Diana Al-Hadid Artist Lecture

Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

Diana Al-Hadid will discuss her upcoming NAM exhibition, which runs from May 9 – July 24, 2016. The works appear to be trapped in an eternal moment of precariousness and decay. Inspired by historical forms from art and architecture, Al-Hadid’s highly material sculptures and paintings are charged with drips, textures, patterns, and ornaments that recall […]

Free

Sonnets in the Gallery

Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

A reading of Shakespeare’s love poetry, on the site of the First Folio exhibition, will be hosted by Peter Cooley (Tulane Professor of English and Poet Laureate of the State of Louisiana).

Free

“Is Shakespeare Enough?”

Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

Lecture given by Hillary Eklund, Associate Professor of English, Loyola University as part of the First Folio! event. The First Folio! exhibition at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane — part of the international events planned for 2016 in observance of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death — will feature a First Folio of Shakespeare open to the famous […]

Free

Women of Newcomb Opening

Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us in celebrating the opening of Women of Newcomb, Recent Acquisitions. 5:30-6:30 pm VIP reception & members-only exhibition tour A special opportunity for our VIPs and members to see the exhibition before it opens to the public. Email museum@tulane.edu to join, renew, or inquire into membership. 6:30-8:00 pm Exhibition public reception Free & open […]

Hello, Goodbye Art Activity

Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

It's time to say goodbye to KAWS' Companion (Passing Through). The 16-foot outdoor sculpture has greeted visitors to the museum for the past year, but it will leave campus later this month. We think it looks a little sad to go, no? At the same time, we are thrilled about the arrival of our Newcomb […]

Exhibition VIP/Members Reception

Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

Museum V.I.P.s and members are invited to attend a sneak peek of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia. Guests will enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and libations.  Email museum@tulane.edu to join, renew, or inquire into membership.

Exhibition Reception: Marking the Infinite

Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

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.

“From Antarctica to Outer Space: Reflections on Isolation and Confinement”

Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

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 […]

“Art Inspired by Space”

Freeman Auditorium Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

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.

CANCELLED — Art Workshop: My Home in Space

Newcomb Art Museum Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

  This workshop has been cancelled. We regret any confusion this may cause. Please note that similar programming may occur later in the year.