Richardson Society Soiree

Enjoy cocktails and conversation with the Richardson Society at the private home of an art collector. Contact development@ogdenmuseum.org to learn more about Richardson Society membership. By invitation only. Image Credit: Ashley Lorraine

Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Arts Play!

Young Audiences Baby Artsplay! Presented by The Helis Foundation is the perfect opportunity 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 and the Museum through song, dance and movement experiences. For ages 4 months to 3...

Andre Bohren At Ogden After Hours

Andre Bohren is a lifelong musician, having played professionally from the age of 14. Growing up in a musical environment and picking up many different instruments helped keep Andre’s interests varied. He has played guitar, bass, keyboards and percussion in various musical settings, but he is best-known for founding and holding down the drum seat...

Contemporary Photography and the South: A Conversation

The Ogden Museum is pleased to host a panel of selected photographers, scholars and curators for a discussion moderated by Dr. Jim Cobb, the B. Phinizy Spalding Professor of History Emeritus at The University of Georgia. Panelists will discuss the Ogden Museum's latest photography exhibition One Place Understood: Photographs from The Do Good Fund Collection, Southern photography...

Saturday Studio Exploring Watercolor

Working with artist and educator Miki Glasser, students will explore the watercolor paintings in A Precise Vision: The Architectural Archival Watercolors of Jim Blanchard, an exhibition celebrating the New Orleans Tricentennial, and create their own works. For students in grades 2nd - 5th. $30 member / $35 non-member

Artist Workshop SLR Photography for Absolute Beginners with Aubrey Edwards

In conjunction with One Place Understood: Photographs from The Do Good Fund Collection and intended for absolute beginners, this black and white workshop for adults will cover a brief history of photography, the mechanics of the SLR camera, all automatic settings and composition 101. $30 member / $35 non-member   Image: Brandon Thibodeaux, Christmas Tree; Alligator,...

Teen Artist Encounter Clay Forms

Teens are invited to explore the exhibition the Whole Drum Will Sound: Women in Southern Abstraction with educator and exhibiting artist MaPo Kinnord, who will lead a contemplative clay workshop investigating the aesthetics of improvisation and its role in connecting oneself with ancestry. Free but advance registration required.  

Craft Happy Hour Textile Animals with Frances Rodriguez

Textile artist and painter, Frances Rodriguez will lead participants in a textile and fabric workshop. Students will be assembling animals from pieces of fabric and mounting them onto a fabric background to display as a wall-hanging. This Craft Happy Hour is sold out. Please email store@ogdenmuseum.org to be placed on the waitlist.

Drawing in the Galleries Life Drawing with Adrianna Speer

Featuring a live costumed model!  All ranges of drawing experience are welcome, including those who are picking up a pencil for the first time! Basic materials will be provided, but guests are invited to bring their favorite drawing tools.  Local artist, Adrianna Speer, will be on hand to offer guidance and instruction. Adrianna received her...