Check out our stand at Culture Collision 2023 to learn about the new exhibition, “Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation,” which originates from an analysis of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward’s “The Freedman” (1863), one of the first bronze statues of a Black person in the United States. The show features seven of today’s leading Black artists —Sadie Barnette, Alfred Conteh, Maya Freelon, Hugh Hayden, Letitia Huckaby, Jeffrey Meris and Sable Elise Smith —and is supplemented by Civil War era materials, and works from Newcomb Art Museum’s permanent collection.
Sign up for the raffle at our table, for your chance to win a full color artbook! Prizes include beautiful hardcover catalogs on the Newcomb Pottery movement, the current exhibition “Emancipation,” and legendary Louisiana artist Ida Kohlmeyer. Each catalog contains stunning photos, insightful essays and will make a perfect addition to your personal library.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University builds on the Newcomb College legacy of education, social enterprise, and artistic experience. Presenting inspiring exhibitions and programs that engage communities both on and off campus, the museum fosters the creative exchange of ideas and cross-disciplinary collaborations around innovative art and design. The museum preserves and advances scholarship on the Newcomb and Tulane art collections.
The academic institution for which the museum is named was founded in 1886 as the first degree-granting coordinate college for women in America. The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was distinguished for educating women in the sciences, physical education, and, most importantly, art education. Out of its famed arts program, the Newcomb Pottery was born. In operation from 1895 until 1940, the Newcomb enterprise produced metalwork, fiber arts, and the now internationally renowned Newcomb pottery.
The museum today presents original exhibitions and programs that explore socially engaged art, civic dialogue, and community transformation. The museum also pays tribute to its heritage through shows that recognize the contributions of women to the fields of art and design.
As an entity of an academic institution, the Newcomb Art Museum creates exhibitions that utilize the critical frameworks of diverse disciplines in conceptualizing and interpreting art and design. By presenting issues relevant to Tulane and the greater New Orleans region, the museum also serves as a gateway between on and off campus constituencies.
For more information, please contact curator Laura Blereau, lblereau@tulane.edu, 504-314-2206.