YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!

Thank you to all who generously supported Newcomb Art Museum during Tulane’s Give Green 2026. Your gifts make a meaningful difference—helping us present inspiring exhibitions, expand educational programs, provide access through free admission and community events, and support students and emerging artists. Because of you, the museum continues to foster creativity, scholarship, and connection for our campus and community. We are deeply grateful for your partnership and belief in the power of art to educate, engage, and inspire. Thank you for helping us grow and thrive. Roll Wave! 

Newcomb Art Museum is proud to be a featured participant in Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 — a nationwide semiquincentennial initiative to showcase the importance of the handmade both throughout our history and in contemporary life.

Presented by Craft in America, Handwork 2026 is a year-long collaboration among organizations, educators, and makers to celebrate the diversity of the crafts that define America, bringing compelling stories and underrepresented art and artists into the spotlight.

More than 250 organizations nationwide have joined this initiative, each contributing exhibitions and events that showcase the depth and diversity of American craft.

Handwork 2026 will culminate with a core exhibition entitled Handwork: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in November 2026.

In addition, four special episodes of Craft in America, the Peabody Award-winning, documentary series on PBS, will premiere as part of Handwork 2026 and PBS America @ 250.

With episodes entitled EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH, this special television event will present a rich, exploration of the handmade in traditional, studio, indigenous, and contemporary practices.

More information to come soon!

Community members of all ages are invited to join us at the Newcomb Art Museum for a collaborative Community Day on Saturday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. at 50 Newcomb Place. 

Presented in partnership with Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA), Community Day features hands-on activities, refreshments, gallery talks, story times, and live musical entertainment.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit us online.

Ada Wilt Lonnegan (aka Mrs. George F.) (1879–1963) designer; Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848–1931), New Orleans, LA) potter; Vase with Hollyhock Design,1901; underglaze with glossy finish on white clay body; Newcomb Art Museum, 2009.5.1.

There’s still time to visit Making Her Mark at the Newcomb Art Museum before it closes on May 15. The museum will then close for the summer beginning May 16 and will reopen on August 20 with new exhibitions and programs. The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery will remain on view through December 4, giving visitors more time to experience this rich exploration of women artists and the legacy of Newcomb Pottery. 

The Moss Mystique is co-organized by Telfair Museums and Newcomb Art Museum and curated by Dr. Elyse D. Gerstenecker. Making Her Mark is co-curated by Sierra Polisar, Head of Collections, and Kendyll Gross, Assistant Curator, at the Newcomb Art Museum.

Stop by the museum or visit us online for a virtual tour of the exhibitions. 

Left to right: Ina Kaur, Lydia Gutowsky, Kelsey Scult, Ann Marie Auricchio. Not pictured: Frances Swigart Steg & Pamela Sills

On April 15, the Newcomb Art Museum hosted Creative Connections — a celebration of New Orleans artists. Now in its third year, the program was envisioned as a space where artists could gather to strengthen relationships, network, and engage the public about their studio practice.

For our 2026 event, our featured presenters included artists Ann Marie Auricchio, Lydia Gutowsky, Kelsey Scult, Pam Kelly Sills, and Frances Swigart Steg.

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Newcomb Art Museum offers guided tours and an array of public programs, all free of charge. Designed around the salient themes and images of each exhibition, such activities speak to an array of community and campus interests. https://newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu/programs/

For more information on events and current exhibitions, visit: newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu

Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane is Free and Open to the Public.
Regular Hours: Monday – Friday 10 AM – 5 PM | Saturday 11 AM – 4 PM | Sunday CLOSED

THE MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED May 16 – August 19, 2026
and will reopen on Thursday, August 20 with normal operating hours.

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