and a very special performance in response to "The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation" to Leave the Agriculture Street Landfill Behind by the New Orleans […]

4 to 8 pm – Celebrate the opening of Newcomb Art Museum’s latest exhibition "N̶O̶T̶ Supposed 2-Be Here" with exhibition-inspired art activities for all-ages happening from 4 to 5 pm, and a free opening reception featuring artist remarks from Brandan BMike Odums, music by DJ RQ Away, and catering by Chef Ashley Jonique from 5 […]