Since 2001, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s residency program, Artist and Sense of Place, has paired professional artists with local schools to explore the history, practices and identity of the students’ world. At the heart of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s mission is educating the public in the visual arts and culture of the American South. Working with elementary school students in the medium of the artist’s choice, the artist spends three weeks exploring the influence of geography and sense of place. Upon completion of the residency, the students visit the Museum to view their finished works of art and see themselves as true Southern artists.