Topic: art
Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University Celebrates 30 Years of Preserving and Uplifting the Arts
As Newcomb Art Museum celebrates its 30th anniversary, the institution is highlighting the women who shaped its legacy with special exhibits.
Newcomb Art Museum’s Pre-1950 Collections to Expand After $2.43 Million Gift
One of the university’s most significant art collections will expand due to a $2.43 million gift from the estate of alumna Anne Robertson Sellin (NC ’62).
Gene and Mary Koss Professorship in Glass
Longtime Tulane Professor Gene Koss, who founded the Newcomb Art Department’s renowned glass program, has established an endowed professorship in glass as a parting gift upon his retirement.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The Newcomb Art Museum has received a $500,000, three-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish three interrelated initiatives to make the museum more inclusive and accessible. The funding comes from the philanthropic foundation’s Art Museum Futures Fund, launched in 2020 as part of its emergency grantmaking in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on arts and cultural institutions around the nation.https://tulane.it/andrew-mellon-grant-2022
John Clemmer: A Legacy in Art
A teacher of drawing and painting at the School of Architecture, chair of the Newcomb Art Department and producer of modernist art, the late John Clemmer is remembered for his generosity and impact on the New Orleans art scene.
After Images
Photography professor AnnieLaurie Erickson captures the strange beauty of an industrialized Louisiana landscape.
PORTRAIT COMMISSIONED
The Newcomb Art Museum will commemorate the life of the late Kim Boutte, a member of the Fi Yi Yi Mardi Gras Indian tribe and a longtime Sodexo employee at Tulane, through a portrait by New Orleans–based artist Brandan “BMike” Odums. The portrait, still being created, is in response to calls from the Tulane community to honor Boutte’s contribution to the cultural landscape of New Orleans and the connections she made with students.https://tulane.it/portrait-commissioned
Not Supposed to Be Here
Newcomb Art Museum’s latest show NOT SUPPOSED 2 BE HERE by visual artist Brandan “BMike” Odums opens Jan. 18, 2020. It is the first solo exhibition for Odums in a museum setting. The display, which features brand new site-specific installations, as well as past work, is part retrospective and part futurescape. Audiences will be able to envision and engage with the bold histories — and futures — that Odums’ work encapsulates. https://tulane.it/not-supposed -to-be-here
Kohlmeyer Sculpture on Poydras
The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by the Helis Foundation features a sculpture by the late Ida Kohlmeyer (NC ’33, G ’56). The sculpture, Box of Artificial Flowers #6, is the largest sculpture Kohlmeyer created, standing at 17 feet tall and 14 feet wide. The Helis Foundation purchased the sculpture from a private collector in Chicago in 2018 and invested in the restoration of the piece. The sculpture now sits on the neutral ground of Poydras Street and Loyola Avenue. https://tulane.it/Kohlmeyer-sculpture-on-poydras
Felicia McCarren, professor of French and dance historian
“By restricting ballet to pure romance, the art form loses its power to make critical commentary on the state of things.” Felicia McCarren, professor of French and dance historian, said in a New York Times article, “Is Ballet Camp?” https://tulane.it/Felicia-McCarren-nyt
