Newcomb Art Museum

Unfamiliar Again: Talk & Reception
2017-09-06 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
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 in front of the Woldenberg Art Center, will also join the conversation.
A reception will immediately follow in the Woodward Way Breezeway.
Both events are free and open to the public.
The Newcomb Pottery Garden is dedicated in memory of Judith Henkin.

Family Workshop
2017-09-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Get creative with the whole family!
This Saturday, all ages are invited to swing by the Newcomb Art Museum for a free family art workshop inspired by their latest exhibition, Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists. The exhibition features work by women artists from across the United States as they explore new ways of approaching abstraction.
From 11:30 am to 1 pm, the museum will play host to a family-friendly workshop where budding artists of all-ages will have the opportunity to create their own abstract masterpieces using collage work, colored pencils, cut paper and more. Kids and parents alike are encouraged to engage with the exhibition through a movement based scavenger hunt where you get to be the art! Story time will feature books encouraging children that anyone who wants to be an artist, can be an artist (with a little paint and a whole lot of imagination!)
This come-and-go workshop allows children and parents to explore the museum in a welcome and fun environment plus creates an opportunity for everyone, no matter your level of experience, the chance to create their own abstract masterpiece to be hung on the fridge or framed on the wall!
Free and open to the public. The event is come and go, drop-ins encouraged!
Questions? Reach out to Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu.

Tulane Tuesday
2017-09-19 12:00 - 14:00 | LCB, 29 McAlister Drive, New Orleans, LA, United States
Tulane students are invited to wear their best Tulane gear and come learn more about Newcomb Museum’s exhibitions, programs, and events. Stop by the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life (LBC) to meet Newcomb staffers, enjoy cotton candy, pick up some Newcomb swag, and to enter for a chance to win $50 from the bookstore! Students must be wearing Tulane gear to receive the giveaways, so show some green pride and swing by the LCB to learn all about the Newcomb Art Museum!

Third Thursday Exhibition Tour
2017-09-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2017-10-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2017-11-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2017-12-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Join Tom Friel, Coordinator for Interpretation & Public Engagement, every third Thursday as he leads a tour of the current exhibition, Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists.

Free and open to the public. Contact Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu with questions.

Postponed! First Friday Collections Tour
2017-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED! Due to Tropical Storm Nate, this event has been postponed to October 13th. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to see you next Friday!
Have you ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at Newcomb Art Museum’s incredible collection of Newcomb Pottery? Then drop by on the first Friday of each month for a guided tour highlighting our permanent collection of Newcomb Pottery, Tulane faculty and alumni art works! The tour is free but is limited to the first 10 people due to space restrictions. Please reach out to Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu regarding any questions.
[Vase with Magnolia Design, Mary Williams Butler, Artist; Joseph Meyer, Potter c. 1902 – 1903 Collection of Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University]

Stroller Saturday
2017-10-14 10:30 - 11:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Join the Newcomb Art Museum for “Stroller Saturdays!” NAM will opens its doors early and feature an age-appropriate tour of current exhibitions led by Teacher Tom, the museum’s Coordinator for Interpretation & Public Engagement, at 10:30 am on the second Saturday of each month. Intended for parents with small children; free admission.

Second Saturday Exhibition Tour
2017-10-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2017-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Drop by the museum every second Saturday for a guided tour by museum staff of the latest exhibition, Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists.

Free and open to the public. Contact Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu with questions.

Baby Artsplay!
2017-10-15 11:00 - 11:30 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Artsplay!™ Presented by The Helis Foundation is the perfect opportunity for caregivers to integrate purposeful activities into their child’s playtime that support their cognitive, physical, and social development. Research shows, and parents confirm, that multi-sensory approaches to learning help young children create deeper, more meaningful connections with the world around them. Baby Artsplay!™ will engage children and their caregivers in joyful and easy to replicate multisensory experiences that help children reach developmental milestones, while immersed in New Orleans’ art and cultural institutions. These classes are free and open to children ages 4 months to 3 years with a caretaker.
Space is limited, register here.

