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...

VIP Reception Celebrating the Opening of Vernacular Voices

Join us for a reception celebrating the opening of Vernacular Voices: Self-taught, Outsider and Visionary Art from the Permanent Collection. This exhibition highlights the creative spirit and intuitive vision of the American South’s Vernacular artists. Explore the work of Self-taught, Outsider and Visionary artists like Minnie Evans, O.W. “Pappy” Kitchens, Zelle Manning, Eddy Mumma and Sister Gertrude Morgan, and stay...

Kim Carson at Ogden After Hours

Kim Carson, was born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas and lives in New Orleans. She has a lot of influences in her brand of Louisiana Tonkabilly music including Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings and Ray Price. Carson performs her original songs with some Classic Twang.  She is surely a “one of a kind artist” and has...

Opening Reception Vernacular Voices

Join us for a reception celebrating the opening of Vernacular Voices: Self-taught, Outsider and Visionary Art from the Permanent Collection. This exhibition highlights the creative spirit and intuitive vision of the American South’s Vernacular artists. Explore the work of Self-taught, Outsider and Visionary artists like Minnie Evans, O.W. “Pappy” Kitchens, Zelle Manning, Eddy Mumma and Sister Gertrude Morgan, and enjoy...

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...

Cha Wa at Ogden After Hours

New Orleans brass band meets Mardi Gras Indian outfit, Cha Wa, radiates the energy of the city’s street culture. Their album “Spyboy,” a nod to frontman J’Wan Boudreaux’s role in the Golden Eagles, is a modern mix of fiery, toe-tapping sounds. Popmatters describes the band as "a grand gumbo of singing, intoxicating rhythms and deep...

Margarita Cabrera, Presented by the Center for Southern Craft & Design Opens Today

Today is the opening day of the Ogden Museum Center for Southern Craft & Design’s latest exhibition, Margarita Cabrera. Cabrera is a multi-media sculptural artist who creates work that address socio-political community issues including cultural identity, migration, violence, inclusivity, labor and empowerment.   ///Margarita Cabrera, Sewing Machine (Blue Green), 2016, Vinyl, thread, copper wire and appliance parts

Marc Stone 3 with Sam Price and Michael Burkart at Ogden After Hours

Roots and blues slide guitarist and songwriter, Marc Stone, returns to Ogden After Hours with a special acoustic trio performance. Joining Marc will be Honey Island Swamp Band bassist Sam Price, leader of both Otra and the True Believers. Price has been a frequent collaborator with Stone for more than 20 years, as has Raw...

VIP Reception Celebrating the Opening of Margarita Cabrera

Join us for a VIP reception celebrating the opening of the Ogden Museum Center for Southern Craft & Design's latest exhibition, Margarita Cabrera. Cabrera is a multi-media sculptural artist who creates work that address socio-political community issues including cultural identity, migration, violence, inclusivity, labor and empowerment. Stay afterwards to enjoy music by Ogden After Hours...