2022 Press Releases


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nola.com (Aug. 25): Need plans this weekend? 10 things to do around New Orleans Aug. 26-28

nola.com (Aug. 28): Nell Nolan: Magnolia Ball, La. Cancer Research Center, Old Friends Club

washingtonpost.com (Aug.20): Don’t count out a late-summer visit to New Orleans

nola.com (Aug.19): Need plans this weekend? 10 things to do around New Orleans Aug.19-21

myneworleans.com (Aug. 12): Ms. Linda Green the Ya-Ka-Mein Lady at the Ogden

nolaadore.com (Aug.12): Things We Adore: August 2022

myNewOrleans.com (Aug. 8): Week of August 8: 6 Top Food, Drink and Events to Enjoy Across the City

Fox 8 (Aug. 6): Art & AC

myNewOrleans.com (Aug. 5): Artful Summer Fun at New Orleans Museums and Galleries

Offbeat Magazine (Aug. 4): Museums Across New Orleans Share Reciprocal Free Admission In August

myNewOrleans.com (Aug. 3): The Helis Foundation Announces 2022 Dates for Art & A/C Program

nola.com (Aug. 2): Chill out with Art & A/C for free admission to trio of museums

Nola Weekend (Aug. 2): Louisiana residents can get free admission to three New Orleans museums on Saturdays in August

NewsBreak (Aug. 1): Several New Orleans area museums to offer free admission this month.

WDSU (Aug. 1): New Orleans Museums Offer Free Admission In August

MyNewOrleans.com (Aug. 1): Celebrate White Linen Night at the Ogden Museum

CenLAnow (Aug. 1): Free admission to several New Orleans museums in August

99.9 KTYD (Jul. 31): New Orleans Museums Offer Free Admission In August

Windobi (Jul. 31): White Linen Night, New Orleans’ steamy summer art party, returns on Aug. 6

Nola.com (Jul. 31): White Linen Night brings art show openings and a block party to the Warehouse District on Saturday

Nola.com (Jul. 29): White Linen Night, New Orleans’ steamy summertime art party, returns Aug. 6

OffBeat Magazine (Jul. 28): White Linen Night Returns To Arts District On August 6

Nola.com (Jul. 28): Visit these 20 New Orleans museums with just one membership during Museum Month in August

Nola.com (Jul. 27): Young fashion campers bring their own designs to life with repurposed textiles at the Ogden

Nola Weekend (Jul. 27): New Orleans museums to offer free admission for ‘Museum Month’ this August

Country Roads Magazine (Jul. 27): Leaving Appalachia: The Art of Gregory Saunders

St. Louis Mag (Jul. 26): 5 neighborhoods beyond the French Quarter to visit in New Orleans

NewOrleans.com (Jul. 26): Must-See Museum Exhibits in New Orleans This August

nola.com (Jul. 21): Need plans this weekend? 10 things to do around New Orleans July 22-24

Adore Magazine (Jul. 20): Beat the Heat with These Special Deals

myNewOrleans.com (Jul. 18): On Assignment Week of July 18: 8 Indoor Museum Activities To Help Beat the Heat

myNewOrleans.com (Jul. 14): Fidelity Bank White Linen Night Returns August 6

Biz New Orleans (Jul. 14): White Linen Night Returns Aug. 6 to Julia Street

OffBeat Magazine (Jul. 11): Ogden Museum Plans Contemporary Cuban Music Concert With VicJcom

Culture Type (Jul. 11): Latest News in Black Art: Jadé Fadojutimi Joins Gagosian, Denise Murrell Tapped for New Curatorial Role at The Met, Dindga McCannon Now Repped by Pippy Houldsworth in London & More

nola.com (Jul. 8): Storytelling gets a live cartoon-drawing twist at the New Orleans Library

Fox 8 (Jul. 8): Art for All Free Day program

nola.com (Jul. 6): Mysterious 1837 painting of enslaved teen goes on display at the Ogden

ARTFIX Daily (Jul. 1): Recently Conserved American Portrait Reveals a Once-Erased Enslaved Boy’s Story

myNewOrleans.com (Jul. 1): Four Date Ideas to Get You Out of the Heat

Scalawag (Jun. 29): Out of the Shadows: The Queer Life of Artist Beauford Delaney

myNewOrleans.com (Jun. 29): “Art for All,” Free Admission to New Orleans Museums & Cultural Institutions

nola.com (Jun. 15): Nell Nolan: Junior Achievement Hall of Fame, Dress for Success, Ogden Richardson Society

