NOMA And Sculpture Garden Prepare For 2019 Expansion

By Renée Peck

Published February 15, 2018 at 9:00 AM CST

Visual rendering of the Sculpture Garden expansion.

There are more reasons than ever to go to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park. You can wander its shady paths, contemplate its 64 sculptures, and cross over its quiet lagoon, where hundreds of Louisiana irises will burst into bloom come springtime. But that’s not all that’s blossoming at the Sculpture Garden.

The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced a six-acre expansion that will offer new works, new programming, an outdoor classroom, an amphitheater and an increased commitment to the environmental impact of this unique setting. NolaVie's Renée Peck speaks with NOMA director Susan Taylor about all that’s going on at the Sculpture Garden.

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Renee Peck, editor of NolaVie, worked for 32 years as a feature editor and writer at The Times-Picayune, earning Associated Press and Press Club of New Orleans awards along the way. She helped launch the first Times-Picayune website in the 1990s, when the Internet was in its infancy. Among her past titles are Food Editor, Entertainment Editor, TV Editor, Assistant Living Editor, and Home and Garden Editor. Her This Mold House column chronicled with humor and inexpertise her rebuilding efforts post-Katrina. Her Big Easy Living column for NolaVie explores the way we live in this always entertaining but sometimes uneasy city. Email her at Renee@nolavie.com.

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