Free Performance by Michaela A. Harrison
2019-06-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | LA
Join the Newcomb Art Museum for a free performance from New-Orleans Vocalist Michaela A. Harrison as she sings and performs in response to themes presented in the exhibition “Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana.”
About Michaela A. Harrison:
Michaela A. Harrison is a New Orleans-based vocalist who has performed nationally and internationally in theatrical productions, with various bands and musical collectives and with the all-female trio Mother Tongue. Since the disbanding of Mother Tongue in 2008, Michaela has established an ever-growing following as a solo artist at local venues such as Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club, where she is featured weekly during Sunday brunch, the Juju Bag Café, where she sings on Friday evenings, and Ashé Cultural Arts Center, where she performs regularly for community gatherings and special events. While comfortable with a full band, a choir or an orchestra, Michaela often sings with a guitar as her only accompaniment, working regularly with Brazilian virtuoso Marcio Pereira and local favorites Carl LeBlanc and Todd Duke.
Michaela began singing in the Baptist church at age 5. Her musical style incorporates her gospel roots as well as a diverse range of genres including jazz, blues, R & B, soul, samba, MPB and African traditional music. As a protégé of Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of Sweet Honey In The Rock, Michaela is well-versed in spirituals, work songs, and African American protest music from the Civil Rights era. With a four-octave range and a vocal quality that runs the gamut from pristine sweetness to fiercely powerful belting, Michaela has often been compared to such greats as Minnie Riperton and Mahalia Jackson, though she maintains a signature style that distinguishes her voice as easily recognizable no matter what she is singing. Her soulful, heartfelt delivery of both covers and original music has often moved audiences to tears.
Holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Service and a Master’s in Africana Studies, Michaela has also studied and lived in East Africa and Brazil. Fluent in French and Portuguese, and familiar with Spanish and Swahili, Michaela has an expanded repertoire of world music and renders songs in their original language. She infuses her performances with insightful commentary based on her multi-cultural perspective, simultaneously uplifting and educating audiences.
Michaela has performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on several occasions, with John Boutté, Kermit Ruffins, Bill Summers, Percussion, Inc. and Kumbuka African Drum and Dance Ensemble, as well as at the Essence Festival with Mother Tongue. She has also sung at venues in Washington, DC, New York, Atlanta and California. International performances have included festivals, clubs and private events in Brazil, Jamaica, France, Germany, Italy, England, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Since 2008, she has appeared in three theatrical productions: “Rent” at Le Petit Theatre in the French Quarter, “The Women of Brewster Place” at Anthony Bean Theater and “Swimming Upstream.” She has recorded with members of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bill Summers/Los Hombres Calientes and, most recently, Kermit Ruffins. She and Kermit perform the classic duet “Baby It’s Cold Outside” on his 2009 Christmas CD, “Have A Crazy Cool Christmas,” which attracted nationwide acclaim. Michaela’s first “solo” CD, “Love’s Divine,” was released July 1, 2010.

Changemakers Panel
2019-06-08 14:00 - 15:00
Join the Newcomb Art Museum for a free engaging and informative panel with policy advocates and experts.
In Freeman Auditorium policy advocates and experts, including representatives from the New Orleans chapter of the ACLU of Louisiana, Southern Poverty Law Center, Vera Institute of Justice, and Daughters Beyond Incarceration, will take part in a panel discussion revolving around policy measures taken in favor of criminal justice reform. Audiences are invited to take part in a Q&A and learn more about what these organizations do and how they can get involved
This event is free and open to the public. Email museum@tulane.edu or call 504.314.2406 with questions.

Tiffany Stained-Glass Window Tour
2019-06-13 12:00 - 13:00
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.

