Ogden Museum

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Center for Southern Craft and Design will expand its boundaries for "The Art of Giving": A special Ogden Museum shopping event open to both members and the public on Friday Dec. 2.

Do all of your holiday shopping in one spot at this deluxe shopping evening event! The Museum will be filled with the best of Southern craft: ceramic, glass, jewelry, glass, metal and textiles-as well as CDs, books, T-shirts and more!

If you join the Museum the night of Fri. Dec. 2, you can participate in Art of Giving’s special members-only discount of 15 percent off all items that night. There will be complimentary wine and water for Museum members, plus a cash bar.

* Gifts! Give a gift with a sense of Southern style and place! Original art (photographs, prints), art glass, jewelry, ceramics, wood, metal, textiles, as well as books (fiction, nonfiction - even cookbooks) and CDs by Southern musicians will be available. Special paper items from Alexa Pulitzer and Nadine Blake; candles from Low Country Luxe; home items for Mignon Faget; soaps from The Bird Project; Clementine Hunter ornaments from Lurline Lemieux; jewelry from Tina Stanley, Niki Fisk and Mignon Faget; clothing from Nola Couture, and Jolie and Elizabeth; handmade wooden children’s toys from East Laurel Woodcrafts and children’s shirts from Lizzie Carlson.

* Book signings: Bryan Batt, Big Easy Style; Josephine Sacabo, Exhibition catalog; José Torres-Tama, Free People of Color; Freddie Williams, Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans.

* Special Appearances! Rachel Therese DePauw (ceramic), Mark Derby (ceramic), Kevin O’Keefe (ceramic), Jack Niven (Universal Mule T-shirts), Nadine Blake (home items), Tippy Tippens (The Bird Project), and Tina Stanley, Ginger Kelly, and Moon and Lola (jewelry).

* Museum members receive 15 percent off all items.

* Additional Savings! Because the Ogden is in a special cultural district, there is no sales tax on purchases of original art.

* Exhibitions: While shopping, peruse exhibitions: Dureau; Ersy: Architect of Dreams; Josephine Sacabo: Óyeme Con Los Ojos (Hear Me with Your Eyes); Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort; Ashton Ramsey, Prospect.2 New Orleans; Photographs from the Permanent Collection.

Need more information? Contact Elizabeth Bowie, 504.539.9614