Movement Mondays: Portraiture Scavenger Hunt

Español abajo Explore your house to collect materials to create a portrait. Supplies Found Objects, Paper Instructions Step 1: Decide if you want to make a self-portrait or a…

O-riginal Art Activities: Fiber Art Inspired by Sarah Zapata

Español abajo Create fiber art inspired by Sarah Zapata. Sarah Zapata is a Peruvian-American fabric artist who lives and works in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York….

Ogden Museum Announces the Promotion of Three Staff Members Dorcas Omojola, Amanda Rose and Claire Wilkinson

Ogden Museum of Southern Art is pleased to announce the promotion of three staff members. Dorcas Omojola has been named Director of Finance and Administration, Amanda Rose is now Director…

Movement Mondays: Touchable Art Scavenger Hunt

Español abajo Explore your house to collect materials to create artwork that you can touch. Supplies Found Objects, Paper Instructions Step 1: Search your house for materials and objects…

New to Ogden Museum: La Vietnamita - Mother in Flight by Enrique Alférez

Born in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico in 1901, Enrique Alférez’s life spanned almost the entirety of the 20th century. Alférez settled in New Orleans in 1929, and in 1952 at Lafitte’s Blacksmith…

O-riginal Art Activities: Surreal Art Inspired by Susan Plum

Español abajo Create a surreal art piece inspired by Susan Plum. Susan Plum is a multidisciplinary artist currently living and working in Houston, TX – the city of her birth….

Movement Mondays: Abstract Art Scavenger Hunt

Español abajo Explore your house to collect materials to create an abstract artwork. Supplies Found Objects, Paper Instructions Step 1: Abstract art is comprised of color, line, and shape….

O-riginal Art Activities: Installation Art Inspired by Ashley Pridmore

Español abajo Create a nature inspired installation. Ashley Pridmore is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice engages photography, drawing, assemblage, ceramics and installation, but is primarily centered on sculpture. Born in…

August Collection Highlight John T. Scott

This month’s Ogden Museum permanent collection artist highlight focuses on New Orleans artist, John T. Scott, recently featured in the Museum’s exhibition, What Music is Within: Black Abstraction from the…

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