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Ogden Museum Online Lessons For the Classroom: Vanessa's Secrets | Jeffrey Cook

Español abajo Jeffrey Cook was an artist that took everyday objects and refuse and transformed them into new, layered, and complex pieces of art. In Vanessa’s Secrets, Cook frames an… Read More about Ogden Museum Online Lessons For the Classroom: Vanessa's Secrets | Jeffrey Cook

Get a glimpse into the personal art collection of Ogden Museum Exhibition Specialist, Amy Newell! This is the second post in a fun series looking at the art collections belonging… Read More about Museum Staff Collections: Amy Newell, Exhibition Specialist Sharing the Work of Judy Pfaff and Sam Gilliam

Español abajo Explore pattern and repetition in this week’s O-riginal Art Activity. Weave a paper sculpture inspired by Kevin Cole. Kevin Cole is an Arkansas-born, Atlanta-based art professor and multimedia… Read More about O-riginal Art Activities: Paper Sculpture Inspired by Kevin Cole

Today, the O is highlighting a piece from the permanent collection – Horton Humble’s The Guardian, which stands at a towering 10 feet! It was in the summer of 2017 that… Read More about Exploring Horton Humble’s “The Guardian”

For the last eight years, Louisiana Contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation has served as a vehicle for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to highlight Louisiana’s contemporary art culture…. Read More about The O Is Calling All Louisiana Artists! Submit your work to Louisiana Contemporary 2020

Abstract artists often use color and shape to express emotions or ideas. Using Drape Work, by Sam Gilliam as inspiration, create a color wash painting and sculpture that reveals the hues and… Read More about Ogden Museum Online Lessons For the Classroom: Sam Gilliam's Drape Work