Just an hour and a half southwest of Oklahoma City, lying in the shadow of the Wichita Mountains, is the unique town of Medicine Park. Known as “America’s Cobblestone Community”, this historic town was founded on July 4, 1908 by Senator Elmer Thomas as a resort for the rich, famous and infamous. Early regulars included [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Person of Interest: Dan Garrett
I met Dan Garrett at a fried chicken restaurant attached to a gas station while talking with a friend about Damien Hirst. This is funny in hindsight, considering that Garrett is the most down-to-earth artist I’ve ever met. He seems almost too grounded and earthy to be a professional artist, but his affable nature [...]
Person of Interest: Steven Kovash
Carving out an unlikely niche of vibrant arts activities at NW 12th Street and Western Ave., Istvan Gallery prepares to celebrate four years in business with a reception this Friday. Owned and managed by Stephen Kovash, Istvan Gallery is one of four art galleries in the enclave known as Urban Art, which also includes Rick [...]
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
The Girlie Show was as busy as ever Friday night as attendees filed into the OKC Public Farmer’s Market off Klein St in OKC to shop the booths of new and returning female crafters and artisans. Even in The Girlie Show’s 8th year, the organizers kept the mix fresh and lively. The line wrapped around [...]
“I Wanna Know Girls”- The Girlie Show Returns
Ah, Oklahoma City in the fall: once empty box stores are temporarily reborn as Halloween supply stores; changing foliage and college football supporters compete to fill the landscape with reds and oranges; outsized pumpkins roll onto outsized lawns in historic neighborhoods. There’s something invigorating in the air. With another oppressive summer behind us and [...]
Horrorgasm: A Collision of the Erotic, Neurotic and the Downright Creepy in Local Art
[Contributing writer, Daniel Page, pens a follow-up to last week's preview piece of the art event Horrorgasm: Pain, Pleasure, and Decadence in the Heart of Norman.] The Form and Function Lab in Norman is not a scary place under normal circumstances. It is located between Forward Foods and McNellie’s on Main Street. Residing above these [...]
Horrorgasm: Pain, Pleasure, and Decadence in the Heart of Norman
Ghosts, he half thought; these are ghosts. I’m spying on the past, being re-run in front of me. The thought propelled him from hiding. If his assumption was correct then they might vanish at any moment and he wanted to drink their glory down in gulps before they did. –Clive Barker, The Great And Secret [...]
The Dustbowl Arts Market Features Art, Music, Very Little Dust
The Dustbowl Arts Market is steadily becoming something of a local tradition. Located on Campus Corner near the University of Oklahoma, the market is the collective effort of three friends, Reese Truesdell, Katie Huskerson, and Dana Scott. Most local arts fairs attract vendors from a nationwide circuit, but the Dustbowl Arts Market has built a [...]
