Teacher Night at Ogden After Hours

Join us in the Teachers' Lounge at the Ogden Museum and learn about ways to incorporate art into your curriculum. This FREE evening for area educators, held in conjunction with Ogden After Hours featuring Michael Doucet, will include a guided tour, art activity, lesson plans, resources and complementary refreshments! Did you know the Ogden Museum is always...

Artist Workshop: Observing the Inner Landscape A Pastel Workshop Exploring Abstraction

Inspired by artist Will Henry Stevens’ use of familiar representational motifs alongside abstract improvisations, this workshop will explore the fundamentals of pastel techniques and approaches to landscape, with an emphasis on inner observation through a led mindfulness practice. For adults 18 and up. Materials will be provided. $40 member, $45 non-member. This workshop is full! Please email...

Teacher Workshop Exploring Memory is a Strange Bell: The Art of William Christenberry

Join us for a workshop exploring our new exhibition Memory is a Strange Bell: The Art of William Christenberry. Perhaps no other artist in the American South engaged more deeply and consistently with the concepts of time, place and memory through their work than William Christenberry. Although widely known as a pioneering master of color photography...

Curated Conversations With Level Artist Collective Member Horton Humble

Join us for the first in a series of conversations in the galleries of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art with members of Level Artist Collective. The conversation on October 15 will feature Horton Humble. This event is free and open to the public.   ABOUT HORTON HUMBLE Born in New Orleans, Horton Humble is a...

Artist Workshop: Exploring Memory is a Strange Bell The Art of William Christenberry

The work of William Christenberry spans from pioneering color photography, abstract expressionist paintings, sculptures and some lesser-known ink and pencil drawings. Using ink and large format paper, Museum Educator Mikhayla Anderson will lead participants in an investigation of Christenberry’s abstract reflections of the gourd tree, so prevalently displayed throughout Hale County. What do you notice in...

Place Over Time: Perspectives on the South Through Film Burning Cane

Join the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the New Orleans Film Society at the Ogden Museum on Tuesday, November 5 for a FREE film screening of “Burning Cane,” directed by 19-year-old New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts alum, Phillip Youmans. The screening will be followed by a conversation with actors, Dominique McClellan and...

Artist Workshop: Exploring Level Artist Collective Planning and Creating an Art Installation

Several of the artists in Level Artist Collective incorporate installation as a means to express their vision of “home.” Installation refers to immersive, three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. This workshop will give you the resources to design and implement your own small installation sourced from drawing, painting, photography,...

Place Over Time: Perspectives on the South Through Film Hands On a Hardbody

Join us for a film screening of "Hands on a Hardbody," the second event in a three part film series exploring the South over time. "Hands on a Hardbody" is a documentary about a competition to win a hardbody truck in a small Texas town. It is one of the most enduring and charming portraits of Southern...

On the Level A Panel Discussion Featuring Level Artist Collective

Join us for a panel discussion with the artists of Level Artist Collective moderated by Ogden Museum Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall. This event is free and open to the public. About Level Artist Collective In 2015, Level Artist Collective was formed by Ana Hernandez, Horton Humble, Rontherin Ratliff, John Isiah Walton and Carl...