Opening Reception
Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United StatesPublic reception for the opening of Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-time Star. This event is free and open to the public
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Jenni Sorkin – Material Decisions: Women, Process, and Form
Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United StatesJenni 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 […]
Muses-Inspired Shoe Workshop
Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United StatesJust 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 […]
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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United StatesShown 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, […]
Cleopatra Jones
Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United StatesShown 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 […]
Black Girl; Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman
Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United StatesShown 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 […]
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Michelle Nonó – Poverty, Political Theater and Emancipatory Education in the Caribbean
100 Jones Hall Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United StatesCaribbean 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 […]
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Killer of Sheep
Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United StatesShown 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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Slow Art Day
Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Curatorial Talk
Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United StatesIn 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.
