Oklahoma Contemporary

Far from a typical fundraising event, Art Now will feature live entertainment, food by celebrated local restaurants, and an open bar. This is a 21 and over event.

Instructor: Kara Lane, 9/29/14 - 11/20/14 (Mondays: 7 - 9 p.m., Thursdays: 10 a.m.) This class will provide students with the fundamentals of working with clay and glazes. Students will be introduced to hand-building, wheel throwing, and glazing through instructor demonstrations and one-on-one attention. Intermediate students are encouraged to further explore wheel throwing methods. Supplies and clay are not included with tuition.

Instructor: Pat Travis, 9/30 - 11/18 (Tuesdays: 10 a.m. - Noon) Designed for intermediate and advanced students, this class focuses primarily on hand-building and surface design. Extruder and slab techniques are covered along with some alteration using the wheel. Unique surfaces are created through the introduction of advanced glazing and texture methods. The instructor guides the class through a new project each session with a focus on creating original work. Supplies and clay not included with the cost of tuition.

Instructor: Glen Thomas, 10/1 - 11/19 (Wednesdays: 7-9 p.m.) Express your creative vision by working in a class of students with varied backgrounds and skill levels. Using water-based clay, students will learn to sculpt selected body parts using a live model. The atmosphere of the class is pleasant and productive and the challenges are rigorous. New students are always amazed by their rapid progress. Tuition includes cost of model.

Instructor: Bert Seabourn, 9/30 - 11/18 (Tuesdays: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Tuesdays: 7-9 p.m.) Explore the bridge between realism and abstraction while painting alongside renowned artist Bert Seabourn. This class focuses on creating unique works through fusion of design, color, form, and composition. In addition to painting techniques an introduction to transfers and collage is tailored to the development of each artist. All students receive individual attention. Supplies are not includes with tuition.

Instructor: Jackie Nelson, 12/6 & 12/13 (Saturdays: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. ) Do you have a pile of t-shirts? Create a unique gift for your child or loved and use them all in this two day workshop to create a unique memory quilt. Students will learn how to use a sewing machine as well as hand sewing techniques. Bring your own machine or rent one from us.

During the eight week session, beginning students weave a sample project, learning how to warp a loom, create different weave structures, and finish edges. Intermediate students choose their own project and yarn with the help of the instructor. Popular projects include scarves, shawls, table linens, kitchen towels, rugs, tote bags and baby blankets. Our weaving studio houses a broad collection of hand weaving magazines and books to help students in project selection.

This time, the exhibit used 1 million feet of rope, and was installed with the idea of encouraging visitors to travel throughout the sculpture park. The deCordova exhibit closes in Summer 2014.

Genger has started planning the exhibit design. Whatever shape it takes, it will be colorful, massive and a great new artistic attraction. In both the first two exhibitions, the public was highly engaged with this unusual sculpture: closely watching its installation, climbing on it, photographing it, and lounging against it. We expect that will also be the case in Oklahoma City.

Along the borderland, some of these were alone, while others incorporated border patrol guards, oil industry workers and cattle ranchers. On these trips K. observed the effects that natural and artificial boundaries had on these different factions. Interaction with the ranchers revealed how tumbleweeds freely crossed boundaries such as barbed wire fences or the national border. K. learned that this icon of the American landscape is not indigenous, but originated in Russia. Henceforth, the paradoxical nature of these plants became a source of inspiration for the current body of work, and a means through which to investigate notions of borders, invasion, migration and the alien.

The work began to involve more portraits and bodies, often wrapped, unclothed and masked. The fluctuating depictions of the body explore the concept of territory in terms of public/private, invasion, refugee and migration, examining what it means to be viewed as other, alien or unknown. The recent development of children crossing the border also features in the work.

Through performance, sculpture, photography and video's K.'s work considers how the physical and conceptual demarcation of the land creates its own limits on the way we think and how we come to determine our notions of hierarchy, control and freedom.