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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
