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Newcomb Art Museum is free and open to the public. Exhibition hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat 11am-4pm; closed Sunday.

The Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University presents inspiring exhibitions and programs that engage communities both on and off campus, fostering the creative exchange of ideas and cross-disciplinary collaborations around innovative art and design. Please note that we are closed in between seasons when installing new exhibitions and during selected Tulane University holidays. Check out newcombartm

useum.tulane.edu to learn about our current and past exhibitions, programming, permanent collection, educational activities and more!

12/04/2024

Our DECEMBER hours for the PROSPECT.6 triennial exhibition are WED – FRI from 10am – 5pm, SAT – SUN from 11am – 4pm; and by appointment.

For WINTER RECESS, the museum will be CLOSED Sat 12/21 to Sun 1/12, REOPENING in 2025 on Mon 1/13.⁠
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But you can ALWAYS explore our 3D SCAN of the galleries 24/7! ⁠
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=vsk5QMmDkDq

11/20/2024

🌈 For THANKSGIVING, the museum will be CLOSED Sat 11/23 to Sat 11/30, REOPENING Sun 12/1. But you can still explore our ✨️3D SCAN✨️ of the galleries 24/7! 🤓 https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=vsk5QMmDkDq

Our current exhibition is "PROSPECT.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home.” The show runs until Feb 2, 2025, excluding campus holidays. ⁠⛷️😎
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As always, admission to Newcomb Art Museum is FREE and open to the public.

11/17/2024

Don’t forget to RSVP! Tomorrow MARÍA MAGDALENA CAMPOS-PONS is the keynote speaker at Tulane’s International Education Week 2024. Her talk is MON NOV 18 at 5:30 PM inside Freeman Auditorium. To reserve your seat and learn more about this program, scan the QR code and visit https://global.tulane.edu/international-education-week-2024

Campos-Pons holds degrees from the National School of Art and the Higher Institute of Art in Havana, and completed her MFA at the Massachusetts College of Art. She has held prestigious positions such as the Bunting Fellowship at Harvard University, and currently serves as the Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair and Professor of Fine Arts at Vanderbilt University. Her work has been featured at major international venues, including the Venice Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, National Portrait Gallery, and Brooklyn Museum.

Her talk will explore this year’s themes of International Education Week: Displaced Identities, Postcolonial Legacies, and Creating New Narratives.

11/16/2024

Yes, it’s true! We are open on SUNDAYS during the citywide PROSPECT.6 art triennial. The work of P.6 artists BETHANY COLLINS, ARLETTE QUỲNH-ANH TRẦN, and CLARISSA TOSSIN can be explored 7 days a week!

Our current exhibition is “Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home.” The show runs until Feb 2, 2025, excluding campus holidays.

As always, admission to Newcomb Art Museum is FREE and open to the public.

Images:
Photos by Jeffery Johnston.
1. Entrance
2. Bethany Collins
3. Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần
4. Clarissa Tossin

11/12/2024

In case you missed our RECEPTION, check out these great photos of “TAMBOURINE CYPHER PART I,” a panel and performance featuring five Gulf South artists and tambourine experts. This program included Prospect.6 artist (and Louisiana native!) ASHLEY TEAMER in conversation with ROSALIE WASHINGTON, GLADNEY, and AARON WASHINGTON. Moderator DR. KYLE DECOSTE from the Newcomb School of Music guided this powerful (and fun!!) examination of the historical and cultural significance of the TAMBOURINE in New Orleans CELEBRATIONS.

For Prospect.6, artist ASHLEY TEAMER has melded her expertise and interests in sonic production, Gulf South history, and African descended cultural practices in the form of “TAMBOURINE CYPRESS.” This new interactive public sculpture is located in LEMANN PARK downtown along the LAFITTE GREENWAY. Teamer's Prospect.6 project was co-commissioned in collaboration with Arts New Orleans and the City of New Orleans Percent for Art Program.

Huge THANK YOU to Denise Frazier for producing this event at Newcomb as part of the Prospect.6 team.

Images:
Photos by Ashley Lorraine. Nov 3, 2024, Freeman Auditorium. Courtesy of Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University.

11/10/2024

Join us Thursday for the 2024 Garrard Lecture presented by Newcomb Art Department and Prospect New Orleans!

AMANDA WILLIAMS
6pm, Nov. 14
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
Free and open to the public

As part of the citywide Prospect.6 art triennial, Amanda Williams’ work is presently on view at the New Orleans African American Museum and the Xavier University Art Village.