Fox 8 (Jun. 8): Ogden Museum’s Magnolia Ball with Nathalie Simon and John Isiah Walton for Wednesday, June 8

myNewOrleans.com (Jun. 8): Learning Some Skills

myNewOrleans.com (Jun. 1): Arts Calendar: June

myNewOrleans.com (Jun. 1): O What a Night! Gala benefiting Ogden Museum of Southern Art

myNewOrleans.com (May 31): Bidding for the Magnolia Ball Silent Auction Opens This Week

nola.com (May 20): Orleans libraries kick off a summer of music workshops, zoo visits, puppets, 3-D printing and more

myNewOrleans.com (May 2): On Assignment week of May 2: A grab bag of food, fun, flavor and more

Adore (May 1): 2022 Creative Issue

myNewOrleans.com (May 2): On Assignment week of May 2: A grab bag of food, fun, flavor and more

Adore (May 1): 2022 Creative Issue

myNewOrleans.com (May 1): St Charles Avenue Magazine May 2022 Issue

myNewOrleans.com (Apr. 29): Arts Calendar: May

New Orleans Review (Apr. 29): Strange Things: Dave Greber at the Ogden

nola.com (Apr. 29): Looking for new local music? Library to offer streaming service that shares up-and-coming artists’ work

myNewOrleans.com (Apr. 29): Editor’s Note: Busy Bees

Burnaway (Apr. 28): What a Wonderful World at the Ogden Museum

Travel Pulse (Apr. 28): Plan a Summer Getaway to New Orleans

The New York Times (Apr. 27): Showcasing the Diversity of the South

See Great Art (Apr. 20): Beauford Delaney portraits at Ogden Museum in New Orleans

New Orleans Local (Apr. 18): Kickoff the Summer at Magnolia Ball!

4State (Apr. 17): Less Adornment Can Offer More Meaning

OffBeat Magazine (Apr. 13): Evenings With Enriqué Features Live Music At New Orleans Botanical Garden

myNewOrleans.com (Apr. 6): Well Curated: Museum Gift Giving Guide

Country Roads Magazine (Apr. 1): Be Your Wonderful Self: The Portraits of Beauford Delaney

Lenscratch (Mar. 17): Spell, Time, American, Body: The Work of RaMell Ross Exhibition at the Ogden Museum

myNewOrleans.com (Mar. 14): Free Family Day at the Ogden: Celebrating the Second Time, Second Line Recycling Project

Adore Magazine (Mar. 4): This Memorial Concert Honors the Late Lin Emery

OffBeat Magazine (Mar. 3): Memorial Concert For Sculptor Lin Emery To Be Held At New Orleans Museum Of Art

myNewOrleans.com (Feb. 24): Artist Workshop at the Ogden: Recycled Sculptures with Jackie Inglefield

Biz New Orleans (Feb. 24): Ogden Museum Welcomes 2 Members to Board of Trustees

WWLTV (Feb. 22): Recycling Art Exhibit At The Ogden Museum

Harper’s Magazine (Feb. 21): Monday Gallery

nola.com (Feb. 13): New board members for Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Clear Publicist (Feb. 13): McGlinchey lawyer named to point out board, Livingston Chamber honors prime corporations

AARP (Feb. 10): Explore American History Through the Eyes of Black Artists in New Orleans

nola.com (Feb. 6): Nell Nolan: Rex – Founders Ball; Ogden “O” What a Night!

CBS News (Feb. 5): New Orleans art exhibition tackles issues that affect the city: “Climate change, social justice, these are issues that affect all of us.”

Biz New Orleans (Jan. 18): Ogden Museum Elects New Officers to Board, Establishes Fund

Fox 8 (Jan. 17): MLK Day celebration a the Ogden Museum with Ellen Balkin for Monday, Jan. 17

WWLTV (Jan. 14): Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A list of events in the New Orleans area

nola.com (Jan. 14): Need plans this weekend? Fun things to do Jan. 14-16 in New Orleans

nola.com (Jan. 12): Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed with panel discussions, service, wellness, free museum admission

WRKF (Jan. 11): Louisiana Considered: Ahead of P.5 Gala, a look at the last week of the citywide exhibition

nola.com (Jan. 10): Tank and the Bangas with the LPO, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Junction Trio and more New Orleans events coming up Jan. 11-17

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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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Southern Contemporary is an exhibition that brings together thirteen works of art created in the past twenty years by artists working in the American South, encouraging a dynamic conversation between the excitement of recent acquisitions and the familiarity of permanent collection highlights. Emerging artistic expressions across a variety of mediums and techniques are included alongside artworks by mid-career and established artists.
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Pulling from Ogden Museum of Southern Art's Permanent Collection, this year-round exhibition showcases Will Henry Stevens work from Southern Landscapes to abstract improvisations.
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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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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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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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