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In honor of Veterans Day, we are highlighting the work of World War II veteran, Kendall Shaw! Shaw was born in New Orleans in 1924. He served in the U. S. Navy as a radioman on an SPB Dauntless dive-bomber searching for German submarines off the mid-Atlantic coast during the second world war. The…
Pat Phillips was born in Lakenheath, England in 1987. He moved to Louisiana as a child and spent his youth painting and photographing box cars. He grew up in a middle-class suburb among four other black families and his father worked at Angola Prison. As a result, Phillips’ satirical work consisted of the deep social…
To celebrate International Sculpture Day, we’re highlighting some of the great sculptures that are currently on view at the Ogden Museum! Me, Knife, Diamond and Flower This large-scale sculpture by Texas artist James Surls stands tall in front of the Museum to welcome visitors and passerbys. Surls’ sculpture combines elements of nature, simplified facial features,…
On this day in 1919, American Abstract Expressionist painter, sculptor and collagist, Fritz Bultman, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. At a young age, Bultman knew he wanted to be an artist. When he was just 16 years old he left home and moved to Germany to join the Bauhaus Art School. There, he met…
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re focusing our attention on the amazing work of female artists featured throughout the O! This piece, for example, is a ceramic sculpture by local artist MaPo Kinnord. Kinnord is a sculptor and potter primarily, but she’s also an educator and woman dedicated to female empowerment. Her work is…
In celebration of Black History Month, we are highlighting the work of Sister Gertrude Morgan, a former street preacher turned artist, poet and musician. Morgan was born in Lafayette, Alabama in 1900 and relocated to New Orleans during the late 1930s. Shortly after arriving in New Orleans, Morgan adopted the title “Sister” when she became…
Would you believe us if we told you this beautiful giant pearl was made out of waste? Artist Tora Lopez created this massive shiny sphere during her 30-day residency with the “Life is Art Collective,” where all of the artist’s trash went into this pearl. After the residency, the pearl was coated in plaster and…
This year’s Summer Membership Drive was a tremendous success! We’d like to thank everyone who renewed their membership this year and extend a warm welcome to those who decided to join the O. Your generous support allowed us to surpass last year’s numbers by 51 memberships with a total of 754 sold between July…
Now on view in the stairwell leading to the fifth floor of the Ogden Museum of Southern art is Jack Niven’s Universal Mule, a piece from the Museum’s Permanent Collection. The Universal Mule was part of Niven’s 2008 project, American Beauty-South, and was situated on the side of the local London Lodge Motel on Airline…