Film Screening
2017-10-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
In conjunction with our exhibition, Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists, NAM will screen several short films* by influential women directors, including Maya Deren, Germaine Dulac, and Joyce Wieland.
Free and open to the public. Contact Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu with questions.
The museum will be open one hour prior to screening.
*films presented as digital transfers not celluloid.

Baby Artsplay!
2017-10-22 11:00 - 11:30, 2017-10-29 11:00 - 11:30, 2017-11-05 11:00 - 11:30 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Artsplay!™ Presented by The Helis Foundation is the perfect opportunity for caregivers to integrate purposeful activities into their child’s playtime that support their cognitive, physical, and social development. Research shows, and parents confirm, that multi-sensory approaches to learning help young children create deeper, more meaningful connections with the world around them. Baby Artsplay!™ will engage children and their caregivers in joyful and easy to replicate multisensory experiences that help children reach developmental milestones, while immersed in New Orleans’ art and cultural institutions. These classes are free and open to children ages 4 months to 3 years with a caretaker.

First Friday Collections Tour
2017-11-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2017-12-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Have you ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at Newcomb Art Museum’s incredible collection of Newcomb Pottery? Then drop by on the first Friday of each month for a guided tour highlighting our permanent collection of Newcomb Pottery, Tulane faculty and alumni art works!
The tour is free but IS STRICTLY LIMITED to the first 10 people due to space restrictions. Please reach out to Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu regarding any questions and to reserve your spot.

[Vase with Magnolia Design, Mary Williams Butler, Artist; Joseph Meyer, Potter c. 1902 – 1903 Collection of Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University]

Homecoming at NAM
2017-11-03 12:00 - 16:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Celebrate Tulane’s Homecoming with Newcomb Art Museum! Enjoy free cotton candy, artist demonstrations, as well as exhibition and storage tours!
12 pm to 4 pm – Artist demonstrations from Jenna Turner and Michelle Swafford
12 pm & 1 pm – Exhibition tour of “Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists” by Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Museum Director
1 pm to 3 pm – FREE cotton candy
12:30 & 1:30 pm – Behind-the-scenes tour of the Newcomb Pottery collection and the history of this treasured enterprise by Sierra Polisar, Collections Manager
2 pm & 3 pm – Exhibition tour of “Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists” by Tom Friel, Coordinator for Interpretation & Public Engagement
2:30 pm & 3:30 pm – Behind-the-scenes tour of the permanent collection of Newcomb and Tulane with a first-hand look at collections management and object preservation with Sierra Polisar, Collections Manager
PLUS enjoy glass blowing demonstrations from the Newcomb Art Department from 1 pm to 3 pm and open houses of the Newcomb College Institute and New Orleans Center for the Gulf South from 3 pm to 5 pm.
The Newcomb Art Museum will also be discounting museum memberships by 25% for all Tulane & Newcomb Alumni! The museum store will be offering discounts on books from the gift shop and will also be selling t-shirts to support the Louisiana Prison Eduction Coalition.a

Stroller Saturdays
2017-11-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2017-12-09 10:30 - 11:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States

Second Saturday Exhibition Tour led by Painters Painting Painters
2017-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Artists from local collective Painters Painting Painters will lead a tour of Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists, revealing unique perspectives on the exhibition.
Free and open to the public. Contact Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu with questions.

Baby Artsplay!
2017-11-12 11:00 - 11:30, 2017-11-19 11:00 - 11:30 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Artsplay!™ Presented by The Helis Foundation is the perfect opportunity for caregivers to integrate purposeful activities into their child’s playtime that support their cognitive, physical, and social development. Research shows, and parents confirm, that multi-sensory approaches to learning help young children create deeper, more meaningful connections with the world around them. Baby Artsplay!™ will engage children and their caregivers in joyful and easy to replicate multisensory experiences that help children reach developmental milestones, while immersed in New Orleans’ art and cultural institutions. These classes are free and open to children ages 4 months to 3 years with a caretaker.
Register by clicking here.

Museum Closed for Thanksgiving
2017-11-23 08:00 - 17:00, 2017-11-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
The museum will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen at 11am on Saturday November 25.

