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

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

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

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

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

Teaching artist Jackie Inglefield spent 3 weeks with 2nd – 4th graders from Edward Hynes Charter School: Lakeview to collect discarded plastic bottles to reuse and recycle to create life sized horse armatures. They learned about the environmental impact of plastic waste and glass recycling and used various techniques, coloring, cutting and sewing to transform the bottles into works of art. Read More about Artists & Sense of Place Residency Flying Horses

The Unending Stream is a two-part exhibition that showcases the thriving community of photographers in New Orleans. The title of the exhibition pays homage to a Clarence John Laughlin photograph of the same title, which is a part of the permanent collection at Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Laughlin’s seminal work, created between the 1930s and 1950s, is an important chapter in the long-storied relationship between New Orleans and photography. Following in his visionary footsteps, this exhibition focuses on emerging and underrepresented photographers who continue to focus on the South through poetic imagery. The Unending Stream celebrates New Orleans’ continuing role as one of America’s most important cultural capitals while also highlighting the role that the arts have played in revitalizing the region for the past twenty years since Hurricane Katrina. Read More about The Unending Stream: Chapter II

Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers features new and recent works made over the last five years. Commissioned by The Aldrich and Bemis Center, the exhibition debuts Halfmoon’s largest works to date, including a three-part stacked ceramic sculpture standing over twelve-feet tall. The title of the exhibition is a tribute to the matriarchs in her life and all the Indigenous women, who over many centuries have created and endured, keeping their stories and traditions present, active and alive. Read More about Raven Halfmoon Flags of Our Mothers

CURRENTS is an annual juried exhibition of photographic works by members of New Orleans Photo Alliance. Each year, Ogden Museum of Southern Art hosts this exhibition, which also coincides with the PhotoNOLA Festival. Read More about Currents 2025 A New Orleans Photo Alliance Members Showcase