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See the South During Bayou Classic: Enjoy Discounted Museum Admission
/// November 27, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Ogden Museum of Southern Art invites Bayou Classic game-goers to See the South!
From November 24 to 27, 2023, wear your favorite Bayou Classic or HBCU apparel to the Museum to receive half off regular museum admission. While visiting, be sure to Shop the South at our Museum Store to receive 10% off your purchase!
Visitors must be wearing Bayou Classic apparel, HBCU apparel or show their Bayou Classic game ticket to take advantage of this promotion. Questions? Call 504.539.9650 or email info@ogdenmuseum.org.
Museum Hours
Friday, November 24
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, November 25
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, November 26
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, November 27
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Current HBCU Artists on View at The O
John Barnes
Title: Doe Poppin’ II, 2015, Red oak, plywood, pencil, 49 x 26 x 4 inches, Gift of Brook Davis Anderson, 2018.1.1
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, located on the 4th floor.
HBCU Connection: Barnes currently directs Dillard University’s Visual Arts program.
Jeffrey Cook
Title: Untitled, c. 1985 , Mixed media, 38 x 18 x 7 inches, Gift of Jack Sullivan, in memory of Chet Pourciau, 2015.5.3
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, located on the 4th floor.
HBCU Connection: Cook is a graduate of Xavier University, where he studied under John Scott.
Martin Payton
Title: Dexter, 1998, Welded steel, 58 x 28 x 15 inches, Michael Brown and Linda Green Collection, 2000.11.5
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, located on the 4th floor.
HBCU Connection: Payton is a graduate of Xavier University, where he studied under John Scott. Payton taught at Xavier University for five years. He also taught at Southern University and A&M College for two decades.
Robert Reed
Title: San Romano, Monticello, Brick II, 1982, Aqua-Tec on canvas, 84 x 72 inches, Gift of Donna C. Perret, Courtesy of Gallerie Simone Stern, 1999.3.1
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, located on the 4th floor.
HBCU Connection: Reed graduated with a B.A. from Morgan State, an HBCU in Baltimore, MD.
John T. Scott
Title: Butterfly Pin-Up, 1978, Painted wood construction, 42 x 15 inches, Gift of the Roger Houston Ogden Collection, 2003.1.469
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, located on the 4th floor.
HBCU Connection: Scott is a graduate of Xavier University and professor at XULA for 40 years.
John T. Scott
Title: Ritual Cutter (No. 1), 1978, Painted wood construction, 33.5 x 9 inches, Gift of the Roger Houston Ogden Collection 2003.1.471
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, located on the 4th floor.
HBCU Connection: Scott is a graduate of Xavier University and professor at XULA for 40 years.
John T. Scott
Title: Ritual Cutter (No. 2), 1978, Painted wood construction, 32 x 17 inches, Gift of the Roger Houston Ogden Collection 2003.1.472
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, located on the 4th floor.
HBCU Connection: Scott is a graduate of Xavier University and professor at XULA for 40 years.
Benjamin Leroy Wigfall
Title: Two Boats, c. 1955, Oil on canvas, 24 x 33 inches, Roger Houston Ogden Collection
Featured in Knowing Who We Are: From 19th Century Academic Painting through Southern Regionalism, located on the 3rd floor.
HBCU Connection: Wigfall was enrolled in Hampton Institute, now Hampton University, an HBCU in Virginia.
MaPó Kinnord and Lin Emery
Title: Untitled, 2021, Stoneware, acrylic, aluminum, 88 x 74 x 22 inches, Collection of Suzie and Ted Bloch III, M.D.
Located on the 5th floor.
HBCU Connection: Kinnord was mentored by John Scott and currently works as a Professor of Art at Xavier University.
MaPó Kinnord
Title: Stormy, Stoneware and acrylic, Collection of the artist
Located on the 2nd floor, near the elevators.
HBCU Connection: Kinnord was mentored by John Scott and currently works as a Professor of Art at Xavier University.
Nic[o] Brierre Aziz
Title: Strange Brute (Hanging from the Poplar Trees) II, ed. 5/12, 2022, Archival print of time-based performance; tree, [Black] artist/activist body, P.G.T. Beauregard piñata, Robert E. Lee piñata, vintage American baseball bat, Haitian flag, burned confederate flag, bench, 40 x 60 inches, Collection of the artist
Featured in Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, located on the 5th floor.
HBCU Connection: Aziz received B.A. from Morehouse College, a private historically Black men’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nic[o] Brierre Aziz
Title: RAFTERS (Hyppolite + Gilbert), 2021, Mixed media; Tattered New Orleans Saints jerseys, sugar cane, sugar cane leaves, brown cotton, white cotton, indigo, transatlantic slave trade shackles, machete, plexiglass vitrine display case, “Colonial Maple” wooden base, 68 x 32 x 20 inches, Collection of the artist
Featured in Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, located on the 5th floor.
HBCU Connection: Aziz received B.A. from Morehouse College, a private historically Black men’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nic[o] Brierre Aziz
Title: “…Things Ain’t Always Set in Stone” (Street Lights), ed. 1/12 , 2022, Archival print of time-based performance; P.G.T. Beauregard piñata, Robert E. Lee piñata, P.G.T. Beauregard Avenue Street Sign, Robert E. Lee Boulevard Street Sign, Red Street Lights, 52.5 x 35 inches, Collection of the artist
Featured in Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, located on the 5th floor.
HBCU Connection: Aziz received B.A. from Morehouse College, a private historically Black men’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sean Clark
Title: The Makings of You, 2023, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches, Collection of the artist
Featured in Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, located on the 5th floor.
HBCU Connection: Clark is a graduate of Morehouse College, a private historically Black men’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sean Clark
Title: No Fixed Abode, 2022, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 36 x 36 inches, Collection of the artist
Featured in Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, located on the 5th floor.
HBCU Connection: Clark is a graduate of Morehouse College, a private historically Black men’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.