A Day on the Farm, featuring artist Cheri Wollenberg. Gallery Grazioso, 301 W. Oklahoma, 282-6467, gallerygrazioso.com. A.R.T. Show: Art in Recycled Trash, featuring art made with recycled and upcycled items, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 N.E. 52nd, 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. Color Exploration, featuring artist Joy Richardson. Gallery Grazioso, 301 W. Oklahoma, 282-6467, gallerygrazioso.com. Color My Way, artist […]
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Colin’s calling
The story of Oklahoma City’s Colin Nance is your classic bedroom-project narrative, born from a chance encounter with the music of M83. “I don’t make it a mystery: M83 is huge for me,” Nance said. “A guy in college introduced me … I was listening to Before the Dawn Heals Us, and I was like, […]
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Exploring ‘The Unexplored’
Amy Coldren’s Inkblot 1-a For Vincent van Gogh to receive any adulation for his now-classic works of art, it took death. Luckily, these days our culture does a much better job giving accolades to artists while they’re still alive. Still, it’s our job to seek them out and discover them. Mainsite Contemporary Art’s latest exhibit, […]
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Palate cleanser
Former NBA player Desmond Mason will be among the 20 local artists at the fifth annual Refreshing the Palate. Sponsored by The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro, the event features 20 wines. LaVeryl Lower, owner of The Metro, commissioned artists to create interpretations of the labels of the wines being served. The artwork is auctioned […]
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Fred Won’t Move Out
Old age, a spouse suffering with dementia, grown children in the position of caring for their parents — these are tough, complicated themes in Fred Won’t Move Out, which screens Friday through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. That might sound like emotionally exhausting stuff, but this small indie has a surprisingly light […]
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Trashterpieces
Beatriz Myorca It’s been said that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” But OKC Beautiful is determined to show that all of our trash could be transformed into real treasures … of art. OKC Beautiful’s A.R.T. Show: Art in Recycled Trash opened last week at Science Museum Oklahoma. Because last year’s A.R.T. Show proved […]
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‘Shout’ it out loud
Although we live in Oklahoma — Native America, as the license plates read — many people still believe the popular cinematic images of American Indians as tepee-dwelling folk clad in ceremonial headdresses and quick to dispense ancient wisdom while passing a peace pipe. It’s a stereotype that Lawton-born Kiowa/Choctaw screenwriter Steven Judd, co-writer of the […]
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‘E.CO’ friendly
Contemporary art meets environmental awareness in E.CO, a photography exhibit that serves as the perfect showcase for [Artspace] at Untitled, according to Executive Director Jon Burris. “The reason we were interested in this particular show was that it fit our mission. We are an environment designed to stimulate creative thought and new ideas about contemporary […]
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‘Modern’ art
Francis Criss’ “City Landscape,” 1934 No single style encapsulates the 57 pieces of American Moderns, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s latest exhibition. “It’s not a linear, chronological survey, but a nice sampling in a 50-year span,” said Alison Amick, curator of collections. “We have a number of different artists addressing ideas of what it […]
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OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger’s Movie
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger’s Movie is a different kind of “head trip” film: one that puts the audience in the mind of its subject and co-director, Bud Clayman, a middle-aged man inflicted with all the maladies that make up the unwieldy title. Those like him and those who care for people […]