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O-riginal Art Activities: Landscape Postcards Inspired by Robert J. Onderdonk

Last night’s O-riginal Art Activity was an in-depth look at landscapes inspired by renown Texan painter, Robert Onderdonk. Design a postcard to mail to your friend! Onderdon was an American… Read More about O-riginal Art Activities: Landscape Postcards Inspired by Robert J. Onderdonk

Meet the Ogden Museum Staff: Jane Winslow Manager of the Museum Store and Center for Southern Craft & Design

On the O Blog, we’ll be posting a series about the Ogden Museum staff who work to support our mission to broaden the knowledge, understanding, interpretation and appreciation of the… Read More about Meet the Ogden Museum Staff: Jane Winslow Manager of the Museum Store and Center for Southern Craft & Design

Looking at Richard Wilt’s “Farewell” On Veterans Day

In honor of Veterans Day, Bradley Sumrall, Curator of the Collection at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, tells us about Richard Wilt’s painting, Farewell. Richard Wilt (1915 – 1981)… Read More about Looking at Richard Wilt’s “Farewell” On Veterans Day

Taking a Look at “Jacob’s Ladder Joy and Pain” by Kevin Cole A Piece Inspired by Voting History

Made with neckties and wood, Jacob’s Ladder Joy and Pain by Kevin Cole is an intensely powerful work that the artist created after a poignant conversation with his grandfather about… Read More about Taking a Look at “Jacob’s Ladder Joy and Pain” by Kevin Cole A Piece Inspired by Voting History

Happy Birthday William Christenberry! Celebrating the Life of a Renowned Southern Artist

Born on November 5, 1936 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, William Christenberry began his artistic career with the painting of large abstract expressionist paintings before exploring different mediums such as painting, drawing,… Read More about Happy Birthday William Christenberry! Celebrating the Life of a Renowned Southern Artist

Happy Birthday Ida Kohlmeyer! Today We Celebrate You!

Bradley Sumrall, Curator of the Collection at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, wishes Ida Kohlmeyer a Happy Birthday! ⁣ ⁣ Born on November 3, 1912 in New Orleans to… Read More about Happy Birthday Ida Kohlmeyer! Today We Celebrate You!

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Now on view at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is “

Now on view at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is “CURRENTS 2024.”⁣
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“CURRENTS” is an annual exhibition that highlights the diverse photographic work being created by @photoalliance members. It is a showcase exhibition designed to give an overview of contemporary photographic practices and projects. “CURRENTS 2024: NOPA Members Showcase” is curated by Liv Constable-Maxwell, Commissioning Editor at the London-based publisher “MACK,” and features 8 photographers.⁣
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You can view “CURRENTS” at the O now through February 23, 2025.

[Photo courtesy of PhotoNOLA, Work by Josh Aronson]

Interested in becoming an Ogden Museum of Southern

Interested in becoming an Ogden Museum of Southern Art docent? Docents are volunteers who lead tours, helping visitors to the Museum #SeeTheSouth through the visual arts.⁣
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The next session of New Docent Training will begin in January 2025. All sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.⁣
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Prospective docents should have an interest in Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children, helping them discover their own interpretations of art. This program will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the making of an art museum and offer an introduction to Southern art, history and culture. The training will include museum techniques and education strategies for engaging museum visitors in meaningful explorations of works of art in the collection and in special exhibitions.⁣
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Learn more and sign up today by visiting the link in our bio!

Join us this Friday, December 13 for a FREE exhibi

Join us this Friday, December 13 for a FREE exhibition walkthrough of “Baldwin Lee!”

Taking place at 5 p.m., join photographer Baldwin Lee and Ogden Museum Curator of Photography Ricahrd McCabe as the two engage in a lively conversation celebrating “Baldwin Lee,” a landmark solo exhibition at Ogden Museum.

Baldwin Lee will share stories from his 5 decade career as a student, educator and practicing artist. Topics of discussion will include Lee’s formal education with two of the 20th centuries’ most influential photographers Minor White and Walker Evans to his making nearly 10,000 photographs in the 1980s – producing one of the most important visual documents of and about the American South in the past half century.

This exhibition walkthrough is part of PhotoNOLA 2024 and will take place in the photography galleries on the third floor of Steven Goldring Hall.

[Photo courtesy of @baldwinlee1951]

For “Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harb

For “Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home,” @ateamer created “Claiborne: The Next Millennia.”

Teamer's collages remix landscapes of the southern Gulf region, examining its contentious history of water and land mismanagement and ongoing infrastructure collapse. In this new work, Teamer conjoins two fish eye photographs in a butterfly shape, which she then layers with other photographic material.

“Claiborne: The Next Millennia” presents New Orleans' Claiborne Avenue. The oldest section of Claiborne traverses Tremé, one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans and the first historically Black neighborhood in the country.

Teamer organizes her materials based on their narrative content and composition and then fits them together like a puzzle. The obvious stitching references roads and roots, which serve decorative, structural and metaphorical purposes.

@prospect_nola is on view at Ogden Museum and throughout the City of New Orleans through February 2.

[Ashley Teamer, “Claiborne: The Next Millennia,” 2024, Inkjet prints, thread, canvas, acrylic felt, and velcro, Courtesy of the artist]

Major support for this project was provided by The Helis Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation, the Selley Foundation Fund, the Ella West Freeman Foundation and the Keller Family Foundation Commissioned by Prospect.6.

Be happy and merry at our next Ogden After Hours!

Be happy and merry at our next Ogden After Hours!

Taking place Thursday, December 19 at 6 p.m., enjoy a festive evening featuring:

- @iamcasme performing your favorite holiday carols
- A food pop-up with Chef Linda, the Yakamein Lady
- A festive holiday art craft for kids
- A cash bar featuring a holiday crafted cocktail

Plus, there will be a mini holiday market pop-up with @lilyfein and @earthreverie.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for kids and free for Museum Members.

Learn more and purchase tickets in advance by visiting the link in our bio.

[Ceramics by Lily Fein, Jewelry by Earth Reverie]

Opening December 13 at Ogden Museum of Southern Ar

Opening December 13 at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is “CURRENTS 2024.”⁣
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“CURRENTS” is an annual exhibition that highlights the diverse photographic work being created by @photoalliance members. It is a showcase exhibition designed to give an overview of contemporary photographic practices and projects. “CURRENTS 2024: NOPA Members Showcase” is curated by Liv Constable-Maxwell, Commissioning Editor at the London-based publisher “MACK,” and features 8 photographers.⁣
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Learn more about the exhibition by visiting the link in our bio. ⁣
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[Aline Smithson, “Fugue State Revisited #38,” 2021, Cyanotype over an Archival pigment print, print as a APP, 21 x 16 inches, Courtesy of the artist]

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