Art Inspired by Nature Examining Art by Sherry Owens and Students on Earth Day
Sherry Owens For Earth Day, we’re examining Mother Nature Throwing Up Her Hands, a nature-inspired piece by Sherry Owens that is on view at the Ogden Museum in The Whole Drum Will Sound: Women in Southern Abstraction. Owens constructs nest-like objects using twigs and branches to create dense, chaotic forms and open drawings in space. She… Read More
Calling All Artists! Submit Your Work to Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation
For seven years, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art has been celebrating Louisiana artists and contemporary art practices with the exhibition, Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation. In 2017, approximately 15,900 attended the exhibition, which featured 110 works of art by 84 artists from 16 cities. We are excited, once again, to invite artists to… Read More
The South on the Road "Drape Work" by Sam Gilliam Travels to the Wexner Center for the Arts
Sam Gilliam’s Drape Work, a piece in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Permanent Collection, is traveling to the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio to be included in their Inherent Structure exhibition (May 19 – Aug. 12). This draped canvas is a stunning example of Gilliam’s innovative use of paint in… Read More