Teaching artist Shawn Hall worked with 200 students from Young Audiences Charter School to explore the world of microbes. Students learned the tools of the artist’s trade while being introduced to concepts such as the natural environment, ecological diversity and microorganisms, or microbes. Read More about Artists & Sense of Place Residency Our Eyes Were Microscopes in the Swamp

Noel Rockmore was a regular patron of the cafes and bars of New Orleans’ French Quarter from the 1960s through the 1990s, and he held court with no less intrigue and charisma than his fellow bohemian, Tennessee Williams. Arriving in “the last frontier of Bohemia” in 1959, Rockmore discovered the place of his dreams, a place that allowed him to both portray the fantasy and decay so central to his personal aesthetic, and to do so by painting what was there, without embellishment. Read More about Focus: Noel Rockmore

Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents, In the Beloved, a new body of work by Alexis McGrigg, that merges fluid abstraction, spiritual inquiry and an exploration of Blackness as both a physical and metaphysical space. Influenced by dance, film, literature and spiritual philosophy, this series investigates the origin and transcendence of the soul from a third space McGrigg calls The Beloved. This realm is in constant metamorphosis, allowing Black souls to exist in continual transition and transformation. Read More about In the Beloved A new body of work by Alexis McGrigg

Vicinal Visions presents the works of Dusti Bongé, Ida Kohlmeyer and Dorothy Hood from the collection of Ogden Museum of Southern Art, highlighting three visionary women who helped expand the boundaries of abstraction in the American South. Though each of these Southern artists developed their own distinct visual language, their work shares a spirit of experimentation and Modernist sensibilities, refracted through individual lenses of personal experience and place. Read More about Vicinal Visions Dusti Bongé, Ida Kohlmeyer & Dorothy Hood

Burke’s Delight: The Stacey and Michael Burke Collection, features a significant recent donation of more than 80 works by over 50 artists from across the American South. This donation not only expands the Museum’s already impressive collection in this genre but also highlights the profound contributions of self-taught and Visionary artists to the region’s cultural heritage. This exhibition presents work that challenges traditional notions of artistic values and aesthetics. Read More about Burke’s Delight The Stacey and Michael Burke Collection

Drawn exclusively from the permanent collection of Ogden Museum of Southern Art, I Am the Face is a meditation on the history of portraiture within Southern Photography. Beginning with the early twentieth century to the present, I Am the Face highlights ever-changing ideas, trends, methods and technologies that define the photographic portrait. Picturing the human condition, the relationship between photographer and subject, and the inherent power of perception that the camera possesses is addressed throughout the exhibition. Read More about I Am The Face

Herman Leonard is widely considered the most important photographer of Jazz musicians after World War II. Born in 1923 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Leonard lived and worked in Ottawa, New York City, Paris and Ibiza before he moved to New Orleans in 1991. The fifteen years he lived in New Orleans (ending with the loss of his home and studio to the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina) was a period of particular significance to his career – a time of critical recognition and growing fame, with several exhibitions of his work at A Gallery for Fine Photography in the French Quarter and the printing of this important portfolio of 30 photographs. His time in New Orleans culminated in a major retrospective exhibition and corresponding book publication titled Jazz, Giants and Journeys: The Photography of Herman Leonard in 2006, organized by Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Read More about Herman Leonard: Images of Jazz Presented by The Helis Foundation

Pulling from Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Permanent Collection, this year-round exhibition showcases Will Henry Stevens work from Southern Landscapes to abstract improvisations. Read More about Will Henry Stevens

Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, presented by The Helis Foundation, is the South’s leading rotating public sculpture exhibition. Read More about Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition Presented by The Helis Foundation