Exhibition Tour with Lee Miller
2018-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Drop by the Newcomb Art Museum on Second Saturdays this fall for guided exhibition tours focusing on different themes present in the current tricentennial show, EMPIRE, led by different faculty and staff from Tulane.

On November 10, join us for a very special Second Saturday tour celebrating Homecoming at Tulane! Lee Miller, Head of The Louisiana Research Collection at Tulane University, will lead a guided tour of Newcomb Art Museum’s tricentennial exhibition EMPIRE which brings together over 400 objects culled from the diverse archives across Tulane’s collection, telling the story of New Orleans through the lens of Tulane. Miller will discuss the role of Louisiana Research Collection and go into detail about the plethora of objects on view including Mardi Gras illustrations, important LBGT+ ephemera, and historical Louisiana documents.

Free and open to all!

Uncommon Exchanges: Fish
2018-11-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Newcomb Art Museum, in partnership with A Studio in the Woods, The ByWater Institute at Tulane University, and New Orleans Center for the Gulf South (Nola Gulf South), presents a unique dialogue, centered around “fish,” between Bruce Sunpie Barnes of Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots and Chef Ryan Prewitt of Peche Seafood Grill. Moderated by Rebecca Snedeker, Clark Executive Director for the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South.
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Free and open to the public; takes place at Newcomb Art Museum.

Free Family Day at Newcomb Art Museum
2018-11-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Everyone is welcome to get creative at the museum! Teens and adults will benefit from a two-hour figure drawing intensive led by local artists, while kids of all ages will love several art activities inspired by EMPIRE, including printmaking, architecture, and collage! Advanced registration is required for the figure drawing intensive, contact tfriel@tulane.edu to register or for questions. Drop-ins welcome for all other activities.
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All events are free and open to families with children of all-ages!

Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
2018-11-22 08:00 - 2018-11-23 17:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
The museum will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and the day after so our staff can enjoy the holiday with their families. We will resume regular hours on Saturday at 11 am, we look forward to seeing you then!

Small Business Saturday
2018-11-24 11:00 - 16:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Get your holiday shopping done early when you shop small at the Newcomb Art Museum gift shop on Saturday, November 24 for Small Business Saturday! Receive 10% off your entire purchase (with an additional 5% off for museum members) while finding the perfect gift for the art enthusiast in your life! The museum will be open from 11 am to 4 pm, we look forward to seeing you then!

First Friday Pottery Tour
2018-12-07 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 and the history of the Newcomb Enterprise!
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 RSVP for a tour.

Stroller Saturday
2018-12-08 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 open its doors early for parents with small children. Enjoy a private tour of the exhibition with Tom Friel, the museum’s Coordinator for Interpretation & Public Engagement, at 10:30 am on the second Saturday of each month. Free admission. Questions? Email tfriel@tulane.edu.

Exhibition Tour with Justin Mann
2018-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Drop by the Newcomb Art Museum on Second Saturdays this fall for guided exhibition tours focusing on different themes present in the current tricentennial show, EMPIRE, led by different faculty and staff from Tulane.

On December 8, the whole family is invited to Newcomb Art Museum for a fun Second Saturday tour with Justin Mann, Collections Manager of The Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection, Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (Tulane’s infamous “Fish Library). Learn all about why Tulane has the largest fish library in the world, how it got started, and all about those jars of fish in EMPIRE.

Free and open to all!

