Docent training at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)  is a Herculean task. I am amazed as I sit with about 50 people all but 12 of whom have been touring groups through the museum for years. The assembled group’s experience, wisdom, and enthusiasm is contagious!

We sit in front of this very large painting Hercules Resisting the Blandishments of Fame by  Antonio Zanchi, and look for ways to introduce the audience to this masterful scene.

I am hoping to learn some of what they have to share in the next year as I train with the museum staff.

I learn that there will be a high tea experienced coupled with a presentation by author Sena Jeter Naslund as she discusses her latest book, The Fountain of St. James .  This portrait of Marie Antoinette  by  Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, a survivor of the French Revolution, hangs in the halls of NOMA.

Reading the book is a back and forth trip from Louiville to Paris and a very interesting read. I look forward to meeting the author this Saturday at NOMA

For more information and to make a reservation for the tea, please contact Sheila Cork, NOMA librarian, at 504-658-4117 or scork@noma.org

http://noma.org/events/detail/656/A-Special-Afternoon-With-Author-Sena-Jeter-Naslund