Episodes Performance Art Installation with Jarrell Hamilton
2017-12-02 12:00 - 15:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
“Episodes,” a dance theatre work offers atypical depictions of black womanhood from African American ancestry to single motherhood. Jarrell Hamilton native New Orleanian and two- time Big Easy Classical Arts Award winner, is the director and choreographer of “Episodes”, an original evening-length choreographic work. “Episodes” is part performance and part performance art installation. The art installation component will be presented December 2, 2017 (12 Noon to 3 PM) atNewcomb Art Museum and December 16, 2017 (TTBA) at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. The performance work will be presented January 24-27 at 8 PM and January 28 at 2 PM at Tulane’s Studio 300, McWilliams Hall.

LUNA Fête Artists Lecture
2017-12-05 17:30 - 18:30 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, 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 Lopez of AVA will discuss how they made the transition from graphic design to projection mapping in addition to the application of design principles in new media and the challenges that come with it.
About LUNA Fête:
LUNA Fête 2017 is presented by Pan-American Life Insurance Group andArts New Orleans. This visionary initiative created by the Arts Council New Orleans in 2014 to utilize New Orleans iconic landscape as the canvas for outdoor, public artworks created with light and technology. This annual outdoor spectacle connects New Orleans’ tradition of street-based celebration with connecting people to a new era of contemporary art.
An official New Orleans Tricentennial signature event, LUNA Fête 2017 will take place on December 6 – 9 in Lafayette Square and along Lafayette Street to Fulton Street. This multi-day celebration is free and open to the public and features illuminated installations, digital sculptures, video-mapping projections, and art animated by technology – intended to engage and inspire audiences of all ages.
In 2016, more than 50,000 attendees visited downtown New Orleans to view work by international and local artists highlighting the intersection of art, architecture, technology, community engagement, and tourism.
About AVA:
Emma Lopez and Pedro Narváez are the directors of AVA Visual Arts and Animation. A Mexican company that specializes in projects of Projection Mapping at International level. They started in Toronto Canada with Broadcast Design and Motion graphics, realizing projects for clients like: E! Entertainment Television, Discovery Channel, Much Music, Sportsnet, CBC, Wallmart, ET Canada and The Sports Network. Since 2011, they have specialized in Projection Mapping, obtaining several international awards and have had the opportunity to work in Holland, Switzerland, Lebanon, Russia, Armenia, Romania, United States, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Mexico.
https://vimeo.com/145019297

Member Holiday Party
2017-12-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Join us for music, cider & holiday treats as we close out our exhibition “Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists” with a member & Newcomb Alumnae holiday party! See the exhibition, mingle with old and new friends, and enjoy a Wednesday night out during the Winter holiday season. The event is free but RSVPs are requested, email museum@tulane.edu to let us know you’ll be joining in!
Not a member? Join today and take advantage of all that membership has to offer!

Museum Closed
2017-12-24 10:00 - 2018-01-17 17:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
The Newcomb Art Museum will be closed from December 24 to January 17 as we install our upcoming exhibitions Clay in Transit and Clay in Place, with opening receptions on January 18 at 7:30 pm.
About Clay in Transit:
In an era accustomed to the transient, where ephemerality and immediacy have become commonplace, seven artists from Mexico choose to make clay-based works as a way of intersecting past and present. Their chosen material, the ancient medium of clay, requires patience, precision, and intimacy to be given shape, and it is through this process that the artists poetically materialize their intention of suspending and stopping time. They also build upon the collective histories of their chosen medium – clay as nature, clay as origin, clay as shelter, clay as dam, clay as vessel, clay as terra firma – and choose to play with those histories in their attempts to give the viewer pause while, simultaneously, addressing twenty-first-century aesthetics and concerns.
About Clay in Place:
Concurrent to Clay In Transit, Newcomb Art Museum will also host the exhibition Clay In Place highlighting ceramics from the Museum’s permanent collection. Featured objects include Newcomb Pottery, Newcomb Guild, recent acquisitions and significant collection items never-before-exhibited.
