Newcomb Art Museum

Objects in Focus: Betsy Packard
2022-11-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Join us on the first Friday of each month at 12 Noon for short presentations on select artists from our permanent exhibition Metamorphoses.
November 18, 12pm
Betsy Packard by Curatorial Assistant Alex Landry.
Image caption: Betsy Packard, Clothes, 1978, natural and synthetic fibers, acrylic gel medium, gift of the artist.

Objects in Focus: Newcomb Pottery
2022-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Join us on the first Friday of each month at 12 Noon for short presentations on select artists from our permanent exhibition Metamorphoses.
December 2, 12pm
The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise by Collections Manager Sierra Polisar.
Image caption: Harriet “Hattie” Coulter Joor, Artist, Joseph Fortune Meyer, Potter, Tyg with Pine Grove Design, 1902, glazed ceramics, gift of Mrs. Marshall B. Stewart.

Artists in Focus
2023-02-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Activist, muralist, and artist Langston Allston will discuss the collaborative mural Together, Towards Freedom. The artwork was created with twelve young artists from the Youth Artist Movement (YAM). The mural depicts the harm of incarceration and the reimagining of a brighter future. Seen throughout the mural are messages of youth experiences in their day to day lives, and the history from which these issues are rooted.

Baby ArtsPlay
2023-02-04 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-02-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-02-25 10:30 - 11:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Engage your early learner with this series of 30-minute classes in the museum. Each stand-alone class involves music, movement and socialization for infants, toddlers and caregivers. Register at ya4la.org/programs.

Newcomb Pottery Tour
2023-03-03 12:00 - 13:00
Take a guided tour of the museum’s collection of Newcomb Pottery with our Collections Manager Sierra Polisar. Advance registration for this event is required as space is limited. Sign-up available soon.

When I heard hope, they got scared
2023-03-23 18:00 - 19:00
Hip-hop artists Mickey Factz and Mac Phipps in conversation with Tulane professors Dr. Corey Miles and Dr. Sabia McCoy-Torres of the Africana Studies Department discuss how hip-hop is used to legitimate anti-Black violence.
artwork pictured: Robert Jones, Why Me, 2022, acrylic paint on canvas.

Responding to the Juvenile Justice Crisis
2023-03-25 12:00 - 14:00
A panel of experts including members of the steering committee for exhibition “Unthinkable Imagination” will discuss critical concerns to policy and advocacy centered on the juvenile justice system.
artwork pictured: Pat Phillips I Am My Brother’s Keeper / Matter Of Fact, You Going To Have Your Business… 2022-2023 acrylic, pencil, airbrush, aerosol paint on canvas stretched on wood panel; concrete and brick rubble.

Closing Reception for "Unthinkable Imagination"
2023-06-10 14:00 - 16:00
A final celebration of youth empowerment featuring a film by the Dance for Social Change Teen Company, a talk by artist Ivy Mathis, snacks, and a youth creative showcase (8th to 12th grade).
