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The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art is a
Retrieved 2013-06-06 In August 2005, the museum was damaged during Hurricane Katrina, when a casino barge was washed onto the semi-constructed facility.
Image:OhrOkeefe 3.jpg, The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art campus
Image:Ohr Pod Pavilion.jpg, John S. and James L. Knight Pod Pavilion
Image:IP Gallery.jpg, IP Casino Resort & Spa Exhibitions Gallery
Image:Gallery AfricanAmerican.jpg, Gallery of African American Art
Image:Ohr O'Keefe Center for Ceramics.jpg, City of Biloxi Center for Ceramics
Image:Ohr-O'KeefeWelcomeCenter.jpg, Mississippi Sound Welcome Center
Image:PleasantReedHouse.jpg, Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center
Image:Creel House Ohr Museum.jpg, Creel House
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art
- official site
Great set of Flickr Photos of the buildings by toml19592012 Eugene J. Martin exhibit at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art at Google Cultural Institute
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Biloxi, Mississippi Art museums and galleries in Mississippi Museums in Harrison County, Mississippi Ceramics museums in the United States Frank Gehry buildings Art museums established in 1989 1989 establishments in Mississippi
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
art museum located in Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi ( ; ) is a city in and one of two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States (the other being the adjacent city of Gulfport). The 2010 United States Census recorded the population as 44,054 and in 2019 the estimated popu ...
, dedicated to the ceramics of George E. Ohr, the self-proclaimed "Mad Potter of Biloxi". The museum is named for ceramic artist George E. Ohr (1857–1918), as well as Annette O'Keefe, late wife of former Biloxi mayor Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe III, who was instrumental in donating money and raising funds for the completion of the museum campus.
Construction
The five-building museum campus was designed by architect Frank Gehry to "dance" with the ancientlive oak
Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus ''Quercus'' that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage. These oaks are not more closely related to each other than they are to other oaks. ...
trees on the 4-acre (1.6-hectare) site.
Construction of museum buildings began in 2004.Museum HistoryRetrieved 2013-06-06 In August 2005, the museum was damaged during Hurricane Katrina, when a casino barge was washed onto the semi-constructed facility.
Zahner
Zahner or A. Zahner Company is an architectural metal & glass company located in Kansas City, Missouri.
History and Company Information
Zahner was founded in 1897 by Andrew Zahner as ''Eagle Cornice Works'', serving the region with decorative c ...
of Kansas City, Missouri, was the subcontractor for the Museum's curving structures and metalwork, described as "stainless-steel pods designed to dance among the live oaks" ... On November 8, 2010, three buildings on the east side of the campus opened with outstanding exhibitions, including George Ohr pottery from Gulf Coast collections. The Mississippi Sound Welcome Center, the IP Casino Resort & Spa Exhibitions Gallery, and the Gallery of African American Art are open, in addition to the Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center. The City of Biloxi Center for Ceramics opened in September 2012. The John S. and James L. Knight Gallery, which will house the George Ohr pottery, is scheduled for completion in 2014.
The museum offers pottery classes at the Center for Ceramics, which houses a state of the art ceramics studio and classrooms. In addition, the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art is continuing its community and school outreach programs, to include the OOMA-Ed program for kids and adults. Summer youth programs (SOOMA) are also held in the Center for Ceramics.
In July 2011, less than a year after it opened, the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum was facing financial difficulties because revenues were not sufficient to cover operating costs. In October 2011, the Biloxi City Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
agreed to provide financial support for the museum, which is housed in city-owned buildings, with an expectation that the museum would grow into a center for cultural tourism.Mary Perez. 2011. Museum gets city's help to stay open. ''Sun Herald'' (Biloxi, MS), October 7, 2011.
Gallery
See also
*List of single-artist museums
This is a list of single-artist museums, which are museums displaying the work of, or bearing the name of, a single visual artist.
* Basuki Abdullah – Basoeki Abdullah Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
* Affandi – Affandi Museum, Yogyakarta, Indon ...
References
External links
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art
- official site
Great set of Flickr Photos of the buildings by toml1959
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art at Google Cultural Institute
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Biloxi, Mississippi Art museums and galleries in Mississippi Museums in Harrison County, Mississippi Ceramics museums in the United States Frank Gehry buildings Art museums established in 1989 1989 establishments in Mississippi