Live Jazz with Courtney Bryan
2018-12-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Building upon the city’s great legacy of live performance and improvisation, this concert is structured as a site-specific new musical response to the objects on view in “Empire” featuring composer Courtney Bryan from the Tulane Newcomb Department of Music as she interprets the objects on view using an interdisciplinary framework. Free and open to the public!
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Courtney Bryan, a native of New Orleans, La, is “a pianist and composer of panoramic interests” (New York Times). Her music ranges from solo works to large ensembles in the new music and jazz idioms, film scores, and collaborations with dancers, visual artists, writers, and actors, and is in conversation with various musical genres, including jazz and other types of experimental music, as well as traditional gospel, spirituals, and hymns. Focusing on bridging the sacred and the secular, Bryan’s compositions explore human emotions through sound, confronting the challenge of notating the feeling of improvisation. Bryan has academic degrees from Oberlin Conservatory (BM), Rutgers University (MM), and a DMA in music composition from Columbia University of New York, with advisor George Lewis. She has been an instructor at Columbia University and Oberlin Conservatory, and a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department for African American Studies at Princeton University. Bryan is currently an Assistant Professor of Music in the Newcomb Department of Music at Tulane University, and the composer-in-residence with the Jacksonville Symphony. She has two independent recordings, “Quest for Freedom” (2007) and “This Little Light of Mine” (2010).

EMPIRE Closing Party
2018-12-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
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!
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About the exhibition:
Celebrating the New Orleans tricentennial, EMPIRE is an art installation by Los Angeles 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 the assembly of over 400 objects culled from Tulane-affiliated archives, the artists have transformed the entire museum into one immersive artwork that explores the history of people and place in terms of cultural legacy, historical narrative, and social constructs.

Tiffany Tour
2018-12-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Louis Comfort Tiffany was a pioneer in the art of stained glass and key figure in the Arts & Crafts Movement. Join Newcomb Art Museum every Second Thursday at noon, for guided tours of Tiffany Windows on the Tulane uptown campus. Tours are free but limited to 20 people and require advance registration. Contact tfriel@tulane.edu for questions or to register.

Third Thursday Exhibition Tour
2018-12-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Newcomb Art Museum, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Drop by the museum every Third Thursday at noon for a guided tour by museum staff of Newcomb Art Museum’s new art installation EMPIRE created by Fallen Fruit!
Free and open to the public. Contact Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu with questions.
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What is EMPIRE?
Celebrating the New Orleans tricentennial, EMPIRE is an art installation by Los Angeles 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 the assembly of over 400 objects, the artists will transform the entire museum into one immersive artwork that explores the history of people and place in terms of cultural legacy, historical narrative, and social constructs.
The project uses objects culled from the diverse archives and collections across Tulane’s campus, including art, sound, documents of record, material culture, and artifacts. It activates objects held by the Hogan Jazz Archive, The Latin American Library, Louisiana Research Collection, Middle American Research Institute, Newcomb Art Museum, Newcomb College Institute, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection / Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, Southeastern Architectural Archive, Tulane Law Library, and Tulane University Archives, among other campus collections as well as the Amistad Research Center, shifting the lexicon of historical meanings into one work of art.
EMPIRE critically examines the principles of archives and anthropology to interrogate the ways histories are told, remembered, and revised. The immersive artwork considers the historical and contemporary effects that colonialism, slavery, trade, and tourism have had on the movement of culture across and beyond borders to better understand the geographic and cultural position of New Orleans in relationship to Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. EMPIRE invites viewers to creatively interpret the displayed objects, their connections, and their juxtapositions to generate new meanings.

Per(Sister) Opening Day
2019-01-19 14:00 - 20:00 | LA
Mark the opening of this groundbreaking exhibition with an afternoon of family activities and an evening of conversation, performance, and celebration.

