10 Reasons to Join the O During Summer Membership Drive
It’s the Ogden Museum Summer Membership Drive, which means through August 31, you can join or renew your membership and receive a 25% discount! Why join the O? Here are 10 reasons! 1. With your Ogden Museum membership, you can come to the O as often as you would like! 2. An Individual membership… Read More about 10 Reasons to Join the O During Summer Membership Drive
5 Southern Films You Can Watch At Home Part 4
Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch (1989) The dynamic duo of director Jim Jarmusch and cinematographer Robby Müller once again meet in the American South to film “Mystery Train,” which follows the brief adventures of tourists and immigrants in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the film may sound like a tribute to Elvis Presley in its name, “Mystery… Read More about 5 Southern Films You Can Watch At Home Part 4
O-riginal Art Activities: Narrative Drawing Inspired by Susan Jamison
Español abajo Illustrate your favorite story in this O-riginal Art Activity inspired by Susan Jamison. The work of Susan Jamison is visionary and intuitive, drawing from her own subconscious world of female archetypes and animals to weave a narrative of ritual and spiritual significance. Her work is populated with a personal menagerie of creatures, binding… Read More about O-riginal Art Activities: Narrative Drawing Inspired by Susan Jamison
Curated Conversation with "Entwined" Artist, Susan Plum
This is a Curated Conversation with Entwined artist, Susan Plum, and Ogden Museum Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall. You can see Susan Plum’s work on view in the exhibition, Entwined: Ritual Wrapping and Binding in Contemporary Southern Art. Susan Plum is a multidisciplinary artist currently living and working in Houston, Texas – the city… Read More about Curated Conversation with "Entwined" Artist, Susan Plum
Movement Mondays: Value Scale Scavenger Hunt
Español abajo Learn about value in this Movement Monday Scavenger Hunt! Supplies Found Objects Instructions Step 1: Often in abstract art colors can represent different feelings or emotions. What is your favorite color? How does your favorite color make you feel? Pick one color you want to use for your artwork. Step 2: Explore… Read More about Movement Mondays: Value Scale Scavenger Hunt
O-riginal Art Activities: Abstract Assemblage Inspired by Sonya Young
Español abajo Explore texture and draping in this O-riginal Art Activity inspired by Sonya Yong James. Sonya Yong James was born in 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee. A lifelong Southerner, she has lived for the past forty years in Atlanta, Georgia. The studio practice of Sonya Yong James utilizes the textile techniques of weaving, knitting, spinning,… Read More about O-riginal Art Activities: Abstract Assemblage Inspired by Sonya Young
![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)