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...

Craft Happy Hour Minimalist & Maximalist Collage with Ella Campbell

Join us for another fun edition of Craft Happy Hour with Ella Campbell as she leads participants in the art of collage! Attendees will create a multilayer 8” x 10” original work, featuring a geometric collaged silhouette. Layered beneath the silhouette, participants are encouraged to experiment with magazine cuttings, book pages and other paper goods....

Event Series New Docent Training

New Docent Training Help visitors to "See the South"

An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to "See the South." Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations...

Kevin Gordon At Ogden After Hours

Kevin Gordon’s Louisiana is a strange place. It’s a place where restless teens road trip to where the highway dead-ends at the Gulf of Mexico; a place where prisoners who are in for life compete in a rodeo while the town watches; where a character can get lost in the humid afternoon and where religion...

Event Series New Docent Training

New Docent Training Help visitors to "See the South"

An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to "See the South." Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations...

Kristin Diable at Ogden After Hours

When we called it the American Dream, what we really meant was “the American Myth.” That myth convinced us that the right house/car/bank account/voting card could punch our tickets to a happily-ever-after, but for reasons too numerous and depressing to note, that myth is finally dying. Somewhere along the way, we realized the secret to...

Art for Art’s Sake Celebrate Exhibition Openings

Join us as we celebrate the opening of the Ogden Museum’s latest exhibitions Memory is a Strange Bell: The Art of William Christenberry and Level Artist Collective.  Admission to the Museum will be free during Art for Arts’ Sake from 6 – 9 p.m. /// William Christenberry, Gourd Tree Near Akron, Alabama (detail), 1981, Dye-transfer print, printed 1981, Exhibition print,...

Soul Brass Band At Ogden After Hours

Soul Brass Band brings the New Orleans party: known for its top-fight traditional brass band repertoire and second-line parades - night or day - Soul Brass Band’s unique signature of classic Soul infusion is unforgettable. The band’s deep academic musical roots underpin their brass band presentation - each musician is both a bandleader and highly-trained...