WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Biloxi: "Mad Potter Comes Home
The Mad Potter has finally come home. After a year and a half of being displaced and packed away, some precious pieces of George Ohr's Pottery are back in south Mississippi. Meggan Gray talks with the Ohr O'Keefe Museum director about this triumphant return. "
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Monday, February 12, 2007
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Gulfport Commission's Pelican Art for U.S. 90 Oak Stump
by Keith Burton - GCN 12/30/06
Motorists driving along the Katrina-devastated area in West Gulfport along Highway 90 this past week were surprised to see an artist at work. What they saw was Dayton and Michelle Scoggins, turning an oak stump on thee median between the four lane road into dolphins with a pelican perched on an outstretched limb. Dayton and Michelle Scoggins, owners of Artistry in Wood, were commissioned by the city for the work. The couple are from Sandersville near Laurel.
Wielding nothing more than a chain saws, the couple turned the Katrina-destroyed tree into a colorful beachfront icon. The couple started their work this past Wednesday and finished by Friday. These photographs were taken on Thursday.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
The future of the Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art remains a mystery. This weekend, board members will show off the temporary studio they're renovating in Biloxi's Swetman House. What they won't be able to say at the open house is whether the Ohr campus that Frank Gehry designed and Katrina destroyed will ever be rebuilt. Brad Kessie reports.
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