Arts

This month, JRB Art at The Elms will fill its galleries with complementary works of nationally recognized glass art by featured artists and paintings by Oklahoma City-based Mexican artist Ernesto Sanchez. Acquiring a collection of unique glass pieces, Joy Reed Belt, director of JRB Art, opened the exhibit June 4. With glass art from seven […]

The one-man show, “I Am My Own Wife,” starring David Mays opens Friday at the CitySpace Theatre in the Civic Center Music Hall. A drama specialist steps in to research and analyze the political, cultural, literary and historical basis of a story, serving as a critical tool for works such as Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s […]

The Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum is diversifying its high-tech interactive galleries by featuring artist Paul Medina’s mixed-media pieces in an exhibit through July 2. A native Oklahoman, Medina is one of four artists whose work is being featured in the museum’s 2008 “art on shARTel” series. Staying true to his Spanish and French heritage, much […]

If you’re looking to bring an artistic edge to your clothing style or add an unconventional sculpture to your collection “? or both “? pick up a pair of shoes designed or deconstructed by Oklahoma artists this Friday at the “Canvas” art show. “It’s a bunch of local artists who we’ve given a pair of […]

Competition is a tricky thing, especially for festivals vying for crowds, but Eric Oesch, deputy director of Red Earth, sees opportunity. This weekend’s staging of the American Indian cultural festival at the Cox Convention Center will correspond with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus next door at the Ford Center. Instead of worrying […]

Three artists currently exhibiting works at Norman’s Mainsite Contemporary Art gallery are revealing their individual histories through prints, paintings, bronze and wax.  David Phelps organized the exhibition, which includes his work and pieces by Michael Almaguer and Jose Rodriguez “? both friends of his who have inspired his own work, he said. Phelps grew up […]

Although Oklahoma is 100 years old, its history extends long before its inception. And starting Saturday, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman is bringing it all to the present. The first 4.5 billion years of the Sooner State’s life is being permanently transported into the 21st century, while an ancient 40-foot-long […]

The Broadway musical, ‘Spamalot,’ will come to the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall. Christopher Gurr “? who appears as Sir Bedevere, Mrs. Galahad and Concorde “? traces his love of Monty Python’s version of the King Arthur and Camelot to his performance. While adults may have thought the young Gurr’s fascination with the British […]

Putting a spin on turning one man’s trash into another’s treasure, University of Central Oklahoma interior design students went one step further, fashioning their own furniture from discarded materials. Creating a collection of benches, tables and chairs, teams of students constructed original furniture pieces from trash as final projects for their custom furniture class. After […]

href=”#foot”>Footloose Beehive: The ’60s MusicalI Am My Own Wife Much Ado About Nothing Debbie Does Dallas The Sound of Music Seussical The Shape of Things Annie Get Your Gun Everybody cuts “Footloose” (June 5-14) over at Summerstock Productions in Edmond with the hit musical, to be followed by another, “The Will Rogers Follies” (July 10-19). […]