As we celebrate Oklahoma Gazette’s 40th anniversary, another milestone has recently passed that is of a more private nature. It has been just over one year since I purchased Tierra Media Group, the parent company of Oklahoma Gazette, from founder Bill Bleakley. And in many ways the journey to this place was personal and a parallel to […]
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Plaza party
Plaza District Festival 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday 16th Street Plaza District 1700 block of NW 16th Street
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Global colors
Artist Brenda Kingery has captured a great deal in her complex paintings through the years, drawing upon worldwide travels and her Oklahoma heritage to create works of vivid color and emotion. Twenty-three of her works are currently on display in Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery inside Norick Art Center (NW 26th Street and Blackwelder Avenue) on […]
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Witnessing women
All My Sisters through Aug. 31 JRB Art at the Elms 2810 N. Walker Ave. jrbartgallery.com 405-528-6336 Free Some of the most memorable meals from Janice Mathews-Gordon’s childhood are the ones her mother refused to make. “My mother, I remember her going on strike when we were young,” Mathews-Gordon said. “She quit cooking. She quit […]
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Summer of change
When classes begin Aug. 12, thousands of students and employees will attend new schools with new faculty under a new district brand. Pathway to Greatness, an ambitious consolidation and reorganization of Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS), led to 15 school closures and the reorganization of feeder patterns, grade bands and faculty. The district’s employees gathered […]
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Sculpting history
Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition through Sunday National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 This year is shaping up to be one of the most memorable years for prolific Norman-based sculptor Paul Moore. Not only is his massive, 45-piece Oklahoma Centennial Land Run Monument set to complete installation […]
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Cover: Home and abroad
Inspiration for the art included in National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s latest exhibit comes from every direction. Passport opens Friday and will remain on view through March 2020 at the museum, 1700 NE 63rd St. “The thing that will surprise people or maybe capture their attention is just the variety on display in Passport,” […]
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Art work
Art is work. “Everybody says it’s so easy, but it’s not,” said impressionist painter Jody Ellison, recalling her time as an art student at the University of Oklahoma. “I took the life drawing; I took perspective; I took art history, art structure. It was really hard.” Ellison’s work is included in the exhibit Between the […]
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Art party
Edmond-based artist and business owner Erica Nkechi has hosted paint parties at Heart Studios, 1605 E. Second St., in Edmond to fund scholarship programs to provide art classes to children from low-income families. Now Nkechi partners with another series of adult-themed paint parties to expand the reach of her mission to help kids while also […]
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SUMMER GUIDE Art adventures
From about-to-get-a-Van-Gogh-exhibit Oklahoma City Museum of Art to soon-to-be-relocated Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center and Factory Obscura’s new space Mix-Tape and the numerous other arts organizations that we unforgivably omitted from this list just now, Oklahoma City is rife with enriching art experiences, but if you’re fortunate enough to be able to take a day or […]