This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of an internationally known sculptor and painter, one most Oklahomans know best from the interstate. Sacred Rain Arrow, which has decorated state license plates since 2008, features Allan Houser’s statue of a Native American poised with his bow. Houser also created the equally recognizable sculpture As […]
art
Posted inNews
LIFE
Contemporary Art Gallery invites art lovers to admire the work of two artists who are sharing the Featured Artist spot this month. KB Kueteman’s exhibit is called The Medicine Man’s Pictures and will feature his piece “Alikchi in Holba Toba” (above). The artist’s style is inspired by his spirit guide. Stephen Webber turns his photography […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Charging forward
Elliot Robbins This weekend, approximately 2000 people are expected to attend Momentum, now in its thirteenth year in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) organizes the event in order to expose emerging local artists to newer and larger audiences. Beyond paintings, drawings and sculptures, attendees will also find new media, performance pieces, film, […]
Posted inNews
Bill pulled that would have defunded Oklahoma Arts Council
House Bill 2850, which proposed a 25 percent reduction in funding over the next four years, was pulled by its author. In a to Oklahoma Gazette, his administrative assistant, Lindsay Gasaway, confirmed that pulled the bill “rather than run a bill that was going to fail” and would not get the necessary votes needed to […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Unordinary people
Cathleen Faubert Oklahoma’s artists are leaping forward with a larger scope in the latest installment of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s (OVAC) Art 365, which aims to be one of the most ambitious exhibits Oklahoma City has seen yet. Starting February 28, Oklahoma spectators will have the opportunity to visit the highly anticipated exhibit at […]
Posted inNews
LIFE
The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Fine Arts and Design will host the art exhibit Get Your Geek On: Celebrating Art in Anime, Comics and Video Games. The exhibit is a play on Comic-Con, a convention for fans to geek out about anime, comic books, video games and more. Artwork from UCO students, professional […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Philomena
Since the Oscar nominations were announced last month, gold-derby prognosticators have referred to Philomena as “the ninth nominee” in the Best Picture field. Their implication is that among all those films up for Hollywood’s highest honor, the British dramedy is the one least likely to win and least deserving of being there. That’s insane, of […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Get shorty
Mr. Hublot Size matters; sometimes smaller is better. At least that can often be the case at the multiplex, where movie studios confuse running time for substance. In screening a slew of short films nominated this year for Academy Awards, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art reminds cinephiles that length isn’t everything. The live-action nominees […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Sense of ‘Selfie’
Brendan Williams Selfies are, indeed, an art form. From the self-portraiture by Rembrandt and Raphael during the Renaissance to the age of perpetual social media feeds and disappearing Snapchats, selfies have been a thing — a beautiful, culture-enriching thing at that. In Selfies: An Exploration on Identity, curators Mary Kathryn Moeller and Krystle Brewer — […]
Posted inNews
FILM
Romeo and Juliet, (U.S., 2014, dir. Don Roy King) get your heart racing for Valentine’s Day with the timeless love story Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 13, 14; 2 p.m., Feb. 16. Quail Springs Mall, 2501 W. Memorial, 755-6530, quailspringsmall.com. THU–FRI, SUN 2014 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films, see all of the animated short […]