Williams received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. She has exhibited at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL; The Museum of Modern Art, NY; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; among others. She serves on the board of the Terra Foundation and Pulitzer Arts Foundation. She is also co-founder of the non-profit Black Reconstruction Collective. Williams is a MacArthur Foundation Fellow with work in several permanent collections including MoMA NY, MCA Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian. Her breakthrough series Color(ed) Theory has been named by The New York Times as one of the 25 most significant works of postwar architecture in the world.

11/09/2024

TODAY please join us at the New Orleans Clay Festival, 10am-4pm at Left Bank, 2401 Tchoupitoulas St. This event is free and open to the public. Programming includes work by 70+ local ceramic artists!

11/08/2024

Thrilled to share that MacArthur Fellow MARÍA MAGDALENA CAMPOS-PONS is the keynote speaker at Tulane’s International Education Week 2024. Campos-Pons’ talk will be MON NOV 18 at 5:30 PM inside Freeman Auditorium. To RSVP and learn more about this program, scan the QR code and visit https://global.tulane.edu/international-education-week-2024

María Magdalena Campos-Pons is a renowned Cuban multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the complex intersections of memory, spirituality, and identity, particularly as they relate to personal and collective histories in the Caribbean. Her artistic practice spans a wide range of mediums, including photography, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting, and video. Through richly layered, multimedia installations, she addresses themes of displacement, inequality, and the entanglement of personal and global narratives.

11/07/2024

TOMORROW Nov. 8 from 11am to 1pm, check out our campus collection of historic Newcomb Pottery! This special OPEN STORAGE TOUR is offered as part of our annual Open House and Homecoming Weekend, with festivities taking place Friday from 10:30am to 3pm at the museum.

Visitors can also tour our newest exhibition, ⁠"Prospect.6: The future is present, the harbinger is home," which features new works by P.6 artists Bethany Collins, Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần, and Clarissa Tossin. ⁠

The event is free to all and snacks will be provided.

Photo: Chocolate Pot with Mock Orange Design and Lid, 1906. Erin “Effie” Shepard, artist; Joseph Fortune Meyer, potter. Glazed ceramics, 7.25 x 3.875 x 5 in. Gift of Mr. Clayton M. Perkins, Jr. from the estate of his wife, Carolyn Doan King Perkins. Newcomb Art Museum, 2010.12.7.

11/06/2024

This Saturday, Nov 9 please join us for the New Orleans Clay Festival, taking place 10am-4pm at Left Bank, 2401 Tchoupitoulas St.

The museum is proud to partner on this event, which offers a platform for artists working in clay to present and sell their work.

Programming includes live demonstrations and work by 70+ local ceramic artists! Admission is free of charge and food trucks will be serving up delicious snacks.

We hope to see you there!

11/01/2024

Sunday Nov 3 celebrate the Prospect.6 New Orleans art triennial with us! Our morning will kick off with an Artist Talk and Performance from 10am-12pm inside the Freeman Auditorium. All are welcome!

“Tambourine Cypher Part I” features a panel of Gulf South artists and tambourine experts, including P.6 artist Ashley Teamer, Rosalie Washington, Gladney, and Aaron Washington. This event will explore the historical and cultural significance of the tambourine in New Orleans celebrations.

For Prospect.6, artist Ashley Teamer has melded her expertise and interests in sonic production, Gulf South history, and African descended cultural practices in the form of a beautiful tambourine tree in Lemann Park. Ashley Teamer's Prospect.6 project is co-commissioned in collaboration with Arts New Orleans and the City of New Orleans Percent for Art Program.

A reception with light refreshments will following Ashley Teamer’s program, and our galleries will be open for extended Sunday hours until 4pm. The work of three Prospect.6 artists - Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần, Bethany Collins, Clarissa Tossin - remains on view until Feb, 2, 2024.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween!

Starting this Sunday, November 3, the museum will have extended hours Sundays from 11am to 4pm, during the citywide Prospect.6 art triennial. This is in addition to our regular hours, Mon – Fri from 10am – 5pm, and Sat 11am – 4pm. We hope to see you in the galleries soon!

This Sunday, for the Prospect.6 opening weekend, we will kick off our celebrations at 10am with a program by P6 artist Ashley Teamer called “Tambourine Cypher Part 1.” Don't miss it!

10/24/2024

It takes more than GPS to figure out left from right! Use artful play to develop your child’s fine and gross motor skills during this week’s YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Get Your Motor Running!”

Join us at 10:30 AM this SUNDAY, OCT 27 for the final workshop in the series which is designed for ages 6 months to four years old. Older children will also enjoy the activities. This workshop features artwork from the Newcomb Art Museum’s current exhibition and is presented by The Helis Foundation.

