Sitting In On The First Day Of Class: Drama
“I ask you to come to class every day with three things,” Theatre Arts faculty member Silas Cooper says to drama students on the first day of class: • An open mind — open to …
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The Financial Aid Program: Some Of Our Successes
The NOCCA Institute awarded $90,000 in Term-Time, Summer Study, and Summer Session Financial Aid to members of the 2010 graduating class during their tenure at NOCCA. They, in turn, earned $7.6 million in scholarships and …
Special Summer Conservatory
When students left NOCCA last June, they could be heard yelling down the hall to their peers, “See you next summer!” “Unfortunately, within days, we were cutting the Summer Session, along with the Saturday program, …
Training For A Creative And Digital Century
If one wonders why Louisiana’s economic development department is gung-ho on developing digital industries, go to the movies. Sit and watch the full credits. Pay attention to the list of 2-d artists, visual effects artists, …
Se-Pa-Rate
“My friends and I were on the phone until 2:00 a.m. after the show.” “Rather than worry about where we were going to eat as usual, my family and I talked about the play’s issues …
NOCCA receives $7,500 grant from AT&T
The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts received a $7,500 grant from AT&T to support several initiatives including The NOCCA Institute’s Financial Aid program for students, an Artists-in-Residence Program which brings 150+ artists into NOCCA’s …
NOCCA Stage Company presents To Kill a Mockingbird and Violet
NOCCA Stage Company announces its 2010 summer season: To Kill a Mockingbird and Violet • June 3 – June 27 NOCCA • 2800 Chartres Street • Tickets at 504 940 2875 CLICK HERE TO ORDER …
Sunday, May 23: The Institute’s annual ART & SOUL gala!
The NOCCA Institute & The Lupin Foundation present ART & SOUL • SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 NOCCA, 2800 Chartres Street, New Orleans The NOCCA Institute and the Lupin Foundation invite you to one of the …
Monday, June 7: Plessy Day
PLESSY DAY: MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010 Civil rights legend honored with music, discussion, and a performance by NOCCA students The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, The Crescent City Peace Alliance, and the Plessy & …
Monday, May 24: HBO’S TREME presents… Open for One Night Only: FRANK’S PLACE
HBO’s TREME presents Open for One Night Only: FRANK’S PLACE UPDATED: video from the evening posted below! During the 1987-1988 television season, Tim Reid and Hugh Wilson brought CBS viewers as close to New Orleans …
Alumni Updates
This column is where you’ll find information about alumni-related events, relevant news, arts-related job openings, alumni awards and other accolades, as well as calls for volunteers to help our alma mater NOCCA and its fund-raising …
Tuesday, March 23: Special preview of 110 in the Shade
The NOCCA Institute hosts a very special sneak-preview performance of 110 in the Shade! Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm * * * * * The NOCCA Institute is hosting a very special, members-only preview of …
The NOCCA Institute presents the 2010 Visiting Artist II Exhibition
NOCCA’s “On the Edge” gallery series continues the 2009-10 season with an exhibition by Visiting Artists March 11-April 23, 2010 • Opening reception: March 11, 6pm – 8pm The Ken Kirschman Artspace and The NOCCA …
Visiting Artists: John Goodman, Lolis Eric Elie, Wendell Pierce, Clark Peters, and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
It was as if Drama, Musical Theatre, Theatre Design and Media Arts students had five living textbooks in front of them, so deep was the information the actors and writers from HBO’s New Orleans production …
Friday, March 5: NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods and “The Children’s Suite”
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS NOW! On Friday, March 5, at 8:00pm, legendary composer, conductor, and saxophonist Phil Woods comes to NOCCA! The NEA Jazz Master will present one of his master works, The Children’s …