Families are invited to spend the afternoon at NOMA learning about an object on view, enjoying a story with teaching artists, and creating their own works of art. This program is designed for families with kids of all ages. ⁠
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On Wednesday, May 29, we`ll celebrate the colors and shapes of William T. Williams’s "Sister of the Eastern Star" by looking and listening to "Color" by Ruth Heller, a rhyming story about the wonderful world of color, and exploring the elements of art by through abstract color wheels.⁠
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Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. ⁠
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🔗 Advanced registration is encouraged. Click the link in our bio to learn more and sign up now.⁠
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🎨: William T. Williams, "Sister of the Eastern Star," 1970. Acrylic on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stern in memory of Thomas Baer Hess, 79.51. © William T. Williams; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY. ...

Have you seen the newest addition to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden? 🔍⁠
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Thomas J Price’s sculpture, titled “Time Unfolding,” is a nine-foot-tall statue of a woman looking down at her cell phone, seemingly paused in contemplation. The work is part of a series depicting everyday fictional subjects at a monumental scale—combining traditional sculpting and digital technology to question how society projects ideas and expectations through public space.⁠
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To create “Time Unfolding” and similar works, the artist combined observations from different subjects, incorporating 3D scanning imagery from an open call in Los Angeles. Since each work does not necessarily represent just one person, Price’s works push back against histories of racial profiling and the modern use of biometric tools to monitor individuals’ actions. ⁠
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Price often riffs on the tradition of canonical Western sculpture—as seen in the subtle classical contrapposto pose of the figure in “Time Unfolding” and in the artist’s decision to never cast figures at a one-to-one scale, prompting viewers to think about who should exist in monumental form.⁠
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The new installation is the first of three additions to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden in 2024. The sculpture garden is free and open to the public, seven days a week.⁠
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🎨: Thomas J Price, “Time Unfolding,” 2023. Bronze. Museum Purchase with Gifted Funds from the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, E-2024-9.1. © Thomas J Price.⁠
📍: Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden ...