Archive for December, 2009
Oklahoma Art Writing & Curatorial Fellowship article in Journal Record
Daniel Chester French, foremost American sculptor, in his studio at Stockbridge, Mass. Photo from the Smithsonian Archive on the Flickr Commons. Click image to view source.
The 12 Fellows for the first Oklahoma Art Writing & Curatorial Fellowship have been announced. I can’t wait to get started!
There’s an article in the Journal Record today about the Fellowship, plus a photo of me looking downright respectable in my studio. Snip:
The fellows selected for the program will be matched with mentors ranging from a curator in Cleveland, Ohio, to an art critic in New York City to an art professor from Fort Worth, Texas. Mentors and fellows will work together on contemporary art writing, and mentors will guide their fellows on a final project. The public can be part of the process at three panel discussions scheduled for February, March and September at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
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Tishomingo “Mingo” Yale is one of the characters from Normal, OK.
Drawing for Normal, OK: Tishomingo Yale, ink on paper, 2007. Click image to view source.
Tishimingo “Mingo” Yale teaches pilates. On weekends, weather permitting, she has a roadside fish fry stand. Bass fishermen stop there on their way back from Lake Goodnight.
Mingo came to fitness instruction in her mid-forties, after years of wearing high-heeled shoes had all but ruined her spine. At the urging of her chiropractor, Mingo took up yoga. The improvements in her health were so significant she decided she must help bring this lifestyle to others.
The final painting, which you can see here, was created using the acrylic gel transfer process detailed here and here.
You can see Mingo in person at Legacy Bank in Edmond through January 2010.
Normal, OK at Legacy Bank, Edmond, 2009.12.09
Normal, OK: Magnolia Black. Acrylic, collage and prismacolor on canvas. Click image to view source.
Legacy Bank Features Contemporary Oklahoman Artist in Edmond
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Legacy Bank is currently featuring the art work of contemporary Oklahoman artist Sarah Atlee at the location at 15th and Bryant in Edmond’s Spring Creek Village as part of a program called Art Matters. Art Matters is a program initiated by Legacy Bank to support noteworthy artists in our local community.
Here’s a fun game to play in the car: When you pass a road sign that has two town names on it, pretend they are the first and last names of a person. Invent a personality to go with that name. Who is this person? Where did they come from? What do they do for a living? What are their hobbies? Sarah Atlee has played this game enough to populate an entire imaginary community.
“Normal, OK is a fictional construct, a place in my head, based on real places around me,” says Atlee. “In Normal, everyone has a second job, a quiet dream, a lost love, or a former life. Normal is a town of entrepreneurs, artists, upstanding citizens, troublemakers, friends, and a few enemies. I hope you enjoy your visit.”
Please join me at the Legacy Bank Holiday Open House on Wednesday, December 9th, from 11 am to 2 pm. I will be there sketching from 11:00 until closing time at 5:00.
Click here to learn more about Normal, OK.