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...

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.

  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...

We’re joining museums across North America who are participating in the eighth annual Art Museum Day by offering FREE admission all day long on May 18! Take advantage of this chance to enjoy a day to #seethesouth. The theme of this year’s Art Museum Day, organized by Association of Art Museum Directors, is “Art Museums Foster...

Join us on June 10th for Magnolia Ball, the New Orleans' event of the summer! Enjoy some of the best bites New Orleans' chefs have to offer, sip on hand-crafted Southern cocktails, add to your collection with pieces from our silent auction featuring established and up-and-coming Southern artists, and dance the night away in true New Orleans style. Vendors...

Join us as we celebrate the opening of the two latest photography exhibitions The Colourful South: William Christenberry, Birney Imes, William Greiner, William Ferris and Alec Soth and William Eggleston: Troubled Waters (from the collection of William Greiner) during Ogden After Hours. Come explore the photographs of these six pioneers in color photography and the influence they had...