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SUMMARY:Ogden Museum Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Refresh your day with a free\, thirty-minute “drop in” meditation at Ogden Museum led by Museum Educator and Yoga Instructor Mikhayla Harrell.  \nReady to activate your individual and collective well-being and love of art through mindful meditation? Join Ogden Museum every Thursday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. for Ogden Museum Meditation (OMM). Mikhayla is a seasoned yoga and meditation teacher who leans into the traditions of Mindfulness\, Vipassana and Shaivism. \nTwice a month\, meditations include an art talk in the Museum’s galleries. The reminder of OMM mediations take place in the Museum’s historic Patrick F. Taylor Library. \nAll experience levels are welcome. Advanced registration is preferred. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the session begins. \nRegister for Apr. 11 Register for Apr. 18 Register for Apr. 25 Register for May 2 Register for May 9 Register for May 16 \nOMM is free with admission and if you are a Louisiana resident\, admission is free on Thursdays\, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. In Buddhist traditions\, learning and practice is always free\, but the practice of Dāna is an act of practicing generosity. If you are able\, please consider a donation of $5 to help us continue to present creative arts programming inspired by Southern art and artists.
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/ogden-museum-meditation-4/2024-02-01/
CATEGORIES:Events for Adults,Museum Meditations
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SUMMARY:Museum Closing at 3 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:Ogden Museum of Southern Art will be closing at 3 p.m. today due to Mardi Gras parades. \nHave a safe Mardi Gras season!
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/museum-closing-at-3-p-m-18/
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SUMMARY:O First Friday
DESCRIPTION:On the first Friday of every month\, college students can explore the world’s largest collection of Southern art free of charge. The discount is redeemable on-site. Just present your college ID at the Museum’s visitor services desk to See the South!
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/o-first-friday-2/2024-02-02/
CATEGORIES:Education Events for Adults,Events for Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240203T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20231219T210719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231219T210834Z
UID:10005536-1706947200-1707066000@ogdenmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Museum Closed
DESCRIPTION:Ogden Museum of Southern Art will be closed the following days due to Mardi Gras parades: \nSaturday\, February 3\nSunday\, February 4 \nHave a safe Mardi Gras season!
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/museum-closed-48/
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240210
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20231024T204640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231024T204640Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Closing at 3 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:Ogden Museum of Southern Art will be closing at 3 p.m. the following days due to Mardi Gras parades: \nWednesday\, February 7\nThursday\, February 8\nFriday\, February 9 \nHave a safe Mardi Gras season!
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/museum-closing-at-3-p-m-17/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240208T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240126T201511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240401T164335Z
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SUMMARY:Ogden Museum Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Refresh your day with a free\, thirty-minute “drop in” meditation at Ogden Museum led by Museum Educator and Yoga Instructor Mikhayla Harrell.  \nReady to activate your individual and collective well-being and love of art through mindful meditation? Join Ogden Museum every Thursday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. for Ogden Museum Meditation (OMM). Mikhayla is a seasoned yoga and meditation teacher who leans into the traditions of Mindfulness\, Vipassana and Shaivism. \nTwice a month\, meditations include an art talk in the Museum’s galleries. The reminder of OMM mediations take place in the Museum’s historic Patrick F. Taylor Library. \nAll experience levels are welcome. Advanced registration is preferred. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the session begins. \nRegister for Apr. 11 Register for Apr. 18 Register for Apr. 25 Register for May 2 Register for May 9 Register for May 16 \nOMM is free with admission and if you are a Louisiana resident\, admission is free on Thursdays\, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. In Buddhist traditions\, learning and practice is always free\, but the practice of Dāna is an act of practicing generosity. If you are able\, please consider a donation of $5 to help us continue to present creative arts programming inspired by Southern art and artists.
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/ogden-museum-meditation-4/2024-02-08/
CATEGORIES:Events for Adults,Museum Meditations
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SUMMARY:Museum Closed
DESCRIPTION:Ogden Museum of Southern Art will be closed the following days for Mardi Gras season: \nSaturday\, February 10\nSunday\, February 11\nMonday\, February 12\nTuesday\, February 13 \nHave a safe Mardi Gras from the O!
