New Orleans Music Observed: The Art of Noel Rockmore and Emilie Rhys

The New Orleans Jazz Museum’s new exhibition: New Orleans Music Observed: The Art of Noel Rockmore and Emilie Rhys had its grand opening on January 30, 2020, and will be on display through September 1st. The late Noel Rockmore and his daughter Emilie Rhys have used their unique vision not only to paint musicians but also to reveal their unique personalities and their ways of approaching and making music. The exhibit will explore music in New Orleans as seen through the artistic eye of Mr. Rockmore in the 1960s and 1970s and Ms. Rhys in the past decade. This exhibit pairs them together for the first time at the Museum which has an extensive collection of early jazz artifacts throughout the building. “The relationship of music and visual arts has long been one of mutual exchange and influence, and will be celebrated in our exhibition of Emilie Rhys and Noel Rockmore’s work” said New Orleans jazz Museum Director, Greg Lambousy. “Emilie has been a longtime friend of the museum and can often be found sketching the many live musicians who perform here.” Noel Rockmore was born in 1928 to artists Floyd Davis and Gladys Rockmore Davis and began studying art and music at age nine. By the time he was a young man, his work was in group exhibiti