OKGazette.com - Visual Arts

Puttin’ on the Ritts - OKCMOA showcases the work of legendary celebrity photographer Herb Ritts.

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Herb Ritts: Beauty and Celebrity
through July 28
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$10-$12

‘Land’ ho! - Look, up in the sky! It’s local artist Rick Sinnett, working on ‘This Land,’ a mural adorning the outside of Rocktown Climbing Gym.

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Drive Interstate 40 just south of Bricktown, and you might see artist Rick Sinnett. He’s the one swinging from a rope anchored to the top of Rocktown Climbing Gym, wrangling a 5-gallon bucket of paint as he works on his latest mural, This Land.

How the West was 10 - Paseo mainstay Adelante! Gallery celebrates a decade in existence with an eight-artist exhibit of Western art.

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Art of the West
6-10 p.m. Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday
through June 12
Adelante! Gallery
3003 Paseo
adelantegallery.com
214-587-7686
free

Art de Aguilar - World-renowned for her ceramics, Mexico’s Guillermina Aguilar Alcantara makes a temporary home in the Paseo.

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Guillermina Aguilar Alcantara
5-10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday
Paseo Pottery
3017 Paseo
525-3017
free

4-6:30 p.m. Saturday
Folk.Life
4411 N. Western
524-1500
free

This museum kills fascists - With a collection numbering 10,000 the Woody Guthrie Center opens in Tulsa.

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 CDT

For much of her life, what Nora Guthrie knew about her father, Woody Guthrie, came from his body of work, a smattering of memories and the recollections of the folk stars who admired and learned from him.

Sculpt fiction - Two renowned sculptors combine for one sharp exhibition at [Artspace] at Untitled.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Don Reitz and Marko Kratohvil
through June 1
[Artspace] at Untitled
1 N.E. Third
artspaceatuntitled.org
815-9995
free

Core values - IAO’s annual erotic art show returns to get it on — thoughtfully — with the metro.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Biting the Apple
7 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday
Individual Artists of Oklahoma
706 W. Sheridan
iaogallery.org
232-6060
$25

Heart to art - A special, one-night-only showcase demonstrates the power of art therapy.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Art Awakening
5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday
NorthCare
1140 N. Hudson
www.northcare.com
858-2706
free

Boxy, but good - Companies get creative at Science Museum Oklahoma’s ‘Out of the Box’ competition exhibition.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 CDT

Out of the Box
7-10 p.m. Saturday
through Sept. 30
Science Museum Oklahoma
2100 N.E. 52nd
sciencemuseumok.org
602-6664

Banned in the USA - Once deemed too un-American for your eyes, the works of ‘Art Interrupted’ get a second chance for public viewing.

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 CST

Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy
through June 9
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
555 Elm, Norman
ou.edu/fjjma
325-3272
free

Young at art - As ‘Momentum’ proves, Oklahoma’s emerging artists have no intention of slowing down.

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 CST

Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still
8 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday
50 Penn Place
1900 Northwest Expressway
ovac-ok.org
879-2400
$10-$15

The sounds of Science - Sound becomes art in an audiovisual exhibition at Science Museum Oklahoma.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 CST

Soundscapes
7-10 p.m. Saturday
through Aug. 2
Science Museum Oklahoma
2100 N.E. 52nd
sciencemuseumok.org
602-6664

Neiman seed - An eye for photography is all in the family of a Neiman Marcus executive.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 CST

Reflections: The Photographs of Allison V. Smith & Stanley Marcus
through March 30
[Artspace] at Untitled
1 N.E. Third
artspaceatuntitled.org
815-9995
free

Lens crafters - In a new exhibition, artists painstakingly work to create paintings that don’t look like paintings at all, but photographs.

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 CST

Photorealism Revisited
through April 21
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$10-$12

Big Jim - From behind the scenes at his Oklahoma-based talent agency, Jim Halsey helped change the face of modern music. A new exhibition of memorabilia is proof positive.

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 CST

Starmaker: Jim Halsey and the Legends of Country Music
through April 5
Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum
1400 Classen Drive
oklahomaheritage.com
235-4458
$5-$7

Exploring 'The Unexplored' - A new exhibition in Norman introduces Oklahoma to tomorrow’s artists, today.

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 CST

The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show
6-10 p.m. Friday
through Jan. 19, 2013
Mainsite Contemporary Art
122 E. Main, Norman
mainsite-art.com
292-8095
free

The write stuff - A new exhibit celebrates all things Oklahoma and literary.

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 CST

Oklahoma Writers: A Literary Tableau
ongoing
Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
okhistory.org
522-6676
$4-$18

Trashterpieces - OKC Beautiful turns trash into treasures with an exhibition of recycled and upcycled art at Science Museum Oklahoma.

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 CST

A.R.T. Show: Art in Recycled Trash
through Feb. 15, 2013
Science Museum Oklahoma
2100 N.E. 52nd
sciencemuseumok.org
602-6664
$9.95-$11.95

'E.CO' friendly - Art with a conscience is the focus of a new international photography exhibit at [Artspace] at Untitled.

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 CDT

E.CO
through Jan. 5, 2013
[Artspace] at Untitled
1 N.E. Third
artspaceatuntitled.org
815-9995
free

'Modern' art - A lot can happen in half a century, as proven by a new exhibition reflecting a United States in flux.

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 CDT

American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell
through Jan. 6, 2013
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$10-$12