NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) recently released upcoming events through June. Below is a calendar and additional information of programs and events at NOMA:
Sundays, May 10 and 17, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.| The Embodied Magic of Nature Journaling: Illustrating, Observing, and Recording the World Around You
Beau Romeo of Rotglow Farms hosts a springtime journaling workshop series at NOMA. In this beginner-friendly course, participants will be guided in journaling with their preferred medium through each session’s focus—Observing, Illustrating, Inquiry, and Embodiment—letting their creativity support them in this exploration. Through each session, participants will tune into the seasonal plant life of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden. These exercises in curiosity, observation, and recording can be applied to one’s own home and the natural world around us in New Orleans and beyond.
Registration is $25 for members and $30 general admission. Advance registration is required.
https://noma.org/event/nature-journaling-workshop/2026-05-10/
Tuesday, May 12–Sunday May 17 | Book Sale at the NOMA Museum Shop
During this one-time-only sale, select regular-priced books, including exhibition catalogues, artist monographs, and other unique finds will be available for 20–50% off, and sale books will be offered at a 70%+ markdown in the NOMA Museum Shop, in store only. All books online will be available for 20% off.
https://noma.org/event/noma-museum-shop-book-sale/
Wednesday, May 13, 4:30–5:30 p.m. | Teen Book Club: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (Ages 13–18)
NOMA’s Teen Book Club is a summer reading and discussion group for teens ages 13-18, designed to build literary engagement and connect young people to the museum through storytelling, culture, and community. Teen Book Club runs from May through August, with book selections from May through July relating to art and teen interests. In August, just in time for back to school season, our Teen Book Club selection will be a book that is included on the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list.
Free for all participants, in person or via Zoom, with advance registration.
https://noma.org/event/teen-book-club-2026/2026-05-13/
Producer’s Choice: “Serendipity” (2001) and Conversation with Meryl Poster and Screenwriter Marc Klein (via Zoom)
NOMA’s popular film series returns. Experience films selected and presented by award-winning producer Meryl Poster, in conversation with special guests. Get behind-the-scenes insights and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. NOMA will screen Serendipity (2001) for this program. Following the screening, Poster will be joined (via Zoom) by the film’s screenwriter Marc Klein for a conversation about the film.
Tickets are $10 for members and $15 general admission.
https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-serendipity-2001-and-conversation-with-meryl-poster-and-a-special-guest/
Thursday, May 14, 12–1 p.m. | Book Club: Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic by Genevieve Wheeler Brown
NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. This month’s selection is Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic, an absorbing work of cultural history by Genevieve Wheeler Brown that reveals the stories behind one of the world’s most coveted and beloved ceramic traditions.
Free for all participants, in personal and via Zoom, with advance registration.
https://noma.org/event/book-club-beyond-blue-and-white/
Saturday, May 16, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Studio KIDS!: Make Your Own Sketchbook (Ages 6–12)
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. In this workshop series designed for artists ages 6-12, we’ll take inspiration from works on view across the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and make our own creations with a teaching artist. In this workshop, young artists will learn basic bookbinding techniques and create their own sketchbook just in time for summer vacation.
Registration is $25 for members and $30 general admission. Advance registration is required.
https://noma.org/event/studio-kids-make-your-own-sketchbook/
Wednesday, June 3, 6–9 p.m. | Soul-Sip at NOMA
Unwind after museum hours with art, meditation, and wine during Soul-Sip at NOMA. The program starts promptly at 6 pm and includes a seated meditation, a three-part wine tasting, and gallery tours highlighting wine-related objects from the permanent collection.
Registration is $55 for members and $65 general admission, including food, wine, and a meditation kit. Advance registration is required.
https://noma.org/event/soul-sip-at-noma-2/2026-06-03/
Friday, June 5, 6–9 p.m. | NOMA at Night: Celebrate Robert Gordy: Outside the Mainstream
Join an evening of live music, specialty cocktails and mocktails by Café NOMA, art making, gallery talks, and more, NOMA at Night invites you to see the museum in a brand new light. For this NOMA at Night, kick off Pride Month and celebrate the works of Louisiana-born artist Robert Gordy, whose work is now on view in the exhibition Robert Gordy: Outside the Mainstream.
Tickets are $15 for members and $30 general admission; free for ages 19 and under.
https://noma.org/event/noma-at-night-celebrate-robert-gordy-outside-the-mainstream/
Wednesday, June 10, 6–6:30 p.m. | Musical Encounters (Performer TBA)
NOMA’s Musical Encounters Gallery Talk series invites local musicians and scholars to host conversations connecting their practice to works on view in the museum’s collection. This month’s Musical Encounters program will be based on works on view in the exhibition Robert Gordy: Outside the Mainstream.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative.
https://noma.org/event/musical-encounters-june-10/
Weekly Programs at NOMA
Public Tours in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Sunday, 11 a.m.
Gallery Talks Every Wednesday at 12:30 and 6 p.m.
Public Tours of the Museum Every Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m.
Tai Chi in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Monday at 6 p.m. and Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday at 8 a.m. and Wednesday at 6 p.m.
