Ogden Museum of Southern Art first launched Louisiana contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation in 2012, as an annual survey exhibition that would bring to the fore the work of artists living in Louisiana and highlight the dynamism of art practice throughout the state. Since the inaugural exhibition thirteen years ago, Ogden Museum has shown works by over 600 artists, making Louisiana contemporary an important moment in the national arts calendar to recognize and experience the spectrum and vitality of artistic voices emanating from New Orleans and art communities across Louisiana.

This statewide, juried exhibition promotes contemporary art practices in the state of Louisiana, provides exhibition space for the exposition of living artists’ work and engages a national audience that recognizes the vibrant visual arts culture of Louisiana and the role of New Orleans as a rising, international art center.

(Juror Daniel S. Palmer, PhD, Chief Curator, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, has selected 53 works by 50 artists from over 1,400 submissions)