Juneteenth Celebration
2019-06-19 17:00 - 20:00
Commemorate Juneteenth and celebrate the run of Per(Sister) with an evening full of incredible performances and powerful exchanges! Starting at 5 pm explore the museum as artists and PerSisters take over the galleries in a variety of ways.
At 5 pm, join PerSister Fox Rich in front of The Life Quilt to learn more about #FreeMamaGLO: Clemency Campaign for Louisiana’s Longest Serving Mother. The talk will be followed by a freedom-inspired performance from members of The Graduates (led by Ausettua AmorAmenkum).
At 6 pm, head further into the museum to hear original poetry performed by PerSister Chasity Hunter, music inspired by the exhibition played by Spirit McIntyre, and to take part in an open exchange about race and ethnicity led by artists Rontherin Ratliff and Ana Hernandez.
The evening will culminate in a performance and film screenings of “Fear No Gumbo” and “Let Me” by Oscar-nominated filmmaker and musician Kimberly Rivers Roberts aka Queen Koldmadina.
The events and reception (including delicious food and drinks catered by Liberty’s Kitchen New Orleans) are free and open to all! So grab your friends and family and join us in celebration with all those – artists, PerSisters, community partners, faculty, scholars, friends, and more – involved in the show!

Free Exhibition Tour
2019-06-20 12:00 - 13:00
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.

Museum Open By Appointment
2019-07-07 - 2019-07-20
The Newcomb Art Museum will be open by appointment from July 7 through July 20. Email tfriel@tulane.edu or call 504.865.5361 for more information.

Museum Closed for Exhibition Installation
2019-07-21 08:00 - 2019-08-20 17:00
The Newcomb Art Museum is currently closed as we install our next exhibition. We will reopen at 10 am on August 21.

Free Opening Reception
2019-09-05 17:00 - 20:00
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 show featuring artwork from Hannah Chalew, AnnieLaurie Erickson, Jonathan Traviesa, Tshombe Tshanti, and LaVonna Varnado-Brown – with a free reception!
The reception, free and open to the public, begins at 5 pm with a special preview hour for museum members, artists, show collaborators, and Tulane faculty and staff and is immediately followed by an engaging and informative exhibition panel discussion at 6 pm in Freeman Auditorium. Featuring experts on the Flint Water Crisis, Michael Mascarenhas and Ben Pauli, as well as Tulane Environmental Studies professor Dr. Christopher Oliver, Peoples’ Assembly Representative Angela Kinlaw, and Gordon Plaza Resident Shannon Rainey, the panel will revolve around a discussion the impact of environmental pollution on marginalized communities. Directly after the panel, the museum will remain open late from 7 to 8 pm for a public reception with refreshments!
The museum and its events are free and open to the public. All are invited to attend!

Free Collections Tour
2019-09-06 12:00 - 13:00
Join us on the First Friday of each month at noon for a guided tour highlighting our permanent collection of Newcomb Pottery and the history of the Newcomb Enterprise! The tour is free but STRICTLY LIMITED to the first 10 people due to space restrictions. Email Sierra Polisar at spolisar@tulane.edu to RSVP for a tour.

Free Exhibition Tour with Wilma Subra
2019-09-06 13:00 - 14:00
Known as “The People’s Scientist,” chemist, microbiologist, and MacArthur Genius awardee Wilma Subra is known for helping vulnerable communities document the health toll of industrial pollution. Drop by the museum for an insightful tour and talk.

Free Family Day
2019-09-07 10:00 - 14:00
The whole family is invited to the museum for an exhibition-themed free family day. Enjoy art-making with recycled materials, collage Zine making, interactive storytelling with Young Audiences, live drawing in the galleries and more! Plus join in on our Crayon Collection Drive by bringing your gently loved crayons to the museum to be recycled and shared with local schools!

Free Tiffany Window Tour
2019-09-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-10-10 12:00 - 13:00
Join Newcomb Art Museum every Second Thursday at noon for guided tours of the Tiffany Windows on the Tulane uptown campus. Tours are free but limited to 20 people and require advance registration. Email Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu to RSVP for a tour.

Free Film Screening - If Beale Street Could Talk
2019-09-12 21:00 - 23:00
Drop by Freeman Auditorium for a screening of the award-winning film If Beale Street Could Talk based on James Baldwin’s book of the same name.

