I met Annah Chakola while wandering around The Girlie Show last fall. There are dozens of artists at The Girlie Show, but something about Annah’s booth, Boho Gypsy, kept drawing me back. From the colors and materials she uses to the stories behind her creations, it was all too easy to get hung up just [...]
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Spotlight: Mixology
Mixology is a brand new event in OKC. Conceived by a group of people from a variety of backgrounds in the performing arts, the event aims to give Oklahomans access to a multitude of artists as well as fostering the development of this growing community. Guests will be able to buy cocktails and watch [...]
Festival of the Arts: Photo Essay
Arts Fest is one of the few events in Oklahoma City that has been around long enough to count as an institution. No one who grew up around here doesn’t have memories of this spring ritual. It was and is an elementary school field trip staple, as well as a perfect adolescent boredom killer [...]
Spotlight: Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School
Real art school could take a few lessons from Dr. Sketchy’s.
Biting the Banana: Apples Not The Centerpeice This Year
Sure, the annual erotic art show in downtown OKC is called Biting the Apple, but I took some time Wednesday afternoon to preview the art work that will be on display this weekend, and Ooo-la-la, is there a lot more loin fruit than seen in previous years. The theme for the 2012 show is “Glam”, [...]
Person of Interest: Alexandra Knox
Even in the middle of a bustling art event like Momentum, Alexandra Knox’s performance piece “The Refusal to Forget” commands attention. For this piece, Knox kneeled on a low white pedestal dressed entirely in white. Using a simple hand grater, she methodically grated a pile of 100 beets that lay in front of her, gradually [...]
DIO Fan Art: For the one dude on Google who was searching for it
So, since I can see what people are searching for now, I can see when people search for something like “Dio Fan Art”- Dio, of course, referring to Ronnie James Dio, 70′s and 80′s metal vocal legend. We felt bad that someone had come to our door seeking something so unimpeachably awesome and left empty [...]
OKC Museum of Art Celebrates 10 Years Downtown
Photo by Helen Grant. Can you imagine a montage of iconic “Oklahoma City” images without the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s 55’ tall tower of Dale Chihuly art glass? In a relatively short time, the Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick Memorial Tower–that is the title of this piece–has become indelibly linked to the public image of downtown [...]
A Dose of Momentum
“Art doesn’t stand still”- The tagline for Momentum Oklahoma City sets the tone for an event that embraces the new, the unusual, and the experimental. This event returns to the Farmer’s Market this Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, to once again highlight the work of our community’s emerging artists. If you have [...]
The Asian District is A Little Saigon, A Little Oklahoma
Between the gold geodesic dome, the giant milk bottle, the distant spires of a neo-gothic church, the giant LED palm trees flickering in the distance, and the cell phone store shaped like a Buddhist Stupa, you could be forgiven for asking “where the hell am I?” The intersection of NW 23rd St. and Classen is [...]
