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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
"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 […]
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 […]
