[CharterSchools] New Orleans African American Museum re-opens April 11th

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NOAMM’s Grand Reopening, scheduled for April 11, 2019, is being presented in collaboration with Tulane University’s Amistad Research Center. The first public exhibition, Everywhere We Are | Everywhere We Go: Black Space and Geographies and runs through the end of 2019.  Working with Paper Monuments, NOAAM’s next exhibition Claiming Space, is scheduled to run May 9 through July 31. It will feature 10 commissioned works and 40 historical posters showcasing art designed to dismantle racism and imagine memorialized spaces in New Orleans and beyond and finally in the Fall, in partnership with Afrofuture Society, Welcome to the Afrofuture: Ground Zero makes its way back from Miami Art Basel 2018 as an expanded show of contemporary visual artists, performance based and new media artists transform space to imagine the future of New Orleans and blackness at the Museum which will run September 13- December 15, 2019.  


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           CONTACT: Gia M. HamiltonApril 8, 2019                                                                        (504) 218-8254                  NOAAM Announces New Slate of Board of Directors National Urban League President/CEO Marc H. Morial to lead National Advisory Committee
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The New Orleans African American Museum (NOAAM) presents its new roster of Board of Directors, who will play key roles in the organization’s renaissance. Officers include Michael G. Griffin, Board President; Marsha Broussard, First Vice President; Julius Kimbrough, Treasurer; and Julie D. Henderson, Recording Secretary.
Board members include Phillipa Bowers, Lynne Burkart, Ronald Carrere, Henry Coaxum, Edgar Chase, IV, Gail Glapion, Bherita Bambi Hall, Adele London, Beverly Matheney, Angela O’Byrne, Jackie Sullivan, and Dawn R. Taylor. Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans, will lead a National Advisory Committee. Gia M. Hamilton serves as Executive Director and Chief Curator of NOAAM.
“I can’t think of a better way in which to begin revamping NOAAM with the collective expertise of our new Board of Directors,” said Griffin. “Each person is passionate about NOAAM and dedicated to preserving its immediate and long-term future. We’re grateful for the additional support of our newly formed National Advisory Committee headed by Marc H. Morial, and the expertise of Gia Hamilton, our new Executive Director and Chief Curator. Collectively, I am confident that these individuals will help position NOAAM to become recognized worldwide.”
Media inquiries may be directed to Gia M. Hamilton at (504) 218-8254 or ghamilton at noaam.org. To donate or rent space, please email info at noaam.org, as well as for specific partnership, funding, or collaborative ventures. Supporters may follow NOAAM on Instagram @noaamtreme. Email ghamilton at noaam.org for volunteer opportunities. Visit www.noaam.org or follow NOAAM on Instagram @noaamtreme.###About the New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History and CultureThe New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History and Culture (NOAAM) was founded in 1996 under the guidance and extensive support of the City of New Orleans Department of Housing and Neighborhood Development. NOAAM is located in the Tremé section of New Orleans, a neighborhood that was once home to the nation’s largest, most prosperous and politically progressive community of Blacks by the mid-1850s. NOAAM seeks to educate and to preserve, interpret, and promote the contributions that people of African descent have made to the development of New Orleans and Louisiana culture, as slaves and as free people of color throughout the history of American slavery as well as during Emancipation, Reconstruction, and contemporary times. 




Gia M. HamiltonExecutive Director and Chief Curatorpronouns (she/her/hers)
1417-1418 Governor NicholsNew Orleans, LA 70116-2343www.noaam.orgghamilton at noaam.orgoffice 504.218.8254cell 347.517.0045 at noaamtreme
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