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/museum-closed-46/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240215T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240215T130000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240126T201511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240401T164335Z
UID:10005543-1708000200-1708002000@ogdenmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Ogden Museum Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Refresh your day with a free\, thirty-minute “drop in” meditation at Ogden Museum led by Museum Educator and Yoga Instructor Mikhayla Harrell.  \nReady to activate your individual and collective well-being and love of art through mindful meditation? Join Ogden Museum every Thursday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. for Ogden Museum Meditation (OMM). Mikhayla is a seasoned yoga and meditation teacher who leans into the traditions of Mindfulness\, Vipassana and Shaivism. \nTwice a month\, meditations include an art talk in the Museum’s galleries. The reminder of OMM mediations take place in the Museum’s historic Patrick F. Taylor Library. \nAll experience levels are welcome. Advanced registration is preferred. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the session begins. \nRegister for Apr. 11 Register for Apr. 18 Register for Apr. 25 Register for May 2 Register for May 9 Register for May 16 \nOMM is free with admission and if you are a Louisiana resident\, admission is free on Thursdays\, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. In Buddhist traditions\, learning and practice is always free\, but the practice of Dāna is an act of practicing generosity. If you are able\, please consider a donation of $5 to help us continue to present creative arts programming inspired by Southern art and artists.
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/ogden-museum-meditation-4/2024-02-15/
CATEGORIES:Events for Adults,Museum Meditations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240215T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240215T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20230911T152851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251219T164503Z
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SUMMARY:Hey Y'all Art Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a participatory gallery tour every second Thursday at 1 p.m. These sessions focus on current exhibitions and favorite artworks currently on view at Ogden Museum. \nMeet at the admissions desk for a guided tour of the largest and most comprehensive collection of art from the Southern region of the United States. \nFree with admission. Louisiana residents enjoy free admission on Thursdays\, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. \n/// Event Image: Caroline Durieux\, Acolytes (Detail)\, 1935\, Oil on canvas\, Gift of the Roger Houston Ogden Collection
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/hey-yall-art-talk-18/2024-02-15/
CATEGORIES:Hey Y'all Art Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T173000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240130T164428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T155234Z
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SUMMARY:After School Studio
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\nFebruary 21\, 28 & March 6\, 13\, 20\, 27 (6 weeks)\n4 – 5:30 pm.\nFor artists in grades 2 – 5 \nCalling artists in grades 2 – 5! Join a seasoned art educator for a fun\, inventive and playful six week After School Art StudiO. \nStudents will learn about Ogden Museum’s permanent collection\, tour current exhibitions\, sharpen painting and drawing skills and make artwork inspired by the art discussed. This is a great opportunity for blossoming artists to try out new materials\, make friends with other young creatives and expand upon their interests in art. \nAll materials included. Questions? Email education@ogdenmuseum.org \n$200 members /$250 non-members \nNot a museum member? Save money on this studio and others like it\, plus receive exclusive privileges like unlimited free admission\, private exhibition previews and so much more when you join Ogden Museum today! Membership begins at the low price of $60. \nJoin the O today
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/after-school-studio/
CATEGORIES:After School Art Clubs,Classes for Kids,Events for Kids,Homeschool Studio
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T130000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240126T201511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240401T164335Z
UID:10005544-1708605000-1708606800@ogdenmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Ogden Museum Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Refresh your day with a free\, thirty-minute “drop in” meditation at Ogden Museum led by Museum Educator and Yoga Instructor Mikhayla Harrell.  \nReady to activate your individual and collective well-being and love of art through mindful meditation? Join Ogden Museum every Thursday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. for Ogden Museum Meditation (OMM). Mikhayla is a seasoned yoga and meditation teacher who leans into the traditions of Mindfulness\, Vipassana and Shaivism. \nTwice a month\, meditations include an art talk in the Museum’s galleries. The reminder of OMM mediations take place in the Museum’s historic Patrick F. Taylor Library. \nAll experience levels are welcome. Advanced registration is preferred. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the session begins. \nRegister for Apr. 11 Register for Apr. 18 Register for Apr. 25 Register for May 2 Register for May 9 Register for May 16 \nOMM is free with admission and if you are a Louisiana resident\, admission is free on Thursdays\, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. In Buddhist traditions\, learning and practice is always free\, but the practice of Dāna is an act of practicing generosity. If you are able\, please consider a donation of $5 to help us continue to present creative arts programming inspired by Southern art and artists.
