Ogden Museum of Southern Art first launched Louisiana Contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation in 2012, to establish a vehicle that would bring to the fore the work of artists living in Louisiana and highlight the dynamism of art practice throughout the state. 2024 guest juror Lauren Haynes, Head Curator, Governors Island Arts and Vice President for Arts and Culture at the Trust for Governors Island, will curate a selection of the works submitted, and subsequently choose three award winners to receive further recognition. Read More about Louisiana Contemporary 2024 Presented by The Helis Foundation

Baldwin Lee will feature a selection of over 40 gelatin silver prints culled from thousands of images Lee made across the South in the 1980s. Many of these photographs will be exhibited for the first time. The exhibition will include compelling portraits of Black Americans, as well as a collection of landscape and cityscape images that visually encapsulate the Reagan-era American South. Read More about Baldwin Lee

Ogden Museum of Southern Art is proud to present Battle of the Bands, Keith Duncan’s most recent body of work that celebrates the vibrant tradition of Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) marching bands. This exhibition includes large-scale fabric paintings of fifteen HBCU bands, human-scale fabric paintings of each band’s drum major and works on paper depicting drum majors and step teams. Read More about Keith Duncan: Battle of the Bands The HBCU Marching Bands Series

Ogden Museum of Southern Art commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon with Hoa Tay (Flower Hands), an exhibition centering emerging and established Vietnamese-American artists working throughout the American South. These artists use diverse media and styles to forge their own distinctive vision, conveying narratives of the Vietnamese Diaspora, both personal and universal. Read More about Hoa Tay (Flower Hands) Southern Artists of the Vietnamese Diaspora