Arts

Worn photos and family albums discarded in estate sales or sold to thrift stores: Jerrod Smith sees art in these aged images of past generations. “They have a preexisting life to them, which I like,” Smith said. “It’s been touched before, it’s been held before. I’ve found photos and birth certificates in thrift stores. I […]

Living and working together is not easy, and when that work is art, logic holds that it would be only a matter of time before any relationship so tightly tethered would snap. Matt Seikel and Denise Duong have managed to thrive, though, as they work out of the same studio in the back of their […]

American Indian art once evoked sweeping plains, tragic scenes of oppression and a reverence for tribal cultures. But according to Patrick Riley, an artist and coordinator of the 25th annual Gallery of the Plains Indian Art Show, said the genre is no longer so narrow in scope. “There was a definition for Native art, but […]

Now 50 years old, the Jewel Box Theatre at 3700 N. Walker enjoys a base of season ticket holders who finance the theater completely, and a network of directors, actors and volunteers who keep coming back year after year. Artistic director Chuck Tweed took off the pressure of selecting such an important season by asking […]

Journalist M.J. Alexander is celebrating centenarians across the state with her “Salt of the Red Earth” photography exhibit in the Tulsa World Gallery at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Center, 1400 Classen Drive. Alexander’s exhibit features photos of 35 Oklahomans and their thoughts about life, love and living to be 100. For this project, Alexander traveled […]

e show runs through September, but the opening will feature live music from Divisible by None. “I’m using this as a way to make fun of art critics “? the kind of people who go into a show and try to find meaning in the paintings,” he said. “I look at my paintings like a […]

Most Oklahoma audiences already know that on any given weekend, college shows can prove as exciting as community or even professional theater, as new, fresh talent find their acting, singing and dancing legs. University seasons also can offer those unusual, edgier shows that community theaters know have an audience, but not a large enough one […]

Whether as a participant or a viewer, college students are gravitating toward comedy open-mike nights as a viable entertainment source. Seth Joseph, University of Oklahoma journalism graduate student and aspiring comedian, helped start open-mike night at Othello’s in Norman back in March. He said even when most students were gone for the summer, the place […]

rted/Fine%20Art/samhyden.jpg” width=150 align=right vspace=10 border=0> By day, professional portrait photographer Sam Hyden’s camera captures smiling faces and happy families, with the best takes printed beautifully in vibrant color, most likely to end up hanging proudly on a living room wall. But, in his free time, Hyden takes photos of whatever catches his fancy, and then […]

When Tulsa artist Dan Mayo watches television “? or more specifically, some scrambled cable channel “? he sees beauty and art. Through Aug. 25, Oklahoma City can share in his unique observation via his photography exhibit “TV Prints” at Untitled [ArtSpace], 1 N.E. Third. The show is comprised of 24 digital prints created by photographing […]