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/ogden-museum-meditation-4/2024-02-22/
CATEGORIES:Events for Adults,Museum Meditations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T163000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240130T162740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T162740Z
UID:10005557-1708608600-1708619400@ogdenmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Adult Art Studio
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\nFebruary 22\, 29 & March 7\, 14\, 21 and 28 (6 weeks)\n1:30 – 4:30 p.m. \nAre you interested in exploring your creative side\, pushing your studio practice as an artist\, learning new skills and building a supportive artistic community? \nSo often we lack the time and space to enter into a flow state with our work\, Adult Art StudiO is designed to create this space for you. The six-week studio will culminate in an open exhibition of completed works in the Circle gallery at Ogden Museum. \nThis Adult Art StudiO course will highlight watercolor and paper-making techniques that can be used throughout your projects. Prepare to receive guidance\, training and space to riff on your own. Inspiration will draw from sculpture\, painting and photography. \n$200 members / $250 non-members \nregister\nNot a museum member? Save money on this studio and others like it\, plus receive exclusive privileges like unlimited free admission\, private exhibition previews and so much more when you join Ogden Museum today! Membership begins at the low price of $60. \nJoin the O today
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/adult-art-studio-3/
CATEGORIES:Adult Art Class,Education Events for Adults,Events for Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240130T183516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T211343Z
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SUMMARY:Homeschool Studio
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\nFebruary 27\, March 26\, April 30\, May 14\n1 – 3 p.m.\nFor artists in grades 2 – 5 \nHomeschoolers are invited to Ogden Museum of Southern Art for a program designed specifically for Homeschool students. Join art educator Mikhayla Harrell for an interactive tour and art activity exploring Southern art\, artists and art making. From abstraction\, sculpture\, printmaking and beyond\, a new theme and media will be investigated each session. \n$30 per student. Price includes museum admission\, tour\, art activity and one free admission for an adult chaperone. \nMinimum of 4 students.  Pre-registration required. \nRegister for Feb. 27 Register for Mar. 26 \nRegister for Apr. 30\nRegister for May 14
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/56766/2024-02-27/
CATEGORIES:Homeschool Studio
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240229T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240229T130000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240126T201511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240401T164335Z
UID:10005545-1709209800-1709211600@ogdenmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Ogden Museum Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Refresh your day with a free\, thirty-minute “drop in” meditation at Ogden Museum led by Museum Educator and Yoga Instructor Mikhayla Harrell.  \nReady to activate your individual and collective well-being and love of art through mindful meditation? Join Ogden Museum every Thursday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. for Ogden Museum Meditation (OMM). Mikhayla is a seasoned yoga and meditation teacher who leans into the traditions of Mindfulness\, Vipassana and Shaivism. \nTwice a month\, meditations include an art talk in the Museum’s galleries. The reminder of OMM mediations take place in the Museum’s historic Patrick F. Taylor Library. \nAll experience levels are welcome. Advanced registration is preferred. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the session begins. \nRegister for Apr. 11 Register for Apr. 18 Register for Apr. 25 Register for May 2 Register for May 9 Register for May 16 \nOMM is free with admission and if you are a Louisiana resident\, admission is free on Thursdays\, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. In Buddhist traditions\, learning and practice is always free\, but the practice of Dāna is an act of practicing generosity. If you are able\, please consider a donation of $5 to help us continue to present creative arts programming inspired by Southern art and artists.
