Join us in celebrating the opening of Marking the Infinite, Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia. 6:30 pm - Talk by Dennis Scholl, collector and Henry F. Skerritt, Curator, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia 7:30-9:00 pm - Public reception Free and open to the public.
Renowned former NASA Senior Researcher Dr. Yvonne Clearwater will explore the range of meanings and variance of human experience in the realm of isolation and confinement, solitude and loneliness, highlighting the human experience of living and working in space. She will then present an overview of her interdisciplinary work in leading NASA space human factors […]
Renowned former NASA Senior Researcher Dr. Yvonne Clearwater will present an overview and wide ranging examples of creative works that have both been inspired by and served to inform the process of space exploration as they arise from the convergence of science, art, technology, transmedia, and fan culture.
This workshop has been cancelled. We regret any confusion this may cause. Please note that similar programming may occur later in the year.
Join us for our first annual Newcomb Roadshow! Guests will have the opportunity to get an on-site evaluation of one work of Newcomb arts and crafts, and meet other collectors and enthusiasts. Each registered guest is allowed one object believed to be a product of the Newcomb Pottery enterprise (pottery, needlework/embroidery, metal work/jewelry, or bookbinding), […]
Two interwoven stories of life in Australia before colonization are presented in both color and black & white in seamless transitions. Considered both groundbreaking and mesmerizing, it swept the 2006 Academy Awards. Named as one of the 100 Best Films of World Cinema. Directed by Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr; 103 minutes; unrated with English […]
Set in 1931 and based on true events, Rabbit Proof Fence tells the story of three Aboriginal girls who escape from a life of indentured servitude and set out across the Outback. As the girls make their 1,500 mile journey back home by following a rabbit proof fence that bisects the continent, they are pursued […]
Join us for a screening of "Mexico City" from season 8 of PBS' award-winning broadcast series Art21 with a special welcome from Carlos Ponce, Consul of Mexico, New Orleans. The episode will explore how Natalia Almada, Minerva Cuevas, Damián Ortega, and Pedro Reyes use the growing megalopolis as their canvas. The artists present everyday materials […]
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 […]
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 […]