2 to 4pm – (In Woodward Way and the Museum) Museum-goers of all ages are invited to engage with the exhibition at our friends and family afternoon. Activities will include tie-dye, a scavenger hunt, make your own message in a bottle, a rhymes, rhythm, and rock workshop (at 3pm) led by Young Audiences of Louisiana!
3 to 4:30pm – (in front of the museum) Join artist Jackie Sumell for a community planting as we add flowers chosen by currently incarcerated mothers to Sumell’s installation A Solitary Garden for Incarcerated Moms.
4 to 4:45pm – (in Woodward Way) Come meet representatives from our community partners at an organization fair and learn ways you can volunteer and get involved!
4 to 4:45pm – (in the Museum) Journey into the museum for a reading of INK, a literary magazine produced by Tulane students and incarcerated students at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center led by Tulane Professor Zachary Lazar.
4:45 to 5:30pm – (In Freeman Auditorium) Kick off the evening’s events with a performance from The Graduates, an ensemble comprised of former members of the LCIW Drama Club who build awareness of mass incarceration and racial injustice.
5 to 5:30pm – (In the Museum) Children ages 5 and under are invited to take part in an interactive storytelling activity led by Young Audiences of Louisiana.
5:30 to 6:45pm – (In Freeman Auditorium) Learn all about the exhibition, the women involved, and the process of turning these incredible stories into art during a panel featuring Syrita Steib-Martin and Dolfinette Martin, PerSisters and co-producers of the exhibition, Laura Blereau, Newcomb’s curator, and Allison Beonde, photographer; moderated by Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Newcomb’s director.
6:45 to 8pm – Finish the day with a celebratory reception that includes a featured performance from Cherice Harrison-Nelson Big Queen of the Guardians of the Flame Mardi Gras Indians with PerSister Zina Mitchell, free food and drinks!

**Free childcare for children 4 and under will be provided from 4 to 6:45pm so parents may take part in the planting, performance, and panel.
This event is free and open to all. Email museum@tulane.edu or call 504.314.2406 with questions.

Free Film Screenings of Sin by Silence and Mothering Inside
2019-01-29 19:00 - 21:00 | LA
Drop by Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center at Tulane University for a free screening of two films documenting the treatment of formerly and currently incarcerated women.
“Sin by Silence” documents inside the California Institution for Women as the first inmate initiated and led group in U.S. prison history shatters the misconceptions of domestic violence. “Mothering Inside” chronicles the experiences of incarcerated women and their children as they participate in the Family Preservation Project, a program designed to interrupt the cycle of intergenerational criminal justice involvement, poverty, and addiction, and promote healthy mother-child relationships, support successful reentry, and decrease recidivism.
This event is free and open to all. Email museum@tulane.edu or call 504.314.2406 with questions.
This event is co-sponsored by the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

First Friday Collections Tours
2019-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 | LA

Mass Incarceration and the Law
2019-02-02 14:00 - 16:00 | LA
Join the museum as we partner with Tulane Law School to engage with attorneys Mercedes Montagnes, Executive Director at the The Promise of Justice Initiative, Katherine Mattes, Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at Tulane University, Caroline Tillman, Senior Staff Attorney at the The Promise of Justice Initiative, Charell Arnold, Staff Attorney at the Innocence Project New Orleans, and Soren Gisleson, Partner at Herman Herman & Katz, LLC as they discuss mass incarceration, Louisiana, and the state of the criminal justice system in America. A reception will follow immediately after the panel.
Please note, this event will take place at Tulane Law School’s Wendell Gauthier Moot Court Room (Room 110) in Weinmann Hall.

Muses Shoe Decorating Workshop - Part 1
2019-02-02 16:00 - 18:00 | LA
Are you ready for Mardi Gras? Newcomb is hosting a two-part Carnival shoe-decorating workshop, inspired by one of our favorite Mardi Gras krewes – Muses! Grab your friends and join us for a fun-filled craft session where a member of Muses shows us how to festively decorate a classic Muses shoe! This workshop is limited in size so please register by emailing museum@tulane.edu; $20 for members, $40 for non-members. The registration fee covers all materials plus refreshments.
Due to the time required for preparing and decorating the shoes, attendees must be able to attend both workshops, on February 2 AND February 10.

