Event Series Fashion Camp

Fashion Camp

July 9 – 20 • 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. / Students entering grades 5 – 8 Working with Alison Parker of ricRACK NOLA, students will follow the process of a fashion designer from sketch to finished product. Classes will start with research and design techniques, figure drawing and construction (sewing by machine and hand), culminating...

Teen Docent Puppet Show at New Orleans Public Library

The Ogden Museum's Teen Docent Puppet Theater brings art to life, giving young audiences a window into the world of a work of art. Seven short, interactive performances provide a whimsical introduction to the work of Southern art. Bring your family and join us at the New Orleans Public Library (219 Loyola Ave.) on July...

Artist Workshop Mixed Media with Shawne Major

Explore The Whole Drum Will Sound: Women in Southern Abstraction with exhibiting artist, Shawne Major, and create your own abstract composition. Equally conversant in the main traditions of assemblage art since early modernism and the folk art traditions of the American South, Major's work is an artist's haul of sewn disparate materials pulled into self-revelatory...

Figure Drawing in the Round

Join artist and educator, Mikhayla Anderson, for a lively afternoon of drawing inspired by Salazar: Portraits of Influence in Spanish New Orleans, 1785 - 1802 in the historic rotunda of the Ogden Museum's Patrick F. Taylor Library. A curated experience linking the exhibition to an immersive drawing exercise, this workshop will explore the elements that...

Teen Docent Puppet Show at Algiers Regional Library

The Ogden Museum's Teen Docent Puppet Theater brings art to life, giving young audiences a window into the world of a work of art. Seven short, interactive performances provide a whimsical introduction to the work of Southern art. Bring your family and join us at the Algiers Regional Library (3014 Holiday Dr.) on July 24...

Naked on the Floor with Jonathan Freilich At Ogden After Hours

Naked On The Floor is the flagship group of New Orleans based composer, Jonathan Freilich.  Freilich has developed a language for structuring improvisations through the juxtaposition of anomalous musical information occurring almost as non-sequiturs amidst the prevailing familiar information. Freilich has worked as a sideman and a leader for some of New Orleans most notable...

Troy Sawyer At Ogden After Hours

2013 winner of the Outstanding Millennial Award for Music presented by Offbeat Magazine, Troy Sawyer is an accomplished trumpeter, composer and educator from New Orleans. Sawyer is continuing the legacy of his great grandfather, Louis James, who played strings in various bands with Louis Armstrong and co-wrote songs with Buddy Bolden. After picking up the...

Louisiana Contemporary Presented by The Helis Foundation Opening Reception on Hancock Whitney White Linen Night

Every August the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, in connection with Hancock Whitney White Linen Night, hosts its opening reception for its annual exhibition Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation. Established in 2012, this statewide, juried exhibition promotes the contemporary art practices in the state of Louisiana, provides an exhibition space for the exposition of living...

HBCU Art Showcase Opening Reception on Hancock Whitney White Linen Night

Join us at the Ogden Museum on Hancock Whitney White Linen Night as we celebrate the opening of the HBCU Art Showcase on view from July 5 through early fall. In collaboration with the New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, the Ogden Museum is pleased to present a curated show of works from students...