Magnolia Ball Celebrating Piercing the Inner Wall: The Art of Dusti Bongé

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s annual Magnolia Ball has become one of the most anticipated social events of the summer! This year, join us to honor and celebrate the Museum’s exhibition, Piercing the Inner Wall: The Work of Dusti Bongé, on view April 11 - September 8, 2019. The Ball will bring to life Bongé’s Surrealist “Circus Series” with a festive, circus-themed evening. Guests will enjoy music from the city’s top musicians and DJs, circus performers, complimentary dishes and desserts, full open bars, a dance party and a silent auction featuring contemporary Southern artists. Let’s get this circus started!

Fine Art Fundamentals Session 1 Starts Summer Camp at Ogden Museum

Explore a wide variety of 2D and 3D media in this FUNdamentals camp! We’ll focus on traditional techniques like drawing, painting, sculpture and collage and then add in mixed media, puppetry and more! Campers will work with professional visual artists to create both individual and collaborative works inspired by the Museum’s Collection and great works...

Event Series Baby ArtsPlay

Baby ArtsPlay New for 3 - 4 Year Olds!

Young Audiences Baby Artsplay! Presented by The Helis Foundation is the perfect opportunity for young children and their caregivers to enjoy an educational, yet fun-filled trip to the Museum. Six 30-minute workshops allow children to explore, observe and investigate their world through song, dance and movement experiences. For 3 - 4 year olds with a...

Papa Mali at Ogden After Hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4LnCjRkGxc&feature=youtu.be Papa Mali (born Malcolm Helm Welbourne in Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 6, 1957) is a New Orleans based, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He has been a touring musician and recording artist for decades. Yet, he is probably best known as the front man for 7 Walkers, a band formed in 2009 that includes three...

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...

Event Series Baby ArtsPlay

Baby ArtsPlay New for 3 - 4 Year Olds!

Young Audiences Baby Artsplay! Presented by The Helis Foundation is the perfect opportunity for young children and their caregivers to enjoy an educational, yet fun-filled trip to the Museum. Six 30-minute workshops allow children to explore, observe and investigate their world through song, dance and movement experiences. For 3 - 4 year olds with a...

Ross Newell at Ogden After Hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Fwyr19c4c&feature=youtu.be Ross Newell can usually be seen and heard as the lead singer and songwriter in The Mulligan Brothers from Mobile, AL. His song writing weaves heartfelt tales of love and loss into complex yet comforting storytelling, a combination that will leave you nostalgic for something (or someone) that you can’t quite put your finger...