New Southern Photography Gallery Talk and Book Signing Free to the Public

Join Ogden Museum Curator of Photography, Richard McCabe, for a Gallery Talk about New Southern Photography from noon to 1 p.m. A book signing will follow the talk from 1 to 2 p.m. New Southern Photography, highlighting the photography being practiced in the American South today, is the largest photography exhibition showcased at the Museum to...

Craft Happy Hour Mini Food with Remy Diamond

Remy Diamond will be teaching participants basic clay techniques as they craft miniature food, which can be turned into pins or magnets. Polymer clay, liquid polymer clay, chalk pastels and acrylic paints will he provided. Join us at the O for drinks and crafts!

Panel Discussion The Dismantling of Southern Photography

Panelists and New Southern Photography photographers, RaMell Ross, Jared Soares and Celestia Morgan, will examine the exhibition and L. Kasimu Harris’ essay, “The Dismantling of Southern Photography,” touching on the historical and contemporary disparities within the canon of Southern photography that exist along lines of race, gender and sexual orientation. Moderated by L. Kasimu Harris.

Craft Happy Hour Beading Workshop with the Red Flame Hunters Mardi Gras Indian Tribe

Join the Red Flame Hunters Mardi Gras Indian Tribe for a beading workshop and leave with a small, beautiful patch! The mission of the Red Flame Hunters Mardi Gras Indian Tribe is to preserve, promote and teach the traditions of the historically black neighborhoods of New Orleans. The Red Flame Hunters youth and young adult tribe focuses on teaching traditions...

Grad Student Gathering Preparator Walk-through of Vernacular Voices

Please join us for our next Grad Student Gathering, a Preparator Walk-through of Vernacular Voices, on Thursday, March 21 at 5:30 p.m. This series aims to connect young professionals in the museum and nonprofit fields across the Greater New Orleans area. The night's event will focus on preparatory work in museums. Enjoy a preparator walk-through of Vernacular Voices: Self-taught, Outsider and Visionary Art from the Permanent Collection and a behind-the-scenes look at the...

Panel Discussion Crossing Barriers: The Art & Impact of Dusti Bongé

In support of the exhibition Piercing the Inner Wall: The Art of Dusti Bongé, Ogden Museum Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall, will moderate a panel discussion with author Richard Gruber, Ph. D., Director Emeritus of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Paul Bongé, grandson of the artist; and Amanda Winstead, Fine Art Appraiser and Private...

Artist Workshop: Fierce Dedication An Abstract Painting Workshop to Refresh Your Creativity

Join us for the first of three workshops incorporating simple mindfulness meditation practices and observation techniques to create contemplative abstract paintings inspired by the styles of Dusti Bongé's abstract expressionist oeuvre. Dusti Bongé has been described as a woman with a "fierce dedication to a creative life." How did her art-making practice reflect this intense...

Artist Workshop: Moving Shapes The Power of Repetition through Abstract Painting

Join us for the second in a series of three workshops incorporating simple mindfulness meditation practices and observation techniques to create contemplative abstract paintings inspired by the styles of Dusti Bongé’s abstract expressionist oeuvre. Looking at the work of Dusti Bongé we can see patterns emerge from the chaos of an abstracted surface. These patterns...