Free Exhibition Tour
2019-09-14 12:00 - 13:00
Museum staff provides free exhibition tours at noon on the Third Thursday and at noon on the Second Saturday of each month – so drop by any of those days to enjoy an in-depth look at our latest shows!

Free Exhibition Tour
2019-09-19 12:00 - 13:00
Drop by the Newcomb Art Museum on the Third Thursday of each month at noon for a free exhibition tour led by different individuals involved in the show!
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About the exhibitions:
In 2016, artist, activist, and MacArthur genius awardee LaToya Ruby Frazier spent ﬁve months living in Flint, Michigan with three generations of women–the poet Shea Cobb, her mother Renee, and daughter Zion–observing their day-to-day lives as they endured one of the most devastating human-made, environmental tragedies in US history: the lead contamination water crisis in their hometown. The artistic result of Frazier’s time there is reﬂected in the works presented in the exhibition “Latoya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family.”
By portraying the daily struggles of the Cobb family, Frazier used a tight focus to create a story about the impact of a systemic problem disproportionately affecting marginalized communities. Frazier rejected the voyeuristic photographs that emerged from outside media sources and instead collaborated closely with her subjects through photographs, capturing intimate moments along with the myriad challenges the family faced without access to clean water.
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In “The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation,” students from the Critical Visualization and Media Lab (CVML), led by Tulane sociology and environmental studies professor Christopher Oliver, PhD, collaborated with New Orleans’ Residents of Gordon Plaza –Shannon Rainey, Lydwina Hurst, Jesse Perkins, Sam Egana, Marilyn Amar– and representatives from the New Orleans People’s Assembly to showcase the impact of living among life-threatening pollution with limited access to resources and raise awareness of the environmental crisis facing contemporary Louisianans and New Orleanians.
The exhibition – equal parts art show, social history, and critical visualization project – presents, in a myriad of ways, a chronological and visually engaging look at the residents’ ﬁght for a fully funded relocation with an emphasis on the role of women in activism, the effect on day-to-day living, and the frustrations of the “promised” American Dream.

Free Exhibition Tour Led By Marilyn Amar
2019-09-21 13:00 - 14:00
Join Newcomb Art Museum for a free exhibition tour of #TheAmericanDreamDenied led by Gordon Plaza resident Marilyn Amar.
Learn more about the history of Gordon Plaza, the impact living among environmental pollution has had on the residents there, and their ongoing fight for a fully-funded relocation.
The tour and museum are free and open to the public.
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About the exhibition:
In “The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation,” students from the Critical Visualization and Media Lab (CVML), led by Tulane sociology and environmental studies professor Christopher Oliver, PhD, collaborated with New Orleans’ Residents of Gordon Plaza –Shannon Rainey, Lydwina Hurst, Jesse Perkins, Sam Egana, Marilyn Amar– and representatives from the New Orleans People’s Assembly to showcase the impact of living among life-threatening pollution with limited access to resources and raise awareness of the environmental crisis facing contemporary Louisianans and New Orleanians.
The exhibition – equal parts art show, social history, and critical visualization project – presents, in a myriad of ways, a chronological and visually engaging look at the residents’ ﬁght for a fully funded relocation with an emphasis on the role of women in activism, the effect on day-to-day living, and the frustrations of the “promised” American Dream.

Tulane Tuesday
2019-09-24 11:00 - 13:00
Wear your Tulane gear each Tuesday and stop by the LBC between 11AM-1PM to get today’s free treat – Cotton Candy!
Sponsored by the Newcomb Art Museum and the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life.
Don’t forget to have your loyalty card stamped!
** You must wear Tulane gear to receive the giveaway, no exceptions
** Giveaway applies while supplies last and are first come, first serve

Free Exhibition Reception
2019-09-26 17:00 - 19:00
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 a very special performance from The Graduates; an ensemble comprised of former members of the LCIW Drama Club who build awareness of mass incarceration and racial injustice!
Email museum@tulane.edu for more information.

