Opening: Friday March 1, 2013

Running Through: March 30, 2013

Featuring Selected Works by Six Emerging & Mid-Career Artists

          Over the last two years Paseo Originals Art Gallery has built its focus around artists who are bold and innovative; and it was in that same spirit that the Paseo Originals team conceived the "Platform" National Juried Exhibition. Seeking emerging and mid-career artists who offer an angle with which to appreciate something new, we sent our exhibit prospectus across the nation and artists responded in kind. A jury was formed which was composed of the following:

Steve Ligget Founder of Living Arts Tulsa, OK

F. Bradley Jessop, ED.D. Director, School of Fine Arts

East Central University Ada, OK

Laura Warriner Co-Founder, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

Founder, [Artspace] at Untitled Oklahoma City, OK

Karen L. Orr Owner, Paseo Originals Art Gallery Oklahoma City, OK

Tony Morton Director, Paseo Originals Art Gallery Oklahoma City, OK

          The jury chose six artists to be featured during the exhibit which will open on Friday, March 1st during the First Friday Art Walk on Paseo. The awards juror, Alison Amick, Collections Curator for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, will allocate her selections for monetary awards prior to the opening of the exhibition. Representation and solo exhibition awards will also be selected and awarded by the gallery owner and director prior to the opening reception. The six selected artists, Nicholas Scrimenti, Mark Hatley, Steve Whitfield, Birgit Huttemann-Holz, Allie Jensen and Araceli Tarraso, represent a broad range of creative method and artistic style. The exhibit will close on March 30, 2013 and selected artists will remain in contract representation through the calendar year.