The workshop is FREE, but registration is required for each session, as space is limited. To register, visit https://www.ya4la.org/calendar/yala-baby-artsplay-10-27 and www.ya4la.org/events

10/23/2024

Wed, Oct 30 from 12pm – 2pm
GLOBAL PORT CITIES SYMPOSIUM:
SAIGON-NEW ORLEANS CONNECTIONS

New Orleans and Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City have so much in common despite their different histories. Join staff from the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University and School of Liberal Arts Dean Brian Edwards – project leader of the Global Port Cities initiative – in dialog with artists, curators, and environmental scientists from both cities to explore common challenges and creative possibilities across these geographies.

PANEL 1: “The Curator Ghost”
Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần and Laura Blereau

PANEL 2: Saigon-New Orleans Connections
Brian Edwards, Nic[o] Brierre Aziz, Đỗ Tường Linh, John Sabo

All programming takes place inside the galleries at Newcomb Art Museum, and a light lunch will be served (so get there early!).

Arlette Quynh-Anh Trân is a Prospect.6 exhibiting artist from Vietnam whose new work “The Curator Ghost” is presently on view at the museum, alongside work of Bethany Collins and Clarissa Tossin (who are also P6 artists.)

10/22/2024

Sat Nov 9 please join us for the New Orleans Clay Festival, taking place 10am-4pm at Left Bank, 2401 Tchoupitoulas St.

The museum is proud to partner on this event, which offers a platform for artists working in clay to present and sell their work. We hope to see you there!

10/17/2024

Has your little one got you like a seesaw, baby? Help your child learn basic directional concepts with movement and music during this week’s YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Up, Down, All Around.”

Join us at 10:30 AM this SUNDAY, OCT 20 for the fifth workshop in the series which is designed for ages 6 months to four years old. Older children will also enjoy the activities. This workshop features artwork from the Newcomb Art Museum’s current exhibition and is presented by The Helis Foundation.

The workshop is FREE, but registration is required for each session, as space is limited. To register, visit https://www.ya4la.org/calendar/yala-baby-artsplay-10-20 and www.ya4la.org/events

10/15/2024

Come join us Wednesday October 30 for a panel discussion on the connections between two global port cities – Saigon and New Orleans!

Developed in partnership with the School of Liberal Arts, this program includes a conversation with exhibiting Prospect.6 artist Arlette Quynh-Anh Trân, whose new work “The Curator Ghost” is presently on view at Newcomb Art Museum. Guest speakers also include Linh Do, John Sabo, Nic[o] Brierre Aziz and Brian Edwards.

Please stay tuned for details!

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Installation. Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần, The Curator Ghost, 2024. Single-channel video with sound, 17:49 min.

10/10/2024

Don’t forget to sign up for TOMORROW’s YALA Baby ArtsPlay™ workshop “My Body” at the Newcomb Art Museum.

The 10:30 AM workshop is FREE, but space is limited so be sure to sign up today to reserve your spot.

REGISTER NOW!! www.ya4la.org/events https://www.ya4la.org/calendar/yala-baby-artsplay-10-06

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Newcomb Art Museum’s show NOT Supposed 2-Be Here is the first solo exhibition in a museum setting for New Orleans’ visual artist Brandan “BMike” Odums.

Widely known and celebrated for his post-Katrina art interventions that disrupt public spaces with messages of resilience and resistance, over the past 15 years Odums’ practice has resulted in video art, painting, design, murals, and sculptures that strategically challenge the status quo, using crowdsourced creativity to bring attention to legacies of urban blight, civil rights, family and racial dynamics. Engaging narratives of unsung heroes, fantasy and parody, the New Orleans’ native’s work skates a line at the edge of pedagogy, street art, and pop-culture.

NOT Supposed 2-Be Here, which features brand new site-specific installations, as well as past work, is part retrospective and part futurescape. Addressing the question of who or what kind of art belongs in a museum, the show explores four different takes on inclusion and identity drawn across notions of art, race, place, and accessibility.

These themes take form as colossal paintings, sculpture, mixed media, and immersive installations – from one room that reckons with the spiritual impact of Katrina to another room that honors local legends from New Orleans Access Television (NOATV) and pays homage to Odums’ early roots in film and television during his time with 2-Cent Entertainment. The thread of questioning identity continues throughout the exhibition as Odums’ wrestles with such concepts as Black power, the definition of Blackness, and the responsibility of the artist to his audience and community. NOT Supposed 2-Be Here is a chance for audiences to envision and engage with the bold histories –and futures– that Odums’ work encapsulates, and explore the alchemy of one of New Orleans’ most prominent, contemporary visual artists.