The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, or The Cowboy as many like to call it, is a place where the West comes to life though art and history. We love sharing it and miss welcoming you, our visitors, into this special place. Tim, our Director of Security and Operation Services and our Marketing Department […]
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Standing tall
Standing Their Ground: Warrior Artists through Oct. 31 Exhibit C 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 exhibitcgallery.com 405-767-8900 Free Charles Guerrier took his nephew to a bar in 1962 to show off the freshly minted Marine to the local cadre of combat veterans. Harvey Pratt had always looked up to his war hero uncle, a […]
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Modern modes
Visual Voices: Contemporary Chickasaw Art 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays and Fridays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Thursdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 9 Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 555 Elm Ave. chickasawartists.com 580-889-0587 Free Five years ago, the last monolingual Chickasaw language speaker died in Ada at the age of 93. The loss was monumental […]
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Red Earth Treefest returns with trees decorated by 19 tribes
Red Earth Treefest returns with trees decorated by 19 tribes.
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A Chickasaw Nation-produced film about Oklahoma storyteller Te Ata gets a national release
A Chickasaw Nation-produced film about Oklahoma storyteller Te Ata gets a national release.
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Native American singer-songwriter Janessa Monetatchi debuts as Rockstar Diamond on first album Fire
Monetathchi incorporates 14 Chickasaw words into her new album, to be released Saturday.
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Native composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate wrote what is believed to be the first Chickasaw-language oratorio
The piece is for a full orchestra, a full adult chorus, a children’s chorus and three vocal soloists (a soprano, a tenor and a baritone).
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Savages & Princesses art show confronts long-standing stereotypes with art and humor
The show at Tulsa’s 108 Contemporary is curated by Swedish-Cherokee artist America Meredith.
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Exhibit C houses some of finest Chickasaw art, goods
The Chickasaw Nation owns and operates the newest artspace in Bricktown: Exhibit C.
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It’s all happening at the Zoo
Credit: Brad Gregg The dispute between the Zoo Amp’s current operator, Facilities Management Group, and the Zoo Trust is over whether the trust has given preferential treatment to a new group looking to take over operations, 3Horse Productions. FMG’s CEO Howard Pollack, said that his business has been hurt by the Zoo Trust putting out […]