Stencil Making with Jeremy Novy Live Art Challenge for Adults

Jeremy Novy is a contemporary artist, currently based in San Francisco, whose practice is firmly rooted in street art traditions and uses stencils as his primary medium. You may recognize the koi fish that Novy has painted on sidewalks and buildings around New Orleans. With his koi, he is honoring the traditions of Chinese art,...

Ogden After Hours at Home Music Explorations

In solidarity with the ongoing national and local protests responding to police brutality and systemic racial inequality in the United States, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art has chosen to pause our virtual music program, Ogden After Hours At Home, for the remainder of June 2020. We firmly believe in the power of musical performance...

Drawing 101 Blind Contour Line Drawing

 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...

Sketching Demo Workshop In Collaboration with the WWII Museum

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, Art Talk! Discussing Southern Art and Artists

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...

Virtual John T. Scott Celebration Online Demonstrations, Workshops, Panels and More!

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...

Curated Conversation with Magnolia Ball Silent Auction Artist, David McCarty

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...

Curated Conversation with Magnolia Ball Silent Auction Artist, Sharon Kopriva

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...