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Prairie Arts Center gearing up for 2025 Stillwater Arts Festival

Thu, Mar 13, 2025

With support from the City of Stillwater, the Arts and Humanities Council of Stillwater, Visit Stillwater and Oklahoma State University, the Prairie Arts Center will host the 2025 Stillwater Arts Festival on April 18-19.

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Art student Coe explores history, race and art at Newberry Library workshop

Wed, Mar 12, 2025

Oklahoma State University art history major Max Coe attended a highly selective one-day undergraduate workshop at the Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance Studies in Chicago on Feb. 14. This learning experience at an iconic cultural institution was fit for a participant such as Coe, who is dedicated to art history and its preservation.

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Cimarron National Works on Paper returns to OSU, Call-to-Artists

Fri, Feb 14, 2025

Oklahoma State University Museum of Art is seeking submissions for the 2025 "Cimarron National Works on Paper," a juried exhibition.

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Students reimagine past artworks in ‘Past-Present’ exhibition

Tue, Feb 11, 2025

Displayed alongside the original works that inspired them, the student pieces create a dialogue between the past and present while incorporating new techniques. For centuries, artists have studied their predecessors to develop their craft. “Past-Present” continues that tradition.

College of Arts and SciencesArts and HumanitiesOSU Museum of Art

Las Vegas magician Kramer to bring sleight-of-hand magic to The McKnight Center

Wed, Jan 29, 2025

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University is set to host “The Magic of Jen Kramer,” an all-ages performance, on Jan. 29. This 90-minute show will feature Kramer’s sleight-of-hand magic, storytelling and signature energy.

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OSU Museum of Art welcomes Ralph Steadman exhibit for spring semester

Wed, Jan 22, 2025

This spring, the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art will host a world-class exhibition of works from iconic British illustrator Ralph Steadman.

College of Arts and SciencesArts and HumanitiesOSU Museum of Art

Theatre professor Weber to star in one-man-show 'An Actor's Carol' in December

Thu, Nov 21, 2024

The Department of Theatre at Oklahoma State University will present “An Actor's Carol: One Clown's Dickensian Marathon Toward Redemption” on Dec. 5 and 6 in the Student Union Theatre. A transformative adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, “An Actor’s Carol” will be performed by David Weber, OSU assistant professor of performance.

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OSU student Brown brings art into STEM with dance-inspired senior project

Wed, Oct 30, 2024

Oklahoma State University arts administration student Leah Brown is using her background in dance to integrate art into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, turning the well-known acronym STEM into STEAM. “For my senior project, I've developed an educational tour... designed for children ages 5 to 10,” said Brown, adding that the tour will take place at Oklahoma’s Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum. “The whole point of the tour is to explore technological innovation and the way of life during the industrial revolution. I plan to do that through dance and movement.”

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Greenwood School of Music expands prep-academy for pre-college students

Fri, Oct 25, 2024

Oklahoma State University’s Greenwood School of Music Preparatory Academy introduced two new offerings this fall: a satellite program providing private music instruction in Stillwater Public Schools and the GSM Prep Rock Academy that equips pre-college students with the chance to form bands.

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OSU Museum of Art shines light on new Brett Weston exhibit

Thu, Oct 17, 2024

“Shadows and Light: The Photography of Brett Weston,” which will be on view Oct. 29, 2024 - Feb. 1, 2025, showcases Weston’s unique photography style.

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Borland wins prestigious award from the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship

Thu, Oct 03, 2024

Dr. Jennifer Borland, director of Oklahoma State University’s Center for Humanities and a professor of art history in the Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History, was recently awarded the Best First Book of Feminist Scholarship of the Middle Ages for her book, “Visualizing Household Health: Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the Régime du corps.” The award was presented by the national chapter of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship, a group dedicated to recognizing individuals committed to feminist studies, specifically in the medieval period.

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Korte to perform one-woman-show ‘The Gull’

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

On Sept. 27 and 28, Oklahoma State University associate theatre professor Joan Korte will appear in "The Gull," a one-woman tragicomedy adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull." Korte, who is also the OSU director of performance, is set to perform all 10 of the show's characters when she takes to the Davis Studio Theatre stage this weekend in OSU-Stillwater's Gunderson Building.

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