Ogden Museum opens Thursday at WaterColor

[St. Joe Company]

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens museum in WaterColor on July 3​

The museum will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and admission is free.

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Building upon the larger regional and national interest in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans, the Ogden will open a new satellite museum located in one of the South's most popular and rapidly growing regions along Highway 30A in Northwest Florida.

Opening Thursday, July 3, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art @ WaterColor (in the former Cerulean?s space) will showcase a number of changing exhibitions, and will also incorporate a branch of the Ogden?s Center for Southern Craft and Design. The museum will be open daily, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and admission is free.

Eileen West will be the on-sight coordinator of exhibitions and daily operations for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art @ WaterColor and will serve as the public representative of the WaterColor location.

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The first two exhibitions at WaterColor will be Hunt Slonem: Artist and Collector and Richard Sexton: Terra Incognita, both organized by the museum.

Hunt Slonem: Artist and Collector offers an intimate glimpse into this famous painter?s life?including his two Louisiana plantations and New York loft and studio. His paintings of birds, animals, flora, saints and other mystics are a colorful result of a lifetime of travel and collecting, incorporating his growing interest in the natural and historical worlds of Louisiana.

Richard Sexton: Terra Incognita, will appeal to admirers of fine photography, particularly to those who appreciate landscapes. His black and white photographs of the Gulf Coast are dramatic, yet haunting?reminders of a Gulf Coast that has seen its share of change during the 15 years (1991 to 2006) Sexton documented the region. It will be cherished by anyone who spent time running through the dunes, forests and tropical settings of this beautiful, yet sometimes stark coastal environment.

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[Matt J]

Too cool, is this a permanent move or seasonal?

 

[St. Joe Company]

It's a permanent move to South Walton County. Their exhibits will change seasonally, however, so there will be lots of new and exciting art collections, events and activities throughout the year. Please stop by this week!

 

[bentley williams]

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The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opened a branch today (July 3) in WaterColor, a planned community just east of Grayton Beach on Florida's booming northwest coast. The new "satellite" museum has been installed in a 2,200-square-foot former art gallery/coffee shop near the center of the resort.

Ogden director Rick Gruber said he's been aware of the rapid development along scenic Highway 30A since before Hurricane Katrina.


"I've been traveling back and forth watching the north Florida area grow, wondering why the visual art component wasn't stronger," he said.

Gruber sees the new venture as an avenue to reach not just WaterColor residents, but the large numbers of Southerners who visit the architecturally rich area. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art @ WaterColor, as the branch is known, will provide exhibits, concerts, family activities, and a sales outlet for Southern crafts.

"In essence we were trying to take what we do here and replicate it on a smaller scale," he said.

Gruber hopes that the new location will heighten awareness of the New Orleans museum, thereby increasing membership and support.

"The higher profile the institution has, the more people we serve, the better we all do."
The St. Joe Co., a Jacksonville, Fla., real estate firm that developed WaterColor and other north Florida communities, is sponsoring the project.

The first two exhibitions at WaterColor will be "Hunt Slonem: Artist and Collector" and "Richard Sexton: Terra Incognita," both organized by the Ogden. The museum will be open daily, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Call the Ogden in New Orleans at (504)?539-9600 or visit www.ogdenmuseum.org.