Visual artist Denise Duong compared painting a mural on the side of a parking garage to cliff diving. Before adorning two walls of the roughly 40-feet-tall West Village Parking Garage, 927 W. Sheridan Ave., with her vivid murals titled “Life in the Light,” Duong had never worked on a project of that scale, but she […]
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Color movement
Postwar Abstraction: Variations through Dec. 31 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive okcmoa.com 405-236-3100 Free–$12 If you have trouble understanding or enjoying abstract art, Oklahoma City Museum of Art curator Roja Najafi offers some reassuring advice that will be familiar to fans of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. “Do not […]
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Art holiday
Paseo Arts Festival May 25-27 The Paseo Arts District Paseo Street between NW 30th Street and Walker Avenue thepaseo.org 405-525-2688 Free From an artist’s perspective, the difference between a good arts festival and a bad one sometimes comes down to the bathrooms. Fort Worth, Texas-based mixed-media artist Laurie Aurand, for example, remembers having an uncomfortable […]
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Suited for leadership
A business suit cannot stop a bullet, it will not make you invisible to racial profiling and it will not grant you mystical superpowers to overcome institutional racism. Korey Eakers did not co-found the lifestyle brand and mentorship program Grand Gentlemen because he believed that fashion could extinguish centuries of institutional racism, but he hoped […]
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Cultural fabric
Erica Bonavida brings color and texture to Oklahoma City Hall. The artist was hired in February to serve as City Hall’s first artist-in-residence. Bonavida finds art fulfilling, but there was a time when she avoided the subject altogether. An admitted perfectionist, she said she struggled when she was younger to understand why she would create […]
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Deuce debut
After surviving three hurricanes and leaving the U.S. Virgin Islands with only the clothes on their backs, opening a restaurant and bar in what is perceived as a difficult location seemed like nothing to Mark and Jennifer Richards. The couple opened Whiskey Biscuit Bar & Grill, 322 NE Second St., in February in a Deep […]
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Found treasure
The Art of Collection: A Collaborative Exhibition 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, through March 14 Artspace at Untitled 1 NE Third St. 1ne3.org 405-815-9995 Free Emily Reynolds is not your typical art collector. Rather than subscribe to industry-wide trends that place high value on works forged by esteemed artists, Reynolds opts for pieces tailored to her […]
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Gardens inspiration
Inspirations from Nature Through Feb. 28 Myriad Botanical Gardens 301 W. Reno Ave. myriadgardens.org 405-445-7080 Free Inspirations from Nature, an exhibition of paintings at Myriad Botanical Gardens, probably isn’t what you think. “Just painting a flower is so obvious,” said Susan Morrison-Dyke, one of the two featured artists. “We wanted it to be so much […]
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Artistic inheritance
The Tiger Family: Dana, Allison, & Christie through Jan. 2 Gallery One at The Paseo 2927 Paseo St. paseogalleryone.com 405-524-4544 Free Gallery One at The Paseo’s current exhibit is a collection of works by the Tiger family. The daughter of world-renowned artist Jerome Tiger, Dana Tiger and her two children showcase a collection of works […]
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Tribal tribulation
Post Plymouth through Feb. 28 Exhibit C 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 exhibitcgallery.com 405-767-8900 Free Nov. 1, Exhibit C opened its doors to Post Plymouth, an exhibition showcasing Native American life in a contemporary fashion of cultural persistence in the wake of assimilation. Four Native American artists — Roy Boney, Jr.; Daniel McCoy; Cannupa […]