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Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mia Borders’ original music genuinely reflects the oft-referenced melting pot of her hometown. Her catalogue of nine commercial releases spans from 2007’s pop-rock-influenced “the ep” to 2016’s R&B LP “Fever Dreams.” Heralded locally and nationally as one of New Orleans’ best talents, Borders has been featured on AXS.tv’s...
Join artist James Michalopoulos as he leads a tour through the exhibition, Waltzing the Muse: The Paintings of James Michalopoulos. Curator Bradley Sumrall will be in attendance to lend his thoughts and to help answer questions from the crowd. Exhibition catalogs will be available for sale. Presenting sponsors of this exhibition are Henry and Pat Shane. image credit: James Michalopoulos,...
Stop by Vineyard Vines at The Shops at Canal Place and pick up your seersucker for Sippin' in Seersucker! The whole store will be 10% off and 10% of your purchase will go to the Ogden Museum. Plus enjoy wine and light snacks while you shop!
Join the Center for Southern Craft and Design at the Ogden Museum as we celebrate the opening of the Artist Spotlight: Leisa Rich, on view from April 6 - July 3, 2017. Leisa will be in attendance and available to answer questions about her work. The reception will take place during our regularly scheduled Ogden...
Join us at Ogden After Hours to mark the opening of the traveling education exhibition, States of Incarceration. Enjoy music by Tuba Skinny, a cash bar, and food by Saigon Slims. Artwork created by students at the Travis Hill School at the Youth Studies Center. Thank you to our sponsors and partners States of Incarceration...
A Night of Southern Poets: Night Bus to the Afterlife by Peter Cooley and Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia: A Life in Poems by Patricia Neely Dorsey. Join Ogden Museum docent and former teacher Maureen O’Dwyer for a lively discussion about Southern art, literature and culture. This club will meet approximately every 6 weeks. Members...
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art with Urban South Brewery invites you to the Magnolia Ball 2017 Kickoff Party! Join us for complimentary beer and purchase discounted Magnolia Ball Patron Tickets - $100 (regularly $250). About the Magnolia Ball: Each June the Ogden hosts the Magnolia Ball which celebrates and benefits the Center for Southern Craft and Design. The...
Join us for a Jolie & Elizabeth Trunk Show in preparation for the Ogden's annual "Sippin' in Seersucker" event at the Shops at Canal Place. Stop by during Ogden After Hours from 6 to 8pm on April 13th to see and shop the latest in Southern fashion and pick up your tickets for "Sippin' in Seersucker"...
Helen Gillet sings French chansons with special guests Luke Brechtelsbauer on harp, Alex McMurray on guitar, and Daron Douglas on violin. Helen Gillet is a jazz based cellist, singer, composer, and improviser. Raised in Belgium, Singapore, Chicago and Wisconsin, Gillet has lived in New Orleans for the past 15 years performing her own eclectic mix...
Erin Wexstten of Oxalis Apothecary will be leading a "blending" workshop and participants will leave with their own customized roll-on perfume! $25 nonmembers $20 members Fee includes all materials, beer and wine.
Born into a gospel-singing family in Wyoming in 1950, Spencer Bohren began singing and playing music as youngster. At 14, inspired by the folk music he heard on the radio, Spencer picked up a guitar and within a few weeks started performing in public. He immediately delved deeply into America’s treasure of blues, country, gospel...
Talented illustrator, Emma Fick, will be joining us during Ogden After Hours to sign copies of her new book, Snippets of New Orleans. She will also have prints available for sale. Stop by the Museum Store during Ogden After Hours.
Join us on April 21st at our annual Sippin' in Seersucker at The Shops at Canal Place, benefitting the Ogden Museum! Put on your best seersucker and celebrate the start of the summer social season in style. Sippin' in Seersucker is an evening of Southern art, cuisine, cocktails, entertainment, fashion and more. The evening will...
On Monday, April 24th, International Sculpture Day, The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation will unveil Tara Conley’s Bravegirl as the newest addition to the largest rotating exhibit of public sculpture in the South. Bravegirl, an empowering text piece perched above ground rendered in hollow constructed aluminum and painted with fluorescent pink auto paint, will be installed on the neutral ground of Poydras Street and S. Peters Street.At 5:30pm, Conley will be joined by artists Rachel David and Ashley Pridmore to speak about their art and the role art and artists plays in empowering communities in a conversation moderated by the Joan Mitchell Center Director Gia Hamilton. Rachel David’s steel piece, Weft, was installed on the Poydras Corridor in 2015. Ashley Pridmore, a Texas-based sculptor will have a new work joining the Poydras Corridor in the fall of 2017. This talk, located in the Patrick F. Taylor library is free and open to the public with a wine reception to follow.In addition, The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation will be running an International Sculpture Day social media contest – follow along at Facebook.com/SculptureForNewOrleansand Instagram.com/poydrascorridor/ for more details and chances to win Bravegirl T-Shirts.
Tom McDermott is one of New Orleans’ premiere piano players and composers. He grew up in St. Louis, where he earned a Masters’ Degree in Music, wrote music journalism, and soaked up the sounds of ragtime and traditional jazz that flourished there in the 1960s and 70s. In 1984, spurred by his love of James...
What is GiveNOLA Day? GiveNOLA Day is a 24-hour event hosted by the Greater New Orleans Foundation to inspire people to give generously to nonprofit organizations that are making our region stronger, creating a thriving community for all. GiveNOLA Day raises money for the community, brings new donors to local nonprofits, and shows that...
After exploring Waltzing the Muse: The Paintings of James Michalopoulos, artist Jose Torres-Tama will lead a pastel workshop, creating colorful drawings inspired by the distinctive architecture found throughout New Orleans. Sponsored by the Susan J. Landry Education Fund. Image Credit: James Michalopoulos, Into the Wild Blue, 2014, Oil on Canvas, Collection of Michelle Gallagher
Following story time in the Education Gallery, museum educators will guide young visitors (and a caregiver) on a Museum exploration of artist Clementine Hunter, focusing on themes and ideas presented in the book Art From Her Heart by Kathy Whitehead. Afterwards, all are invited to create their own works of art inspired by what was seen...