Freeman Auditorium
Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
In conjunction with Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, the museum is screening two short documentaries Nyapanyapa: The Constant Artist and Bush Plum: The Contemporary Art of Angelina Pwerle. Both artists' works are included in the Newcomb Art Museum exhibition. Bush Plum is a visual poem, capturing the imagery and connection between […]
Freeman Auditorium
Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
In conjunction with the NAM exhibition Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star, the artist will speak about her work in conversation with Dr. Mia Bagneris, Assistant Professor, History of Art, Tulane University. A public reception celebrating the show's opening will immediately follow in the Woodward Way breezeway. Mickalene Thomas (b.1971) is a USA Fellow […]
Freeman Auditorium
Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
Jenni Sorkin, author of Live Form: Women, Ceramics and Community (University of Chicago Press) will speak about her scholarship focusing on the intersection between gender, material culture, and contemporary art. Sorkin was also co-curator of Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016 at Hauser Wirth and Schimmel in Los Angeles. Sorkin holds a […]
Newcomb Art Museum
Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
Just in time for Carnival, NAM is hosting a two-part Carnival shoe-decorating workshop, inspired by one of our favorite Mardi Gras krewes. The instructor is a current riding member and is recognized for her highly creative designs. Due to the time required for preparing and decorating the shoes, attendees must be able to attend both […]
Freeman Auditorium
Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
Shown in conjunction with Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-time Star, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a groundbreaking film in the history of African American cinema. It tells of a young hustler who goes on the run after saving a Black Panther from local racist authorities. Written, directed, produced, edited and starring Melvin Van Peebles, […]
Freeman Auditorium
Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
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 […]
Freeman Auditorium
Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
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 […]
100 Jones Hall
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States
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 […]
Freeman Auditorium
Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
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 […]
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