Tour and Panel
2019-02-09 12:00 - 14:00 | LA
Join the museum for a behind-the-scenes exhibition tour and a conversation led by representatives from the community focusing on the myriad issues addressed in the exhibition as they pertain to formerly and currently incarcerated women in New Orleans.
12 to 1pm – (In the Museum) Monica Ramirez Montagut, director of Newcomb, and Laura Blereau, curator, will lead a tour of the exhibition with an emphasis on process, history, and design.
1 to 2pm – (In Freeman Auditorium) Representatives from Operation Restoration.OR, Women with a Vision, Inc. and Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children will take part in an open conversation on the issues facing formerly incarcerated women in Louisiana and avenues for success in reentry.
1 to 2pm – (In the Museum) Concurrent to the discussion, Tulane University School of Social Work professor Nub OmiSayade Sun will lead an engaging children’s reading circle for kids of all ages.
This event is free and open to all. Email museum@tulane.edu or call 504.314.2406 with questions.

Muses Shoe Decorating Workshop - Part 2
2019-02-10 14:00 - 16:00 | LA

Tiffany Window Tours
2019-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | LA

Free Family Day at the Museum
2019-02-16 12:00 - 15:00 | LA
Drop by the museum anytime between 12 and 3 for free art activities designed for children of all ages with age-appropriate exhibition tours.
This event is free and open to families with children of all ages. Email tfriel@tulane.edu for more information.

A Dream and A Chisel Book Talk
2019-02-19 18:30 - 20:00 | LA
Newcomb Art Museum is thrilled to host a book talk and signing with art scholars Nancy Penrose and Susan Hymel. The new book “A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925-1928,” focuses on the years that Newcomb Alumna and famed sculptor Angela Gregory spent learning sculpture in the studio of Antoine Bourdelle.
All are invited to take part in this free talk and signing!

The Liberace of Lucha Libre: An Evening with Cassandro
2019-02-20 19:00 - 20:00 | LA
On February 20th, 7pm, in the Freeman Auditorium, Cassandro will speak about his personal story of growing up and training as a lucha libre in México. He became one of the first openly gay exóticos (a wrestler who dresses in a flamboyant style), and later he had the honor of being the first exótico to win a championship title.
He will speak about how he negotiated his gay identity and overcame adversity in the world of professional Mexican wrestling. He will also share his experiences outside of wrestling, as an LGBTQ activist, circuit speaker, and most recently as the subject of a feature documentary, “Cassandro, The Exótico” which received critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018.
This event is free and open to the public. Parader and performer Antonio Garza will moderate talk by Saul Armendariz.
Sponsored by: Newcomb Art Museum, Amigos de los Amigos, Stone Center for Latin American Studies – Tulane University, krewedelusion, and The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South.

Free Exhibition Tour
2019-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | LA
Join Newcomb Art Museum at noon on the Third Thursday and Second Saturday of each month for a free guided tour of the exhibition Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana.
About the exhibition:
Newcomb Art Museum has partnered with formerly incarcerated women, community organizations, stakeholders, and those directly impacted by the prison system to create the exhibition Per(Sister), which is intended to share the stories of currently and formerly incarcerated women in Louisiana, and shine a light on the myriad issues as identified and expressed by the women themselves.
The experiences of incarcerated women are often unknown, overlooked, dismissed, or misunderstood. Per(Sister) presents the personal and intimate stories, in their own voices and in their own terms, of thirty women that persist in their drive for the integral survival of their mind, body, and soul.
Their stories come to life through the pairing of a “persister” and an artist who created a work inspired by her story, other stories take the shape of voice recordings, or handwritten messages, all with the intention of challenging misconceptions and uninformed assumptions. By building awareness of the situations arising before, during and after incarceration, the exhibition Per(Sister) seeks to find common ground and pathways for society to empathetically move forward together.
Per(Sister) examines themes such as the root causes of women’s incarceration, the social impact of long-term incarcerated mothers, the psychological and physical toll of incarceration, and the challenges and opportunities of reentry for formerly incarcerated women.
This event is free and open to the public. Email museum@tulane.edu or call 504.314.2406 with questions.

