Harmonia Rosales and CCH Pounder: "Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic""

Wed Feb 11 2026 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-06:00

New Orleans Museum of Art | New Orleans

New Orleans Museum of Art
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Harmonia Rosales and CCH Pounder: "Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic""
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NOMA is delighted to welcome acclaimed artist Harmonia Rosales in celebration of her new book, "Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic." The evening opens with a book signing, followed by a moderated conversation between Rosales and actor and art collector CCH Pounder.
This program is free and open to the public; books are available for purchase through the NOMA Museum Shop during the program. Registration is highly encouraged.
https://noma.org/event/harmonia-rosales-lecture-signing/
About Harmonia Rosales
Harmonia Rosales is an American artist from Chicago whose work depicts and honors African myths and the diaspora. Her artwork is held by numerous public and private collections across the United States. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
About CCH Pounder
Award-winning actor CCH Pounder has been extensively involved with the arts as a patron, collector, gallery owner and museum founder. Ms. Pounder’s Collection consists of Caribbean and African artists and artists of the African Diaspora. The Collection, which comprises over 500 pieces, is heavily concentrated in the area of Contemporary Art but also includes traditional African sculptures. In 1992, Ms. Pounder and her husband, the late Boubacar Koné, founded and built the Musée Boribana, the first privately owned contemporary museum in Dakar Senegal, which they gifted to that nation in 2014. Numerous exhibits have been mounted featuring pieces from Ms. Pounder’s Collection including The Charles G. Wright Museum of African History in Detroit, the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago, the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta. Other loans & exhibits have included the National Portrait Gallery in London, Xavier University in New Orleans, Kent State Museum, Spelman College Museum of Art and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, among many others.
https://noma.org/event/harmonia-rosales-cch-pounder-conversation-signing/
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New Orleans Museum of Art, 17 Collins Diboll Cir, New Orleans, LA 70124-4603, United States

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