/// August 7 - October 10, 2021
Ogden Museum of Southern Art first launched Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation in 2012, to establish a vehicle that would bring to the fore the work of artists living in Louisiana and highlight the dynamism of art practice throughout the state.
Read More/// June 18, 2021 - January 16, 2022
Christian Dinh created
Nail Salon with the intention to redirect stigma and celebrate Vietnamese-American identity by confronting racism, stereotypes and underrepresentation.
Read More/// August 31, 2020 - August 31, 2025
Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, presented by The Helis Foundation, is the South’s leading rotating public sculpture exhibition.
Read More/// October 23, 2021 - March 27, 2022
Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body explores Ross’s inquiry into Hale County through photography and film, while also examining Ross’s broader formal and conceptual language – one that emphasizes his everyday experiences.
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![Featured in this year’s “Louisiana Contemporary,” presented by the Helis Foundation is @tamadistler's “Seafood Gumbo.”
“Seafood Gumbo is an iconic, Kitschy-Pop Art representation of New Orleans seafood gumbo created using a unique and vast collection of recycled Mardi Gras beads,” explains Distler. “Highlighting the incredible variety of shape, color and style of this traditional throw, this enormous 6' x 4' work illustrates the ingredients of seafood gumbo: the holy trinity - (bell pepper, celery, and onion), shrimp, garlic, bay leaf, crab and roux.”
You can view Tama Distler’s “Seafood Gumbo” in this year’s “Louisiana Contemporary” through October 10.
[Tama Distler, “Seafood Gumbo,” 2020, Acrylic painting encrusted with recycled Mardi Gras beads, 72 x 48 x 2.75 inches, Collection of the artist]](https://ogdenmuseum.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)