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/ogden-museum-meditation-4/2024-02-29/
CATEGORIES:Events for Adults,Museum Meditations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240229T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240229T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T164052
CREATED:20240130T205919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T181833Z
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SUMMARY:Ogden After Hours
DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. for a special Ogden After Hours (OAH) celebrating the closing of Knowing Who We Are: A 20th Anniversary Exhibition. \nIn homage to Michael G. Owen Jr.’s painting\, Leadbelly and the Artist\, the Museum is excited to welcome singer-songwriter Joy Clark. \nBradley Sumrall\, Curator of the Collection\, states\, “(the painting) seems to convey a progressive message of unity at a time when much of the South was deeply segregated. By bringing these figures into an intimate scene centered on the guitar\, perhaps Owen was depicting the ability of music and the arts to bring people together.” \nIn addition to the live music\, the evening will also include an art activity for kids and food for purchase from DA GM’s Smoke and Soul BBQ. \nTickets purchased in advance are $12\, if purchased at the door tickets are $15. Ogden After Hours are free for Museum Members. Not a member? Learn more about membership perks by visiting here. \nTICKETS\n\nAbout Joy Clark \nPhoto courtesy of Steve Rapport \nJoy Clark is a New Orleans singer-songwriter\, lyrical guitarist and composer who creates soulful original compositions that celebrate peace and the undeniable power of love. Her intricate rhythms and warm melodies reveal a sweet vulnerability that enchants her audiences around the world. Like so many other artists in New Orleans\, Joy’s first stage was in church. Growing up the daughter of a minister\, she learned to create an atmosphere ripe for an emotional experience. So it’s no wonder she believes music is her ministry and intimacy is her superpower. \nPress Listen Watch \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout DA GM’s Smoke and Soul BBQ \nDA GM’s Smoke and Soul BBQ’s story starts with a former all-star athlete\, turned foodie (a man who nurtured a love for grilling) and a native “New Orleanian\,” (a creole girl) who met that foodie and fell in love! Their love for cooking and entertaining blessed them with the opportunity to share their love for food with family and friends. Their positive feedback and encouragement pushed them to pursue their passion. Back in 2006\, the Grill Master begin to make a name for himself on the streets of New Orleans during the carnival season. Parade goers enjoyed smoked sausages\, burgers and pulled pork sandwiches while enjoying their favorite parade and spirited beverage. For the next five years revelers would seek out the Grill Master along the parade routes of New Orleans and beyond. In 2012\, the Grill Master took his expertise and joined the growing food truck movement in New Orleans and the rest is history. The GM’s passion is serving the best BBQ in “Da Boot.” They use only the finest and freshest ingredients to create their smoked BBQ with a mix of our scratch-made sides that will satisfy your craving for good food. Come and visit – your taste buds will thank you! \nlearn more\n\nAbout Leadbelly and the Artist \nMichael G. Owen Jr. (1915 – 1976)\, Leadbelly and the Artist\, 1943\, Oil on canvas\, Roger Houston Ogden Collection \nMichael Owen was born in Dallas in 1915. Although from a humble household\, Owen attended the prestigious Highland Park High School. A child prodigy in art\, Owen was commissioned (after winning several art competitions) to create a replica-in-soap of Dallas’ WFAA transmitter plant for the 1930 Texas State Fair. Procter & Gamble supplied the 15 year-old with twelve 700 lb. bars of Ivory Soap\, and working from blueprints\, Owen carved a four ton replica of the building. It was a huge hit and the Dallas art scene took notice. \nOwen studied life drawing under Olin Travis and painting under Jerry Bywaters\, two of the giants of Texas Regionalism. He attended the Dallas Art Institute from 1932 to 1935\, and went on to study in New York and at Commonwealth College in Mena\, Arkansas. In 1934\, he served as a painter for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Uvalde\, and worked as sculpture assistant for the Texas Centennial Exhibition. He was a designer for Southern Potteries in Dallas\, and during WWII he worked as an illustrator at the Navy Yard in Washington\,\nD.C. \nAlthough Owen was a painter\, illustrator and craftsman\, he