Shown in conjunction with Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-time Star, Cleopatra Jones tells of a federal super-agent (Tamara Dobson) who is a martial arts expert armed with intellect and a hot-rod sports car. The film follows her on the trail of drug kingpins, specifically the notorious "Mommy" (Shelley Winters). Of the period's many blaxploitation […]
Shown in conjunction with Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-time Star, Black Girl explores the complex dynamics and devastating legacy of colonialism. It centers on a young Senegalese woman who moves from Dakar to France to work for a rich white couple. Directed by father of African cinema Ousmane Sembène, Black Girl is the first […]
Caribbean artist and community organizer Michelle Nonó will discuss the role of social practice art in struggles for equality, visibility and political change. Nonó and her sister compose Las Nietas de Nonó, a performance collective that also runs an alternative art and community space in a house inherited from their grandfather in the industrial zone […]
Shown in conjunction with Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-time Star, Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer increasingly detached from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse. Directed by Charles Burnett, the film was shot on 16mm black-and-white […]
Join NAM this Saturday for Slow Art Day, an international initiative that encourages people to visit local museums, look at art slowly, and then informally discuss the experience. For our event, we'll be looking at two works in Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star, which closes the following day at 4 pm. We'll have […]
In conjunction with Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico, co-curators Warren James and Dr. Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Director, Newcomb Art Museum, will speak in conversation with Dr. Edie Wolfe, SCLAS Assistant Director for Undergraduate Programs, Tulane University. A public reception celebrating the show’s opening will immediately follow in the Woodward Way breezeway.
Public reception for the opening of Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico featuring a performance by Puerto Rico artist and dancer Noemí Segarra at 7:30. This event is free and open to the public
Join us for the second annual Newcomb Art Museum Mother's Day Brunch! The festive gathering will take place in the museum’s Woodward Way breezeway and feature: a catered sit-down brunch behind-the-scenes tours of the museum’s collection of Newcomb Pottery guided tours of the Newcomb Pottery Garden a special gift for all attendees Tickets are $85 […]
"Prison Gourmet: New Orleans Cook-Off" is a workshop and community gathering facilitated by Los Angeles’ artist Karla Diaz. The project focuses on sharing and supporting the exchange of prison recipes by women previously incarcerated in New Orleans. The intent is to provide an educational space of prison food and methods. The event is free and […]
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 […]
