NEW ORLEANS — Ogden Museum of Southern Art announced today the grant winners selected for the 2024 edition of Louisiana Contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation, now on view at the museum through Oct. 13. Louisiana Contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation is the museum’s annual juried exhibition, this year’s showcase features 41 works by 37 artists from over one-thousand submissions.
The 2024 guest juror, Lauren Haynes, head curator, Governors Island Arts and vice president for arts and culture at the Trust for Governors Island, has selected the following artists as grant winners:
• The Helis Foundation Art Prize for Best in Show: Cristina Molina’s The Memory of Miss River, 2023, Multi-channel video installation
• First Place: Ginina Biondini’s “I didn’t know You then but I know You now,” 2023, Inherited fabric, fiber fill, thread, wood, lace
• Second Place: Jessica Strahan’s church, 2022, Acrylic, oil, rice paper on wood cutout, and view master, 2022, Acrylic and oil on coffee
• Third place: Suzanna Scoa, Jezebel, 2023, Aluminum foil, fabric, thread, fabric hardener
With support from The Helis Foundation, Ogden Museum honors these four artists who highlight some of the most compelling works in the exhibition. The four awards come with grants and special recognition at the Museum. Cristina Molina, the recipient of the lead award, The Helis Foundation Art Prize, will receive an unrestricted grant of $5,000.
2024 juror Lauren Haynes shares, “I was truly honored to be selected as the juror for the 2024 edition of Louisiana Contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation. I enjoyed having the opportunity to see over 1,100 artworks by 367 artists living and working in Louisiana.”
The full roster of 2024 arGsts includes:
- Artemis Antippas (New Orleans, LA)
- Theresa Baay (New Orleans, LA)
- Erin Bennea (LafayeKe, LA)
- Ginina Biondini (Covington, LA)
- Virginia Candler (New Orleans, LA)
- Compton III (New Orleans, LA)
- Anita Cooke (New Orleans, LA)
- Kris>e Cornell (LafayeKe, LA)
- Giancarlo D’Agostaro (Metairie, LA)
- Janet Dake (New Orleans, LA)
- Rick Dobbs (New Orleans, LA)
- Maahew Draughter (New Orleans, LA)
- Misty Findley (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Kate Gordon (LafayeKe, LA)
- Amber Hart (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Jaelyn ”Yaya” Hill (New Orleans, LA)
- Warren Irwin (New Orleans, LA)
- Yume Jensen (New Orleans, LA)
- Miles Jordan (New Orleans, LA)
- Lilly LaGrange (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Deanna Larmeu (Metairie, LA)
- Nicholas LiCausi (New Orleans, LA)
- Shawne Major (Henderson, LA)
- Milagros Collective (New Orleans, LA)
- Cristina Molina (New Orleans, LA)
- Joelle Nagy (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Cora Nimtz (New Orleans, LA)
- Nikki Nolan (New Orleans, LA)
- Pablo Isaak Perez-Castroman (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Peyton Pickenpaugh (New Orleans, LA)
- Suzanna Scoa (Ruston, LA)
- Katie Singleton (Folsom, LA)
- Alexander Stolin (Madisonville, LA)
- Jill Stoll (New Orleans, LA)
- Jessica Strahan (New Orleans, LA)
- Trenity Thomas (Westwego, LA)
- Meg Turner (New Orleans, LA)
Ogden Museum first launched Louisiana Contemporary in 2012 to engage artists living in Louisiana and to highlight the dynamism of art practice throughout the state. Since the inaugural exhibition 13 years ago, Ogden Museum has shown works by 569 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 in art communities across Louisiana.
Louisiana Contemporary is made possible by presenting sponsor, The Helis Foundation.
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