KOSU Community Calendar

For the first time in the region, Oklahoma Contemporary presents a monumental outdoor sculpture by Gonzalo Lebrija, one of the best-known contemporary artists living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Breve historia del tiempo (2020) is a 2,500-pound Plymouth Duster that appears to be suspended vertically over a pool of water. The sculpture is on loan from Mexico City’s famed La Coleccion Jumex. On view through March 27, 2023.

Breve historia del tiempo is presented in association with the exhibition La casa que nos inventamos: Contemporary Art From Guadalajara.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/GonzaloLebrija

Image: Gonzalo Lebrija, Breve historia del tiempo.

This exciting group exhibition, organized by Gallery Director Helen Opper, features the work of Joan Wegener, Michael McDaniel, and the student artists of Captivating My Creative Culture.

Joan Wegener is a professional artist and art educator based in Oklahoma City. Her studio, Art House, has offered art classes to children and adults of all ages for over 30 years. The exhibition features 50 of her beautiful floral watercolors.

Michael McDaniel is a self-taught artist from Tuttle. During the day he is scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the evening an artist with mediums ranging from drawing to woodwork.

Captivating My Creative Culture is an organization that seeks to expose underrepresented youth to the arts. Founded by Denae Smith, CMCC offers free art classes to youth in Norman and Oklahoma City, and utilizes volunteer support from University of Oklahoma students and others. This exhibition features work by several young artists who take part in CMCC’s programs.

The gallery is thrilled to host this diverse and interesting group of professional and young artists for its Winter 2022-2023 exhibition. The gallery will host a holiday party and reception honoring the artists on December 10th from 5-8pm.

Visit Oklahoma Contemporary’s Sculpture Garden! Guadalajara-based artist Jose Dávila creates sculptures in which industrial materials seem to be precariously balanced. For a new piece presented in front of Oklahoma Contemporary, the artist continues his recent practice of balancing large, free-standing structural elements — I beams — to fabricate constructions that are tense yet calm and overwhelm the eye and body.
This sculpture is part of the exhibition La casa que nos inventamos: Contemporary Art From Guadalajara.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/JoseDavila

Image: Jose Davila, Untitled/Sin titulo, 2022. Metal and boulder.

Explore contemporary Mexican art! Visitors to La casa que nos inventamos: Contemporary Art From Guadalajara can explore how one city in Mexico has built upon its rich cultural history to become a hub of contemporary architecture, design, cuisine, literature and visual art. Featuring nearly 50 conceptual works indoors and across Oklahoma Contemporary's campus, the exhibition includes both internationally known and emerging artists who live and work in Guadalajara. La casa is accompanied by a Learning Gallery featuring hands-on art-making experiences.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/LaCasa

Image: Octavio Abundez, A Utopian History of Humanity, 2019.
Hi(stories). Courtesy of the artist.

Featuring seven artworks by three artists — Emily M. Chase, JJJJJerome Ellis and Anita Fields — Fugitive Speech explores acts of personal testimony in the face of social, cultural and historical odds. Through distinct perspectives and approaches to media, including textiles, video, photography and ceramics, the artworks in Fugitive Speech consider the relationship between voice, memory and time.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/FugitiveSpeech

Image: JJJJJerome Ellis, Untitled, 2021.

Celebrate the holiday season by viewing Christmas trees created and decorated by Oklahoma Native Tribes during the annual Red Earth Treefest inside Downtown Oklahoma City's BancFirst Tower. This nine-week holiday attraction at the Red Earth Art Center will feature 16 Christmas trees adorned by handmade ornaments showcasing the diverse Native cultures that make Oklahoma unique.

This year's participating tribes include the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Caddo Nation, Central Oklahoma Cherokee Alliance, Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribe, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Citizen Potawatomi Cultural Heritage Center, Comanche Nation Museum, Delaware Nation, Kaw Nation, Kiowa Tribe, Muscogee Creek Nation Cultural Center, Osage Nation Museum, Pawnee Nation, Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, Women's Tree, and Wichita & Affiliated Tribes.

Head to Winter Glow, an indoor/outdoor, holiday-themed event at Riversport in Oklahoma City, for the ultimate Nordic experience. A synthetic ice rink and curling courts are the perfect places to play without getting too cold. Test your climbing skills on the indoor "leap of faith" cavern wall and simulated ice climbing, then head outdoors for adventurous skiing. Hot chocolate, sweet holiday treats and fire pits will offer plenty of warmth after your winter adventures.

For the first time in the region, Oklahoma Contemporary presents a monumental outdoor sculpture by Gonzalo Lebrija, one of the best-known contemporary artists living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Breve historia del tiempo (2020) is a 2,500-pound Plymouth Duster that appears to be suspended vertically over a pool of water. The sculpture is on loan from Mexico City’s famed La Coleccion Jumex. On view through March 27, 2023.

Breve historia del tiempo is presented in association with the exhibition La casa que nos inventamos: Contemporary Art From Guadalajara.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/GonzaloLebrija

Image: Gonzalo Lebrija, Breve historia del tiempo.

This exciting group exhibition, organized by Gallery Director Helen Opper, features the work of Joan Wegener, Michael McDaniel, and the student artists of Captivating My Creative Culture.

Joan Wegener is a professional artist and art educator based in Oklahoma City. Her studio, Art House, has offered art classes to children and adults of all ages for over 30 years. The exhibition features 50 of her beautiful floral watercolors.

Michael McDaniel is a self-taught artist from Tuttle. During the day he is scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the evening an artist with mediums ranging from drawing to woodwork.

Captivating My Creative Culture is an organization that seeks to expose underrepresented youth to the arts. Founded by Denae Smith, CMCC offers free art classes to youth in Norman and Oklahoma City, and utilizes volunteer support from University of Oklahoma students and others. This exhibition features work by several young artists who take part in CMCC’s programs.

The gallery is thrilled to host this diverse and interesting group of professional and young artists for its Winter 2022-2023 exhibition. The gallery will host a holiday party and reception honoring the artists on December 10th from 5-8pm.

OSU Museum of Art presents "Beyond Form: Type as Image," an exhibition exploring how the use of type-based imagery in art can reflect the historical, social, and cultural conditions of a society. The show examines a broad spectrum of objects from ancient Greece to the contemporary moment. Artists include Niki de Saint Phalle, Pablo Picasso, Panamarenko, Robert Indiana, Jiro Kuwata, Reza Abedini, and more.

"Beyond Form: Type as Image" is on view from October 11 through December 17, 2022, at the OSU Museum of Art in downtown Stillwater, with an opening reception on October 11 at 5 PM.

Admission to the museum and its events and programs is always free thanks in part to the generosity of Deb and Dave Engle, Caroline and John Linehan, Suzanne Sugg, the OSU President’s Office/OSU Foundation, Thomas N. Berry & Company and the OSU Museum of Art Advocates.