First Friday Collection Tour
2019-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 | LA

Stroller Saturday
2019-03-09 10:30 - 11:00 | LA
Bring your littlest art enthusiasts to the museum for Stroller Saturday! On the second Saturday of each month, Newcomb Art Museum invites parents with young children to explore the museum early (10:30 am) before the doors officially open at 11. Museum staff will lead a tour that engages children and parents alike! Free and open to all parents and caregivers of small children!

Second Saturday Exhibition Tour
2019-03-09 12:00 - 13:00 | LA
Join Newcomb Art Museum at noon on the Second Saturday of each month for a free guided tour of the exhibition Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana.
About the exhibition:
Newcomb Art Museum has partnered with formerly incarcerated women, community organizations, stakeholders, and those directly impacted by the prison system to create the exhibition Per(Sister), which is intended to share the stories of currently and formerly incarcerated women in Louisiana, and shine a light on the myriad issues as identified and expressed by the women themselves.
The experiences of incarcerated women are often unknown, overlooked, dismissed, or misunderstood. Per(Sister) presents the personal and intimate stories, in their own voices and in their own terms, of thirty women that persist in their drive for the integral survival of their mind, body, and soul.
Their stories come to life through the pairing of a “persister” and an artist who created a work inspired by her story, other stories take the shape of voice recordings, or handwritten messages, all with the intention of challenging misconceptions and uninformed assumptions. By building awareness of the situations arising before, during and after incarceration, the exhibition Per(Sister) seeks to find common ground and pathways for society to empathetically move forward together.
Per(Sister) examines themes such as the root causes of women’s incarceration, the social impact of long-term incarcerated mothers, the psychological and physical toll of incarceration, and the challenges and opportunities of reentry for formerly incarcerated women.
This event is free and open to the public. Email museum@tulane.edu or call 504.314.2406 with questions.

Tiffany Stained-Glass Tour
2019-03-14 12:00 - 13:00 | LA

Free Family Day at the Museum!
2019-03-16 12:00 - 15:00 | LA
Do you have little artists in your household? Want to encourage their love of craft while in a place surrounded by gorgeous art? Then bring the whole family to Free Family Day on March 16! Kids will enjoy coming up with their own stories and creating their own books by folding, sewing with yarn, tying knots, decorating, and even going big with accordion books! Activities are designed for children 12 and under; museum staff will also lead age-appropriate exhibition tours and art-inspired scavenger hunts. This event is free and open to all families! Email tfriel@tulane.edu for more information.
** Have old or unused crayons at your house? Newcomb Art Museum has partnered with Crayon Collection to repurpose old crayons for use by kids in Title 1 and Head Start schools. Bring your crayons (no matter what shape they’re in) when you come to the museum and we’ll make sure they find a new home! Learn more here.

Third Thursday Exhibition Tour
2019-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | LA
Join Newcomb Art Museum at noon on the Third Thursday of each month for a free guided tour of the exhibition Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana.
About the exhibition:
Newcomb Art Museum has partnered with formerly incarcerated women, community organizations, stakeholders, and those directly impacted by the prison system to create the exhibition Per(Sister), which is intended to share the stories of currently and formerly incarcerated women in Louisiana, and shine a light on the myriad issues as identified and expressed by the women themselves.
The experiences of incarcerated women are often unknown, overlooked, dismissed, or misunderstood. Per(Sister) presents the personal and intimate stories, in their own voices and in their own terms, of thirty women that persist in their drive for the integral survival of their mind, body, and soul.
Their stories come to life through the pairing of a “persister” and an artist who created a work inspired by her story, other stories take the shape of voice recordings, or handwritten messages, all with the intention of challenging misconceptions and uninformed assumptions. By building awareness of the situations arising before, during and after incarceration, the exhibition Per(Sister) seeks to find common ground and pathways for society to empathetically move forward together.
Per(Sister) examines themes such as the root causes of women’s incarceration, the social impact of long-term incarcerated mothers, the psychological and physical toll of incarceration, and the challenges and opportunities of reentry for formerly incarcerated women.
This event is free and open to the public. Email museum@tulane.edu or call 504.314.2406 with questions.
