In the 1950s, big skies and big changes to the country’s technological landscape spurred an artistic movement that began in the coasts and settled in the Southwest.
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
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Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh and Ryan Olson operate on the same expressive plane
The Minneapolis-based synthpop superheroes will kick off their nationwide tour with a night in Norman.
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A series of symposiums dissects the history of art in the American West
While scanning a well-known artist hangout, Jackson Rushing saw an intriguing flyer for an art history symposium tacked to a bulletin board.
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Full Houser
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 […]
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Vault of Walt
Many big names can be found in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman: van Gogh, Monet, Piglet. Wait … Piglet? The Winnie the Pooh character and his popped balloon are the focus of just one animation cel among 83 that constitute the venue’s latest exhibition, A Century of Magic: The Animation of […]
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Under-21 action
So I avoid these festivities, usually citing homework, whatever Netflix sent me, or a highly contagious disease like the one Gwyneth Paltrow got in “Contagion.” But a recent 21st birthday for a friend was different, so on a Saturday, I ventured into unexplored territory: Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. I arrived 15 minutes before midnight; the birthday […]