Free Artist Talk with LaToya Ruby Frazier
2019-10-02 18:00 - 20:00
Join the Newcomb Art Museum in Freeman Auditorium for a unique chance to hear from artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier as she discusses how she has used photography to fight injustice—poverty, healthcare and gender inequality, environmental contamination, racism, and more—and create a more representative self-portrait. The museum will remain open late and host a free reception following the talk.
This event is free and open to the public.
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About the talk:
Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change
Each day, we’re bombarded by images: on billboards, on screens, in schools and in our bedrooms. And these images, largely corporate in origin, carry power—power to shape, control, and constrain—even when they offer a fantasy, or an outright lie.
That’s why, as LaToya Ruby Frazier (whose work is on view in “Flint is Family” at the Newcomb Art Museum) argues, photography is a battleground of representation. We cannot control the material circumstances of our birth, our families or our economic circumstances. But in order to change society—to seed real change and cultural transformation, especially for the marginalized and the forgotten—we must change the picture we have of ourselves and our communities.
In this talk, Frazier discusses how she has used photography to fight injustice—poverty, healthcare and gender inequality, environmental contamination, racism, and more—and create a more representative self-portrait. Drawing from her book The Notion of Family as well as from works of art by Frederick Douglass, August Sander, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Langston Hughes, she relates her conscious approach to photography, opens up more authentic ways to talk about family, inheritance, and place, and celebrates the inspirational, transformative power of images.

Free Newcomb Pottery Tour
2019-10-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-11-01 12:00 - 13:00
Join us on the First Friday of each month at noon for a guided tour highlighting our permanent collection of Newcomb Pottery and the history of the Newcomb Enterprise! The tour is free but STRICTLY LIMITED to the first 10 people due to space restrictions. Email Tom Friel at spolisar@tulane.edu to RSVP for a tour.

Free Exhibition Tour
2019-10-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-11-09 12:00 - 13:00
Drop in to the Newcomb Art Museum on the Second Saturday of each month at noon for a free exhibition tour led by different individuals involved in the show!
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About the exhibitions:
In 2016, artist, activist, and MacArthur genius awardee LaToya Ruby Frazier spent ﬁve months living in Flint, Michigan with three generations of women–the poet Shea Cobb, her mother Renee, and daughter Zion–observing their day-to-day lives as they endured one of the most devastating human-made, environmental tragedies in US history: the lead contamination water crisis in their hometown. The artistic result of Frazier’s time there is reﬂected in the works presented in the exhibition “Latoya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family.”
By portraying the daily struggles of the Cobb family, Frazier used a tight focus to create a story about the impact of a systemic problem disproportionately affecting marginalized communities. Frazier rejected the voyeuristic photographs that emerged from outside media sources and instead collaborated closely with her subjects through photographs, capturing intimate moments along with the myriad challenges the family faced without access to clean water.
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In “The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation,” students from the Critical Visualization and Media Lab (CVML), led by Tulane sociology and environmental studies professor Christopher Oliver, PhD, collaborated with New Orleans’ Residents of Gordon Plaza –Shannon Rainey, Lydwina Hurst, Jesse Perkins, Sam Egana, Marilyn Amar– and representatives from the New Orleans People’s Assembly to showcase the impact of living among life-threatening pollution with limited access to resources and raise awareness of the environmental crisis facing contemporary Louisianans and New Orleanians.
The exhibition – equal parts art show, social history, and critical visualization project – presents, in a myriad of ways, a chronological and visually engaging look at the residents’ ﬁght for a fully funded relocation with an emphasis on the role of women in activism, the effect on day-to-day living, and the frustrations of the “promised” American Dream.

Uncommon Exchanges with Pippin Frisbie-Calder and Jordan Karubian
2019-10-15 18:30 - 20:00
In partnership with A Studio in the Woods, The ByWater Institute at Tulane University, and The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South (Nola Gulf South), Newcomb Art Museum’s interdisciplinary conversation series “Uncommon Exchanges” invites the New Orleans community to interact with diverse experts from Tulane and the Gulf South region. Using the current exhibitions “Flint is Family” and “The American Dream Denied” as a catalyst, Pippin Frisbie-calder, FATHOM Resident Artist at A Studio in the Woods and Jordan Karubian, Phd, Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Tulane will engage in a unique conversation bridging their different disciplines and expertise to workshop new kinds of questions and establish commonalities.
Free and open to the public, this event takes place inside the museum’s galleries.

