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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“Let’s get this out of our heads right now. They are not doing you a favor at an audition, you are sharing what you can do. It is your audition,” alumnus Wendell Pierce emphasized to …
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 …
THE 2011 NOCCA FACULTY EXHIBITION Opening reception: this Thursday, March 17 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 2800 Chartres Street, New Orleans * * * * * The NOCCA Institute is proud to announce its …
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 …
“Music is not a competitive thing. You must be constantly trying to help each other,” renowned Jazz drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts impressed upon jazz music students from NOCCA, Loyola, UNO and Tulane University. They had …
“An actor’s job is to excite, surprise, make one feel,” Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Blythe Danner honed in on as she critiqued the monologues of 12th grade Drama and Musical Theatre students preparing for …
Musical Theatre and Drama students could not have asked for a more experienced practitioner in their field with which to work than Jeff Passero. The New York City resident is renowned as a casting director, …
In an age when young people face profound challenges to focusing and learning – as they multi-task among texting, gaming, e-mailing, homework and chatting on social media networks – students at the New Orleans Center …
The NOCCA Institute and the Daniel Price Memorial Fund host HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS fundraiser at House of Blues Featuring John Boutte, Kermit Ruffins, Amanda Shaw, Trombone Shorty, and more! Thursday, December 23, 2010 at …
