O-riginal Art Activities: Geometric Drawing Inspired by Will Henry Stevens
Español abajo Create a geometric drawing inspired by Will Henry Stevens. Will Henry Stevens was born 1881 in Vevay, Indiana and was inspired by this pastoral setting from an early age. His father was the town’s apothecary, and taught Stevens the basics of chemistry, which he would use later in life to create his own… Read More about O-riginal Art Activities: Geometric Drawing Inspired by Will Henry Stevens
A Tribute to Julia Evans Reed
Ogden Museum of Southern Art joins those in sadness on the passing of Julia Evans Reed, former member of our Board of Trustees. Writer, style maven and champion of Southern culture, Reed served for seven years as Chairman of the Board. During this time, she helped shape the Museum’s image and trajectory, and gracefully navigated… Read More about A Tribute to Julia Evans Reed
Movement Mondays: Portraiture Scavenger Hunt
Español abajo Explore your house to collect materials to create a portrait. Supplies Found Objects, Paper Instructions Step 1: Decide if you want to make a self-portrait or a portrait of a friend or family member. Step 2: Explore your house. Look for materials that you can use to create a portrait. Think about… Read More about Movement Mondays: Portraiture Scavenger Hunt
O-riginal Art Activities: Fiber Art Inspired by Sarah Zapata
Español abajo Create fiber art inspired by Sarah Zapata. Sarah Zapata is a Peruvian-American fabric artist who lives and works in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1988, Zapata was raised in the Dallas area. She received a BFA in Studio Art – Fibers from the… Read More about O-riginal Art Activities: Fiber Art Inspired by Sarah Zapata
Ogden Museum Announces the Promotion of Three Staff Members Dorcas Omojola, Amanda Rose and Claire Wilkinson
Ogden Museum of Southern Art is pleased to announce the promotion of three staff members. Dorcas Omojola has been named Director of Finance and Administration, Amanda Rose is now Director of Programming and Operations and Claire Wilkinson is now Director of Development. “This is an exciting moment for our nonprofit organization, and the key pillars of… Read More about Ogden Museum Announces the Promotion of Three Staff Members Dorcas Omojola, Amanda Rose and Claire Wilkinson
Movement Mondays: Touchable Art Scavenger Hunt
Español abajo Explore your house to collect materials to create artwork that you can touch. Supplies Found Objects, Paper Instructions Step 1: Search your house for materials and objects that you want to use in your artwork.Look for things that have texture. Feel what you have found. Is it soft, hard, rough, smooth? Step… Read More about Movement Mondays: Touchable Art Scavenger Hunt
![Tomorrow at noon on the O Blog, we'll post a new Curated Conversation with Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall, and "Entwined" artist, Ed Williford. This video will touch on Williford's process in creating abstract sculptures from non-traditional everyday materials.
Born in 1963, Ed Williford was raised in Jackson, Mississippi, and currently lives and works in Brookhaven, Mississippi. After studying art, philosophy and architecture at Mississippi State University and Ole Miss, Williford moved to a rural farmhouse in Magnolia, Mississippi in his mid-thirties. This move initiated a period of self-examination through art.
Williford creates abstract sculptures from non-traditional everyday materials. “I find my materials in thrift stores and hardware stores,” he says. It is that alchemy of transforming common materials into mysterious and uncommon objects that drives his work. There exists in each object a tension between industrial mediums and organic forms, between the common and the rarified, between reality and fantasy. His palette is monotone, mainly derived from oxidation and coffee. Much of his fabric is sourced from thrift-store drapes. Other materials include Elmer’s glue, tape, wire, chicken feed sacks and loofah.
Watch the conversation at www.ogdenmuseum.org tomorrow and come see the work of Ed Williford in "Entwined: Ritual Wrapping and Binding in Contemporary Southern Art."
[Ed Williford, "Pair of Figures in String Matrix," 2011, Wood, fabric, wire, twine, glue, pigment, Collection of the artist] #SeetheSouth #EdWilliford #Entwined #SouthernArt #MississippiArt #ArtTalk](https://ogdenmuseum.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)