is primarily known as a sculptor of animals and figures. His first major commission was the creation of the Peruna memorial at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Peruna was the name of SMU’s mascot\, a pony. The first Peruna was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver just two years into his service. Michael Owen\, then only 21 years old\, was commissioned in 1937 to create a memorial for the wee fallen mascot. It still stands on SMU’s campus today. Afterwards\, Owen was included in exhibitions throughout the region. \nHis next major sculpture (and most widely celebrated) was executed in 1943. A friend of Owens invited him to sculpt a bust of Leadbelly in New York. Owens was living in the Maryland suburbs of Washington\, D.C.\, and travelled to New York\, where the famed folk musician was living\, to have Leadbelly sit for the portrait bust. Owen spent the day creating a clay study of Leadbelly\, while the musician sang and played guitar. Back in his studio\, Owen finished a masterful portrait bust in black serpentine that is now held in the Dallas Museum of Art’s permanent collection. In a 1950 letter to the museum\, Owen recounts how it all came about. \nThe way I happened to do the head went like this. A young fellow I had known in Dallas by the name of Ralph Knight had gone to New York a year or so after I went to Washington. He was interested in folk music and became acquainted with Leadbelly. It was at Ralph’s instigation that I did the head — he got me the stone\, sent pictures (I first roughed out the head in clay at home in Greenbelt) and then arranged the sitting at his apartment in New York. Leadbelly sat for me one afternoon and I finished the clay model at that time. From that I worked out the stone cutting\, only being able to work on it in my spare time. All in all it was about a full month’s work\, I guess. During the time he was “sitting” for me (playing his guitar and singing) he played “Goodnight Irene\,” but at that time the folk music devotees did not consider the tune “true folk music.” Still it pleased me when it became a popular song. It’s too bad Leadbelly couldn’t have lived to see himself gain such popularity.  \n(from a letter excerpted in the book Lone Star Regionalism\, The Dallas Nine and Their Circle) \nAround the same time\, Michael Owen created this painting\, impressive in scale and masterful in its execution. Owen depicts sinewy muscles and exaggerated features with hard-edged lines indicative of the Regionalist style popularized by Thomas Hart Benton and artists of the Dallas Nine\, such as his former teachers\, Jerry Bywaters and Otis Dozier. The two adult males are Leadbelly (with the guitar) and the artist himself. We can deduce that the other figures are Leadbelly’s second wife\, Martha Promise\, and their child\, as well as Owen’s wife\, Lois Schwarzwaelder Owen\, and his first-born son\, Michael Owen III. \nThe painting is filled with symbolism. In the background\, Owen depicts a harsh and barren dustbowl landscape\, with a storm raging against a lone tree. Yet in the intimate scene between the two families in the foreground\, the leaves of a sheltering tree are calm\, and the figures are situated at the mouth of a protective cave. Using the golden ratio\, Owens moves the viewer’s eye across the scene – from the two strong men to the supportive women to the innocent children – placing the neck of the guitar in the center of the composition. While the young boy stares intently and with admiration into the eyes of Leadbelly\, it is only the young child in the foreground that makes eye contact with the viewer. Although the painting utilizes the problematic imagery of the era (the white figures standing with shoes and the Black figures seated barefoot)\, it seems to also convey a progressive message of unity at a time when much of the South was deeply segregated. By bringing these figures into an intimate scene centered on the guitar\, perhaps\nOwen was depicting the ability of music and the arts to bring people together. Perhaps it is a statement that even in the midst of turmoil brewing in the world outside\, friendship and respect can provide shelter in the storm. \nBradley Sumrall\nCurator of the Collection \n\nAbout Ogden After Hours \nOgden After Hours (OAH) is a monthly event that takes place on select Thursdays and features a diverse lineup of programs reflecting and celebrating the diversity of Southern art and culture. Bringing the whole family? Each OAH offers a unique art activity table for kids to enjoy!
URL:https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/ogden-after-hours-6/
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