Needle felting is the process of matting one piece of wool to another using barbed needles. Louise Gallen of Far Out Trading Post will guide participants through a sculptural felting adventure, and at the end of the class each student will take home (at least) one amazing felted monster! $20 member / $25 non-member Beer and wine...
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. Artist, Adrianna Speer, will be on hand to offer guidance and instruction. About Adrianna Speer: Adrianna received her BFA from...
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 ages 4 months to 3 years with...
Jon Dee Graham is coming through town and making a stop at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. He's bringing his friend Ben de la Cour who will be doing a short set to open the show. Jon Dee Graham is a guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. A former member of the True Believers with...
Due to a tropical storm warning, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is closed to the public on Tuesday, September 4. We will resume normal hours on Wednesday, September 5.
An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to See the South. Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations of...
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 ages 4 months to 3 years with...
The Center for Southern Craft & Design presents its 11th annual invitational exhibition, Art of the Cup. Prominently installed among the main galleries of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the exhibition features cups and teapots by world-class Southern ceramicists, which are also available for purchase. Join us for the opening of Art of the Cup 2018 during Ogden After...
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes rocks the house all the time every time! This classically trained New Orleans-based band delivers a smorgasbord of musical genres every time they hit the stage. JSDN defy easy categorization, their irreverent funk is cut with rock riffs, a Gypsy/Klezmer flare, a Latin tinge courtesy of a hard hitting horn...
An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to See the South. Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations of...
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 ages 4 months to 3 years with...
New Orleans native Mike Doussan started playing in clubs around New Orleans in 2004 as a sit in musician. He quickly became a regular at The Apple Barrel playing blues with Mike Hood and the Frenchmen St. Delegation, at Banks St. Bar playing funk with New Orleans Juice and anywhere Eric Lindell was taking stage with...
This FREE evening for area educators will include a guided tour and art activity, plus lesson plans, resources and ideas to help incorporate works of art into your curriculum. Did you know the Ogden Museum is always FREE to Orleans and Jefferson Parish Public Schools and is FREE to Louisiana residents on Thursdays? Teacher Night is...
Join us for a gallery talk on the Doris Ulmann: From the Highlands to the Lowlands exhibition with Joshua Mann Pailet, Founder/President of A Gallery for Fine Photography in New Orleans and Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Image Credit: Doris Ulmann, Boys with Squash (detail), 1928, Platinum-Palladium Print,...
An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to See the South. Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations of...
Master drummer Joe Lastie, Jr., spent 27 years on the road with Preservation Hall Jazz Band and is a member of the Preservation Hall Foundation, which is dedicated to the education of music and outreach at schools all over the world. Lastie is a member of one of New Orleans’ beloved musical families, the Lasties,...
Museum day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. The Museum Day ticket provides free admission for two people on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 and is available on their website. This year, Museum Day...
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. Artist, Adrianna Speer, will be on hand to offer guidance and instruction. About Adrianna Speer: Adrianna received her BFA from Louisiana State University in Painting...
Imogen Banks is a local fiber artist who makes a variety of work using cotton rope. Join her for Craft Happy Hour, to learn to make a rope-coil basket using a simple sewing technique. All materials provided. $20 member / $25 non-member
30X90 New Orleans Blueswomen are known for their raw, deep-rooted blues, New Orleans R&B, originals and harmonies with an attitude. These Louisiana-born ladies got together post Katrina to help rebuild their city, celebrate their survival, and sing their blues. Influenced by Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, the Meteres, Etta James and others, they regularly feature special...
After viewing Lena Kolb’s piece in Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, the artist will discuss her work, her practice and how she creates a tapestry from sketch to the finished piece. Students will leave this hands-on workshop with an understanding of how to make a unique hand woven tapestry and the confidence to...
An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to See the South. Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations of...
Sabine McCalla & The Dew Drops is a New Orleans based R&B band featuring doo wop, blues and soul. The name is attributed to the famous New Orleans hotel, The Dew Drop Inn. The hotel was open for several decades as a speakeasy that featured black and white musicians and audiences. This matches with the...
Local tape artist, Justin Lundgren, will conduct a workshop on the basic techniques of creating art with tape. The session will feature a brief presentation of the artist's own work, as featured in Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, a review of the different styles and techniques being used around the world to create...
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the Ogden Museum’s latest exhibitions Newton Howard: Painter of the Sportsman’s Paradise and New Southern Photography.