Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule

Exhibitions & Events Schedule

Spring 2008
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art
1596 Glenn Swetman St., Biloxi
www.georgeohr.org, 228.374.5547

Registration underway for Summer Art Camps. 228.374.5547.

Spring quarter art classes begin March 31. Museum members receive discounts on classes and camps. Membership is open to all; see www.georgeohr.org.

Year-round: The Mad Potter of Biloxi. Selections of George Ohr (1857-1918) pottery on display from the museum’s permanent collection. At the Swetman House.

Feb. 29-April 4 (Currently Under Way): Photographers on Painting. Thirty Mississippi coast photographers experiment within their own medium as a commentary on another art form: painting. Many works for sale. Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art at the Swetman House, 1596 Glenn Swetman Street, Biloxi. 228.374.5547. www.georgeohr.org

March 8, from 3-5 p.m. Fifth Annual Poetry Reading. 676 Howard Ave., Biloxi. Free admission; open to the public.

March 15, from 10-2, Miramar Park, Biloxi—Ohr’s Crafty Kids—free art day for families. Supplies provided. Museum is also open Saturdays from 10-2.

April 11-May 31: The Second Dimension: Painters (& Friends) Look at Pottery

An all-female show, featuring longtime friends and popular Gulf Coast artists—most of them members of the former ArtWave--make a nod toward the art of ceramics and its roots in the earth around us. Meet the artists at the opening reception April 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art at the Swetman House, 1596 Glenn Swetman St., Biloxi. www.georgeohr.org. 228.374.5547.

April 19, from 10-2, Miramar Park, Biloxi—Ohr’s Crafty Kids—free art day for families. Supplies provided. Museum is also open Saturdays from 10-2.

May 1: Ohr-O’Keefe benefit event at the IP. Theme: “Blue Hawaii”. Wear your best tropical outfit! 6-9 p.m. Great refreshments, music and silent auction.

May 17, from 10-2, Miramar Park, Biloxi—Ohr’s Crafty Kids—free art day for families. Supplies provided. Museum is also open Saturdays from 10-2.

June 1: Deadline for entries: George Ohr National Challenge—juried show. Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. Enter online: www.georgeohr.org. $4,000 in awards. Jurors for 2D and 3D.

June 6-Aug. 22: “Domo Arigato: Thank You Very Much”~Mississippi Potters Pay Tribute to their Friends from around the U.S. Guest curator Brian Nettles. Great work by local potters, and other great work by national potters who helped many on the coast after the storm. Includes internationally known work by Paul Soldner, Toshiko Takaezu, Peter Callas…and more!
June 21: from 10-2, Miramar Park, Biloxi—Ohr’s Crafty Kids—free art day for families. Supplies provided. Museum is also open Saturdays from 10-2.

July 12: 151st birthday of George Edgar Ohr.

Aug. 29-Sept. 11: “Our Heroes: Firemen in a Ravaged World” Photographs from the first days after Hurricane Katrina by Lauren Byrd, a young, native Biloxian with fresh eyes on heroism and the human spirit.

Sept. 19-Nov. 7: “George Ohr’s National Challenge: The Juried Exhibition” The best in ceramics, sculpture, paintings and prints from across the nation.

Oct. 4-5: 15th Annual George Ohr Fall Festival of Arts. Biloxi Town Green.

October 16: 7th Annual Beau Rivage Gala