Master Class: Filmmaker Ken Burns
“What would you change in history if you could?” asked a student of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. “I would stop the assassination of Abraham Lincoln,” he answered. “I am curious as to what Lincoln’s emphasis …
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Master Class: Soprano & NOCCA Alum Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet
“Where in your body do you think your voice is coming from?” soprano and NOCCA alumnus Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet asked a young vocal student who had just sung for her. The student looked unsure. “Your voice …
October 22: Major Exhibition “Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women, and Art”, Featuring Yoko Ono, Elisabeth Sunday, And More
NOCCA’s On the Edge Gallery Series continues with: “Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women, and Art” featuring work by Yoko Ono, Elisabeth Sunday, and more October 22 through December 16, 2011 Opening reception: October 22, …
NOCCA Faculty Member Ersy Schwartz Gets Retrospective At Ogden Museum Of Southern Art
Though NOCCA students work with a master artist/teacher for three or four years, the opportunity to see a significant body of their teachers’ life’s work is still a rare treat. The retrospective of Visual Arts …
Items Of Note At NOCCA: 2010 – 2011
The GRAMMY Foundation selected NOCCA as a 2011 Signature School Enterprise Award Recipient, one of 36 nationwide. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes the top U.S. public high schools that are making …
A Recap Of The NOCCA Institute’s Artists-in-Residence Program, 2010-11
The NOCCA Institute funded 65 artist residences this past year, and NOCCA welcomed many more master artists into its classrooms who provided invaluable experiences to young artists developing their own voices and goals. The Artists-in-Residence …
The NOCCA Institute’s Financial Aid Program: Highlights From 2010 – 11
The NOCCA Institute awarded over $130,000 in Term-Time and Summer Study Financial Aid in 2010-11. The Term-Time program, which helps students with department fees, supplies, required private music lessons, and travel to the Chicago Unified …
NOCCA’s Academic Studio Creates A New Model For Education
Visiting master artists tell students: build on your strengths. NOCCA’s great strength is its approach to teaching. Louisiana’s great strength is creativity. As an arts-training school, we approached the development of a new academic curriculum …
NOCCA Partners With The Legacy Donor Foundation To Create Video Encouraging Organ Donation
Donate Life, a short film produced by the Legacy Donor Foundation (LDF) in collaboration with NOCCA, is the story of a high school student named Claire, who needs a heart transplant. Viewers follow Claire’s journey …
NOCCA Launches A Four-Year Culinary Arts Program For High School Students
By the fourth day of the summer session, everyone from NOCCA was in the kitchen. (It was pastry day!) It hasn’t taken long for Culinary Arts to become part of NOCCA’s heart and soul. We …
NOCCA Institute Executive Director Sally Perry Selected For National Cultural Leadership Program
Sally Perry, Executive Director of The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Institute (The NOCCA Institute), has been accepted into National Arts Strategies‘ highly competitive Chief Executive Program. As one of 100 leaders in the …
ART & SOUL 2011: A Formula For Fun!
The NOCCA Institute and the Lupin Foundation invite you to one of the best parties in a city known for its parties: ART & SOUL, benefiting the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Louisiana’s …
The Big Easy Asian Concert To Benefit Relief Efforts In Japan
Join us in NOCCA’s intimate Nims Black Box Theatre on Monday, May 2 at 7:30pm as four outstanding classical musicians from across Asia join forces to support relief efforts in the wake of the recent …
March 22: Culinary Arts Program Ribbon-Cutting, Reception, And Interview With Chef Emeril Lagasse
Join us at NOCCA on Tuesday, March 22 as Chef Emeril Lagasse marks the launch of the Culinary Arts program at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts! The celebration begins as Chef Emeril unveils the new …
January 20: “On The Edge” Continues With Visiting Artist Exhibition
NOCCA’s “On the Edge” gallery series presents a Visiting Artist exhibition January 20 – February 25, 2011 Opening reception: January 20, 6pm – 8pm The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and The NOCCA Institute …