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The first week of June is when Ogden Museum typically hosts its annual Magnolia Ball – the social event of the summer and a celebration of Southern art and culture. Out of concern for your health and safety, we’ve made the difficult decision to forgo our usual fête. However, we are pleased to present more...
Join Museum Educator, Michelle Pontiff, for a series of stress free, beginner level online drawing classes designed to improve on and build your drawing skills. Participants are encouraged to tune in each week to learn a new technique and need only a pencil, eraser and paper to join in. Optional additional materials for each class...
The Monuments Men are known for rescuing priceless art pieces from the Nazis. Works such as the Mona Lisa, Beethoven's original manuscript of his Sixth Symphony, and the golden Bust of Charlemagne were recovered through their missions. In appreciation for artworks of all kinds, enjoy a short sketching workshop with Michelle Pontiff, Education Coordinator, from...
Hey y'all! Please join us for a series of engaging conversations about Southern art and artists! On four Thursday afternoons this summer, Museum Educator, Sara Echaniz, will lead an in-depth participatory discussion about an artwork from Ogden Museum's permanent collection and provide background information about the artist and artwork. On June 25, let's chat about...
Ogden Museum is proud to play a role in a special annual event celebrating the life of artist John T. Scott, happening this Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27! John T. Scott died in September 2007, and his memorial took place at Xavier University. A community of artists, Xavier alumnae, friends, colleagues and people...
A Curated Conversation with Ogden Museum's Curator of Photography, Richard McCabe, and Mississippi photographer, David McCarty. The two will discuss McCarty's photograph, Phil Campbell, Alabama 2019, included in the Online Magnolia Ball Silent Auction. This conversation will also touch on McCarty's instant photography practice, self-publishing zines, driving the back roads of the South photographing vernacular signage, on the...
Sharon Kopriva is featured in the Online Magnolia Ball Silent Auction and the exhibition, Entwined: Ritual Wrapping and Binding in Contemporary Southern Art. Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall, will talk with Sharon about her work, Owls & Oleanders, included in the silent auction and her work in Entwined. . Sharon Kopriva, a Texas native, currently works...
A Curated Conversation with Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall, and Entwined artist, Sonya Yong James, will publish to the O Blog this Wednesday, July 1 at noon. Sonya Yong James was born in 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee. A lifelong Southerner, she has lived for the past forty years in Atlanta, Georgia, where she maintains...
Join Museum Educator, Michelle Pontiff, for a series of stress free, beginner level online drawing classes designed to improve on and build your drawing skills. Participants are encouraged to tune in each week to learn a new technique and need only a pencil, eraser and paper to join in. Optional additional materials for each class...