Free Exhibition Tour
2019-10-17 12:00 - 13:00
Drop in to the Newcomb Art Museum on the Third Thursday of each month at noon for a free exhibition tour led by different individuals involved in the show!
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About the exhibitions:
In 2016, artist, activist, and MacArthur genius awardee LaToya Ruby Frazier spent ﬁve months living in Flint, Michigan with three generations of women–the poet Shea Cobb, her mother Renee, and daughter Zion–observing their day-to-day lives as they endured one of the most devastating human-made, environmental tragedies in US history: the lead contamination water crisis in their hometown. The artistic result of Frazier’s time there is reﬂected in the works presented in the exhibition “Latoya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family.”
By portraying the daily struggles of the Cobb family, Frazier used a tight focus to create a story about the impact of a systemic problem disproportionately affecting marginalized communities. Frazier rejected the voyeuristic photographs that emerged from outside media sources and instead collaborated closely with her subjects through photographs, capturing intimate moments along with the myriad challenges the family faced without access to clean water.
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In “The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation,” students from the Critical Visualization and Media Lab (CVML), led by Tulane sociology and environmental studies professor Christopher Oliver, PhD, collaborated with New Orleans’ Residents of Gordon Plaza –Shannon Rainey, Lydwina Hurst, Jesse Perkins, Sam Egana, Marilyn Amar– and representatives from the New Orleans People’s Assembly to showcase the impact of living among life-threatening pollution with limited access to resources and raise awareness of the environmental crisis facing contemporary Louisianans and New Orleanians.
The exhibition – equal parts art show, social history, and critical visualization project – presents, in a myriad of ways, a chronological and visually engaging look at the residents’ ﬁght for a fully funded relocation with an emphasis on the role of women in activism, the effect on day-to-day living, and the frustrations of the “promised” American Dream.

Free Film Screening: Women of Cancer Alley
2019-10-22 19:00 - 21:00
Join director Anne Rolfes in Freeman Auditorium for a screening of her new documentary Women of Cancer Alley, followed by a conversation on citizen activism and environmental equality with Sharon Lavigne, founder of RISE ST. JAMES, who also appears in the film. This event is produced in partnership with The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South (Nola Gulf South)

Kwaidan – Call of Salvation Heard from the Depths of Fear
2019-10-29 19:00 - 20:30
Newcomb Art Museum is pleased to sponsor, along with the Japan Society of New Orleans, Tulane Asian Studies Program, and Tulane English Department: Kwaidan – Call of Salvation Heard from the Depths of Fear: A Reading Performance by The Hearn Society of Matsue at Tulane University as one of the event of the 150th anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn’s Arrival in the USA and the 25th anniversary of the friendship city relationship between Matsue City, Shimane and New Orleans.
This event is performed by the actor Shiro Sano and the guitarist Kyoji Yamamoto along with an introduction by Bon Koizumi, Lafcadio Hearn’s great-grandson of Matsue City.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, performance start time is 7:00 pm.
The location is in the Freeman Auditorium located in the Tulane Woldenberg Art Center on the Uptown Tulane campus. Click here to view the campus map.

Free Homecoming Tour Led By the CVML
2019-11-02 12:00 - 13:00
In honor of Tulane Homecoming, join the Newcomb Art Museum on Saturday, November 2 at 12 pm for a unique look at the current exhibitions as students from the Critical Visualization and Media Lab at Tulane University lead a tour and alk that discusses their own research and how it informed the exhibition The American Dream Denied.

Free Film Screening: Green
2019-11-05 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for a screening in Freeman Auditorium of Laura Dunn’s 2000 documentary Green which presents a sobering look at environmental concerns along the Mississippi Petrochemical Corridor from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. This event is produced in partnership with Howard-Tilton Memorial Library.
