Support the Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Giving Tuesday on Nov. 28 with a 100% tax deductible donation and help us continue to share the South with the world! On this global day of giving Facebook and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are matching up to $2 million of funds raised on Facebook!...
By invitation only for members of the Museum's Director's Circle and Richardson Society. Contact membership@ogdenmuseum.org or 504.539.9616 to join today! Join Ogden Museum Executive Director William Pittman Andrews for an intimate private tour of the exhibition Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, Presented by The Helis Foundation. Complimentary champagne will be provided. image credit: Chelsea...
Singer-songwriter, poet, cultural activist and environmentalist, Zachary Richard, is best known as a recording artist and performer. With 20 albums on his roster, including several gold and platinum albums, his musical career is international. In 1996, Richard founded Action Cadienne, a non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of the Acadian culture and French language of...
Using Norman Lewis’ Afternoon as inspiration, artist Horton Humble will lead participants in several exercises aimed at finding their own abstraction through the intuitive use of color. Ultimately, each participant will craft a final abstract composition of their own design. Born in New Orleans, Horton Humble is a self-taught American painter. In 2007, Humble’s debut...
Inspired by Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, Presented by The Helis Foundation, kids will explore the techniques of assemblage and collage with artist Keith Duncan to create their own 2- and 3-D works of abstract art. This program has been made possible by the generous support of the Ella West Freeman Foundation, the Selley Foundation and...
Art of Giving is an annual holiday shopping event organized by the Center for Southern Craft & Design. Meet your favorite makers, listen to music by DJ Heel Turn and enjoy cocktails and crafts, while shopping for unique, handmade gifts! Members receive 15% off their purchase as well as complimentary wine This year's list of vendors includes...
Through the Repellent Fence follows art collective Postcommodity as they construct Repellent Fence, a two-mile-long outdoor artwork that straddled the U.S.-Mexico border. Postcommodity consists of three Native American artists who put land art in a tribal context. In 2015 the artists worked with communities on both sides to install a series of 28 huge inflatable...
CURRENTS is an annual exhibition which was initiated to highlight the contemporary photographic work created by New Orleans Photo Alliance Members. Join us for a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibition from 5 - 7 p.m., featuring a juror's talk by Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography for the Ogden Museum. Following the reception, there will...
Celebrate with the Kohlmeyer Circle at the home of an Ogden Museum Trustee, followed by a tour of sculptor Lin Emery's studio. For active members of the Kohlmeyer Circle only. Interested in learning more about the Kohlmeyer Circle or want to join?
Learn the basic principles of calligraphy just in time to address your holiday cards. Anna Dearmon Kornick of The Welcome Note will introduce you to the techniques that artists use to create gorgeous handlettering the easy way - no fancy pens or pots of ink required! Anna will also share fun and festive layouts that...
Walter Wolfman Washington cut his teeth backing up some of the best singers and performers in New Orleans history before putting together his long time band The Roadmasters who have been burning down and burning up local and national stages since their first gigs in the 1980s. His guitar style combines both rhythm and blues, blues,...
Spend a creative day at the Ogden Museum and make one-of-a-kind gifts for friends and family. During this year's Winter Holiday Camp, kids will craft unique holiday cards, gift wrap, color transfers and mixed media art —all inspired by Prospect.4. Space limited. Register soon! For students in 2nd-5th grades. $45 member / $50 non-member Unfortunately this camp...
Headless Falcon Record Release Party Come celebrate the winter solstice with a special edition of Ogden After Hours on the 5th Floor Terrace with Weather Warlock. Weather Warlock is a musical instrument built by New Orleans artist and musician, Quintron, which is currently positioned on the 5th Floor Terrace at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art...
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue were at the vanguard of New Orleans’ now-thriving country scene when they formed over a decade ago, and they’ve remained in a league of their own ever since. Combining evocative songwriting, impeccable musicianship, and a twinge of punk sensibility to boot, their infectious Western swing energy has earned...