Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback - (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
The film based on Thomas Frank’s 2004 book What's The Matter With Kansas? is a subtle yet revealing portrait of the religious right and how it continues to influence politics in this region of the country. It’s an important film that could have been made in Oklahoma as well as Kansas. It was shown last weekend at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Frank was in Oklahoma City and answered...
blue oklahoma - Front Page (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Thomas Frank, the author of the bestselling book, What's The Matter With Kansas , will be in Oklahoma City this weekend. Frank will sign books at Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 and then will conduct a question and answer session after showings of the movie version of his popular book. The movie will be shown at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday...
Fresh Greens (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sustainable OKC, the Cimarron Chapter of Sierra Club, and Slow Food OKC are sponsoring a film series, "Sustainability on Film," at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Wed., Sept 15 - Sun., Sept 20, with a panel discussion following the...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will present The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, an exhibition presenting views of the Italian landscape of the seventeenth century as seen through Dutch artists’ eyes. The Museum is the final venue for The Dutch Italianates, which will be on view in Oklahoma City from October 8, 2009, through January...
Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Guess what is the #1 attraction in Oklahoma City based on annual attendance. It is Remington Park with an estimated annual attendance of 1,534,256 people. In second place is the OKC Zoo and Botanical Garden according to the Journal Record's "Attractions in OKC" list (July 2, 2009). After that comes the OKC Thunder (758,500), Frontier City (505,000), the OKC Redhawks (500,000), Oklahoma City...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 25/06/2009
Oklahoma City, OK - Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales opens June 25 through September 20, 2009. A selection of 47 paintings-many of which have been rarely exhibited outside of Wales, and 11 important works on paper will reveal the cross-currents between artists and movements that propelled nineteenth-century painting from the romantic naturalism...
Classic Ground (Free subscription) | 13/05/2009
I needed to do something to push Joe Schad 's face "below the fold"... * newsok.com reviews our traveling exhibition Passport to Paris: Nineteenth-Century French Prints at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art [ here ]. * The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth purchases an early -- very, very early -- Michelangelo painting. Details [ here ]. * Carol Vogel, in the New York Times , on the "recalibrated"...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 04/05/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- Passport to Paris: Nineteenth-Century French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art will be on view at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art through June 7, 2009. Featuring 46 works from the Georgia Museum of Art 's collection, the exhibition embodies the variety of illustrious prints made in the nineteenth century that rival the prominent paintings of that period.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 30/04/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- Organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art , Julius Shulman: Oklahoma Modernism Rediscovered is the first-ever retrospective of photographs taken in Oklahoma by legendary architectural photographer Julius Shulman. The exhibit runs from April 30 through June 7 and will feature over 65 images – many unseen by the public for decades – of
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 05/03/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - In conjunction with the Harlem Renaissance ( http://tinyurl.com/adjphe ) exhibition, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents the award-winning documentary film Been Rich All My Life March 12 through March15, 2009. Directed by Heather Lyn MacDonald, the film tells the story of an unlikely troupe of tap dancers. They are the "Silver Belles," five former showgirls now aged...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 05/02/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- Explore the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance with a one-of-a-kind exhibition held only at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art , February 5 through April 19, 2009. Organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Harlem Renaissance will include more than 100 paintings, sculptures, and photographs by artists such as
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 05/02/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - The legacy of the Harlem Renaissance with a one-of-a-kind exhibition held only at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, February 5 through April 19, 2009. Organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Harlem Renaissance will include more than 100 paintings, sculptures, and photographs by artists such as Richmond Barthé, Aaron Douglas, Palmer Hayden, William H. Johnson, Malvin...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Oklahoma City, OK - Explore African American art of the 1920s and 1930s and its lasting legacy with a one-of-a-kind exhibition held only at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, February 5 through April 19, 2009. Organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Harlem Renaissance will include more than 100 paintings, sculptures, and photographs by artists such as Richmond Barthé, Aaron Douglas, Palmer...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- The National Museum Wales counts among its treasures the Davies Collection, an extraordinary group of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century paintings that is remarkable for its breadth and quality. Assembled between 1908 and 1923 by sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, the collection is exceptionally strong in Realist and Impressionist works and
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
NEW YORK, NY.- MetLife Foundation today announced the grant winners of its 2008 Museum and Community Connections program. The grants, totaling $1,000,000, were awarded to 16 museums for exhibitions, artist residencies, and other programs that extend their reach into diverse communities and make art a part of people's lives.
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