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Student-curators explore photography in new exhibition

Tue, Apr 30, 2024

“Picturing Resilient Communities: Photographs of Chinese American Encounters in San Francisco’s Chinatown and Peking, 1900-1925” offers a unique juxtaposition of two distinct photography collections.

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Prairie Arts Center to host over 50 regional artists at 2024 Stillwater Arts Festival

Fri, Apr 05, 2024

On April 19 and 20, the Prairie Arts Center will welcome dozens of fine artists, vendors, musicians and food trucks to the annual Stillwater Arts Festival. With support from the City of Stillwater, the Arts and Humanities Council of Stillwater and Visit Stillwater, the arts festival is slated to be an “exciting event for art enthusiasts of all ages,” said Meghan Brasuell, general manager of the Prairie Arts Center.

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Student art exhibition combines oil painting and microscopic imagery

Tue, Mar 05, 2024

Students enrolled in Oklahoma State University’s Oil Painting I and Oil Painting for Non-Majors courses are displaying their work in the exhibition “Moments Magnified” at the OSU Research Park starting March 7. “Moments Magnified” includes 12 oil paintings inspired by microscopic imagery captured using the scanning electron microscope at OSU’s microscopy facility. Students enrolled in the courses chose objects to view with the SEM at the beginning of the semester. Then, after receiving training on the machine, they captured images to inspire their oil paintings.

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Studio art BFA capstone exhibition explores motherhood, environment, sovereignty and more

Wed, Feb 28, 2024

The Oklahoma State University “Studio Art BFA Capstone Exhibition” opened at the Gardiner Gallery of Art on Feb. 26, with pieces from 11 graduating seniors. The featured artwork of Lillian Cordes, Jessica Crow, Grayson Davis, Andrew Avartanian, Becca Kendrick, Althea Lackey, Bayley Ross, Jalon Taylor, Jessi Sands, Autum Tanner and Nicholas Naple represents their years at OSU experimenting, developing and refining a distinct body of work that demonstrates their artistic growth.

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OSU Jazz Orchestra releases third album, ‘Angular Tuesday’

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

The OSU Jazz Orchestra added to its discography with the release of its third commercially-available album, “Angular Tuesday,” on February 6. The eight songs on the album — directed by Dr. Tommy Poole — vary in style from Swing to Latin Jazz to Jazz Fusion and feature three different iterations of the ensemble from 2020 to 2023. The title track on the album was composed and arranged by former Oklahoma State University student Matthew Howell.

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OSU Museum of Art presents ‘Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art’

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art in Stillwater has a new exhibition:, “Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art.”

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Cherokee artist Mendoza’s first Oklahoma solo exhibition opens at OSU’s Gardiner Gallery of Art

Tue, Jan 23, 2024

An exhibition of works by Kansas-born Cherokee artist Hattie Lee Mendoza opened at the Gardiner Gallery of Art in the Bartlett Center on Oklahoma State University’s Stillwater campus on Tuesday, Jan. 16. “Hattie Lee Mendoza: Gathering Joy” is the first solo exhibition in Oklahoma for the Illinois-based artist.

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McKnight Center's Sager awarded INTIX 2024 Professional Development Grant

Fri, Jan 19, 2024

The McKnight Center of the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University has announced Shelby Sager as the recipient of the International Ticketing Associations 2024 Professional Development Grant.

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Mattern rediscovers, reanimates forgotten “ghost” images, as OSU Museum of Art kicks off season

Tue, Jan 09, 2024

Andy Mattern coaxes “ghost” images from the backs of long-forgotten photographs in Oklahoma State University Museum of Art’s “Some Recent Apparitions,” opening Jan. 16.

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CAS alumna Molly Murphy Adams’ beadwork featured in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Wed, Dec 20, 2023

Artist, scholar and College of Arts and Sciences alumna Molly Murphy-Adams recently lent her expertise in art, history and research to the set of Martin Scorsese's 2023 film "Killers of the Flower Moon."

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OSU alumna works through film industry, earns job in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Fri, Oct 20, 2023

Amy Higdon paid her dues on indie films to give the burgeoning movie costume designer the experience she needed to become an asset on larger projects, including 2023’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

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‘Unusual Geometries’ blends math and art at OSU Museum of Art

Tue, Oct 17, 2023

Running from Oct. 17 to Dec. 16, 2023, “Unusual Geometries” invites guests to rediscover the hidden beauty and playfulness found within the world of geometry.

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