George Ohr

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – The museum honoring the artist known as the Mad Potter of Biloxi has opened a twisted building created to house his work. The building opened Saturday. It’s among four small “pods” at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, named for potter George Ohr and a major donor’s late wife. It holds 35 […]

LOXI, Miss. (AP) – Two descendants of George Ohr attended the opening of the fifth building completed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the museum dedicated to the man once called “the mad potter of Biloxi.” “My mother was George Ohr’s granddaughter. I like to come to anything that showcases George,” Phyllis Allen of Jackson told The […]

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