1 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

5 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences, 5-8 p.m.

MUSIC Daria Dzurik, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Edible Book Day 5-7 p.m.

“Tips and Tricks” Baking demonstration 7 p.m.

6 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.

Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Iris Show in the Cafe NOMA courtyard, 12-4:30 p.m.

7 Sunday

Louisiana Iris Festival in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 12-4 p.m.

8 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

11 Thursday

Book Club Discussion Group, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

12 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m MUSIC Spanish pianist Marta Espinos, 5:30-8 p.m..

LECTURE with Inventing the Modern World curators Catherine Futter and Jason Busch, 6-7 p.m.

PERFORMANCE Isidore Newman Dance Performance in Sculpture Garden, 6-7 p.m.

13 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m.

14 Sunday

Lecture Poet Laureate Julie Kane, 3 p.m.

15 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

17 Wednesday

Book Club Discussion led by Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Asian Art, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

19 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA: Movies in the Garden: Meet Me in St. Louis

FOOD VENDORS Crepes a la Cart, Green To Go NOLA, La Cocinita, Ye Old Kettle Cooker

ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences, 5-7:30 p.m.

MUSIC Paul Soniat, 5-7 p.m.

FILM Meet me in St. Louis, 7:30- 9:30 p.m.

20 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

“Meet Me at the Fair” Family Day Demonstrations by Holy Cross Robotics Club, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Piano by Wayne Daigrepont, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Bike Easy Demonstrations, 11 a.m.-1p.m.

Barber Shop Quartet, 12-2 p.m.

Tours of Inventing the Modern World, 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m.

Art activities by NOMA & Young Audiences

Art demonstrations by jewelry artist Vitrice McMurry

StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.

22 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

26 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY 5-8 p.m.

FILM WYES: A World’s Fair to Remember, 7-8 p.m.

MUSIC Marc Stone, 5-8 p.m.

27 Saturday

Pilates in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

29 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m

April 2013

1 Wednesday

Noontime Talk 12 p.m

3 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY 5-8 p.m.

4 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

6 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

8 Wednesday

Noontime Talk 12 p.m.

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

9 Thursday

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

10 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m.

MUSIC Patrice Fisher Arpa Quartet, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

11 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

India Fest 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

12 Sunday

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

13 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m

15 Wednesday

Noontime Talk 12 p.m.

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

16 Thursday

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

17 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA: Movies in the Garden: Beasts of the Southern Wild

FOOD VENDORS Crepes a la Cart, Green To Go NOLA, La Cocinita, Ye Old Kettle Cooker

ART ACTIVITY with Young Audiences, 5-7:30 p.m.

MUSIC Calvin Johnson, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

FILM Beasts of the Southern Wild, 8-10 p.m.

MUSIC Trinity Episcopal Choir (in the museum), 5-6 p.m.

LECTURE Lisa Dennison, Chairman of Sotheby’s North and South America, (in the museum), 6-7 p.m.

18 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m.

19 Sunday

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

20 Monday

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

22 Wednesday

Noontime Talk 12 p.m.

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

23 Thursday

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

24 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m.

MUSIC Peter Collins, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

FILM WYES: A World’s Fair to Remember, 7-8 p.m.

PANEL DISCUSSION “World’s Fairs as Catalysts for Change: the New Orleans Experience,” 6-7 p.m.

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

25 Saturday

Pilates in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.

Studio KIDS! 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m.

26 Sunday

The NOLA Project Much Ado About Nothing, 7-10 p.m.

29 Wednesday

Noontime Talk 12 p.m.

31 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with YAYA , 5-8 p.m.

MUSIC The Ramblin’ Letters, 5:30- 8:30 p.m.

ARTIST PERSPECTIVE Mignon Faget, 6 p.m.

May 2013

3 Monday

Summer Art Camp (ages 5-8)

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 7)

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

5 Wednesday

Summer Art Camp (ages 5-8)

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m.

7 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with KID smART, 5-8 p.m.

MUSIC The Salt Wives, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

LECTURE Nonnie Frelinghuysen, Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Fairs,” 6-7 p.m.

“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.

8 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.

10 Monday

Summer Art Camp (ages 9-12)

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 14)

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

14 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with NOMA, 5-8 p.m.

MUSIC Jasen Weaver, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

LECTURE Judith H. Bonner, Senior Curator/Curator of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection: “The 1884 World’s Fair, William Woodward, and Women’s Education,” 6-7 p.m.

“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.

15 Saturday

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

17 Monday

Summer Art Camp (ages 5-8)

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 21)

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

21 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with 3 Ring Circus, 5-8 p.m.

“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.

22 Saturday

Pilates in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

StoryQuest 11:30 a.m.

24 Monday

Summer Art Camp (ages 9-12)

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. , 1-4 p.m. (through Friday, June 28)

Tai Chi/Chi Kung 6-7 p.m.

28 Friday

Friday Nights at NOMA

ART ACTIVITY with YAYA, 5-8 p.m.

MUSIC DJ Lingerie, 5:30-8:30 p.m

FILM Drawing the Line: Keith Haring, 7-8 p.m.

FILM Artists of the 20th Century: Andy Warhol, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

“Art You Can Eat” 6 p.m.

29 Saturday

Pilates in the Sculpture Garden 8-9 a.m.

June 2013

UPCOMING EVENTS

CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

April/May/June 2013

EXHIBITIONS

Currently on ViewThe Bayou School: 19th Century Louisiana Landscapes August 24, 2012-May 2013, Stafford Gallery

Pictures at the Exposition: Japanese Painters at the World’s Fairs (1) February 22 – June 2013, Japanese Galleries

Reinventing Nature: Art from the School of Fontainebleau January 18-May 19, 2013, Templeman Galleries

Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights October 5, 2012-April 14, 2013, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries

Portrait of Faith: John Paul II in Life and Art (2) March 8 - June 16, 2013, Second Floor GalleriesOrganized by the Museum of Biblical Arts & the Archdiocese of New Orleans

Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939 (3) April 12 - August 4, 2013, Ella West Freeman GalleriesOrganized by Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

Spectacle and Spectator: Joshua Mann Pailet’s Photographs of the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans March 1 - June 13, 2013, Great Hall

Upcoming ExhibitionsRashaad Newsome: King of Arms June 21-September 15, 2013, Great Hall

Camille Henrot: Cities of Ys September 27, 2013-February 23, 2014, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries

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Event schedule subject to change. Please check www.noma.org for updates.

Museum Hours Tuesday -Sunday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. -5 p.m.

For more details visit www.noma.org or call 504.658.4100

Back Cover SPECTACLE AND SPECTATOR: JOSHUA MANN PAILET’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 1984 WORLD’S FAIR 1984 New Orleans World’s Fair, Wonderwall and Ferris Wheel, 1984, printed 2013, Joshua Mann Pailet, American, born 1950, Archival pigment print, courtesy of the artist

Museum Highlights Tours

Every Sunday at 2 p.m., docents give insightful tours of NOMA’s collection and special exhibitions. These tours are included with museum admission.

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