Kevin Cole’s “Jacob’s Ladder: Joy and Pain” "My work is a universal story with both hero and villain, good and evil."

Kevin Cole is a Black Southern artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for his mixed-media abstract sculptures, which utilize the necktie as a symbol of power. That symbol…

O-riginal Art Activities: Wooden Sculpture Inspired by John Barnes

Español abajo Create a sculptural piece that utilizes repetition and pattern. John Barnes is a sculptor who predominately creates wood assemblages. Barnes first took an interest in art when he…

Curated Conversation with Revelations Photographer, Lee Deigaard Part II Featuring Photographs from the Unbidden series

Select CC for closed captioning. This is part two of a Curated Conversation with Lee Deigaard, a photographer featured in our current exhibition, Revelations: Recent Photography Acquisitions. This video features…

Examining Red Headed Witness By Entwined Artist Sharon Kopriva

When the concepts for the exhibition, Entwined: Ritual Wrapping and Binding in Contemporary Southern Art, first starting coalescing in my mind, there were a few artists that I knew would be the…

Death of the Crow? Taking a Closer Look at the Relevance of Benny Andrews' Work Today

Death of the Crow? In 1965, Benny Andrews painted Death of the Crow in response to the end of the Jim Crow Era in the American South. Andrews depicted a poor…

The O Brings Summer Camp to You! Assembling Ogden Museum Art Boxes for Fine Art FUNdamentals

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art Education team is determined to bring Summer Camp to you! Before Fine Art FUNdamentals camp begins, the Ogden Museum will deliver an Ogden Museum…

Curated Conversation: Exploring the Work of Revelations Photographer, Lee Deigaard With Richard McCabe and Lee Deigaard

Ogden Museum continues Curated Conversations, our popular series of intimate talks, now online! Curated Conversations bring curators and artists together to discuss art, exchange ideas and explore exhibitions. Deepen your…

Celebrating Memorial Day Susan Worsham's Marine

Today on Memorial Day, we’re sharing Susan Worsham’s photograph, Marine, Hotel near airport, Richmond, VA, from our permanent collection.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We asked Susan Worsham about the Marine pictured in her photograph….

Artist Conversation with John Alexander A Richardson Society Event

The Richardson Society recently had the opportunity to participate in an artist conversation with John Alexander and Bradley Sumrall, Curator of the Collection for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Together,…

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