Youth Climate Action Fund Crud Joy: From Waste to Wonder

Ogden Museum’s Youth Climate Action Project (led by Ogden Museum Education Intern Kennedy Timmons and Ogden Museum Teen Interns) uses the City of New Orleans Climate Action Plan as a catalyst for the initiative. The project consist of a collaborative art installation between Milagros Collective, Ogden Museum Interns and the community. The goal of the project is to spark conversation on the Circular Economy and Waste Reduction.
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Currents 2024 A New Orleans Photo Alliance Members Showcase

CURRENTS is an annual juried exhibition of photographic works by members of New Orleans Photo Alliance. Each year, Ogden Museum of Southern Art hosts this exhibition, which also coincides with the PhotoNOLA Festival.
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P.6 – Prospect New Orleans The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home

A harbinger can be foreboding. The origins of this word, however, point towards a host, a harbor, or a scout who makes a safe space for others. Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home looks to New Orleans as a signal of the future, in conversation with regions of the world that have long experienced the effects of climate change, labor migration and histories of colonialism. Together these places offer sanctuaries and indicators of the yearnings and tensions that will define our collective future. 
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Keith Duncan: Battle of the Bands The HBCU Marching Bands Series

Ogden Museum of Southern Art is proud to present Battle of the Bands, Keith Duncan’s most recent body of work that celebrates the vibrant tradition of Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) marching bands. This exhibition includes large-scale fabric paintings of fifteen HBCU bands, human-scale fabric paintings of each band’s drum major and works on paper depicting drum majors and step teams.
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The Unending Stream: Contemporary New Orleans Photography Chapter I

The Unending Stream is a two-part exhibition that showcases the thriving community of photographers in New Orleans. The title of the exhibition pays homage to a Clarence John Laughlin photograph of the same title, which is a part of the permanent collection at Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Laughlin’s seminal work, created between the 1930s and 1950s, is an important chapter in the long-storied relationship between New Orleans and photography. Following in his visionary footsteps, this exhibition focuses on emerging and underrepresented photographers who continue to focus on the South through poetic imagery.The Unending Stream celebrates New Orleans’ continuing role as one of America’s most important cultural capitals while also highlighting the role that the arts have played in revitalizing the region for the past twenty years since Hurricane Katrina.
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Hoa Tay (Flower Hands) Southern Artists of the Vietnamese Diaspora

Ogden Museum of Southern Art commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon with Hoa Tay (Flower Hands), an exhibition centering emerging and established Vietnamese-American artists working throughout the American South. These artists use diverse media and styles to forge their own distinctive vision, conveying narratives of the Vietnamese Diaspora, both personal and universal.
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