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On Monday, Jan. 20, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by hosting a free admission day to bring together art and community. Lets take a look at the the Museum’s successful event, which welcomed over 1,700 visitors to a day full of entertainment, art…
To celebrate LSU playing in the College Football National Championship, we’re highlighting LSU vs. Oklahoma, 1950, a folk art sculpture by Bennie Day! This mixed media sculpture consists of 96 intricately carved figurines in balsa wood, spread over a 5’x8’ football field.
Last night’s Ogden After Hours O-riginal Art Activity dove into architecture and place, examining Thomas Deaton’s paintings. Complete the image using symmetry. Thomas Deaton’s work focuses on snapshots of Southern people and places, often in moments of reflection and change in lives that are touched by influences varying from the mundane, the criminal, to the…
In this Ogden After Hours O-riginal Art Activity explore interior spaces using collage. Inspired by Matthew Cornin’s photo collages create your own interior. Matthew Cronin explores issues of intimacy, familial history, and awareness of traditions by making photographs of fictional interiors and surfaces. He uses photographs taken from a commercial photographer’s archive. Supplies List: Magazines,…
Rontherin Ratliff uses architecture as an analogy to the human condition. In this Ogden After Hours O-riginal Art Activity make a mixed media collage. Create your own abstract assemblage that represents your home. A New Orleans native, Rontherin Ratliff, commonly uses architecture as analogous to the human condition in his work. In 2015, he co-founded the…
Every year the Ogden Museum’s Richardson Society takes an annual trip abroad. This November, the exclusive affinity group traveled to Italy for the 58th annual international art exhibition, Venice Biennale, titled May You Live In Interesting Times. The exhibition develops from the Central Pavilion (Giardini) to the Arsenale and includes 79 participants from all over the world….
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Carl Joe Williams creates portraits of everyday people from his life and community. In this Ogden After Hours O-riginal Art Activity make an art piece dedicated to your friends or family. Draw a family portrait incorporating Carl Joe’s signature geometric abstract patterns. Carl Joe Williams is an artist and musician based in the Uptown area…
One component of Willliam Christenberry’s work is his architectural structures that often accompany the photographs of the same building taken over a period of time. In this Ogden After Hours O-riginal Art Activity recreate one of these sculptures. Construct Christenberry’s iconic Ghost Form. Perhaps no other artist in the American South engaged more deeply and…