📰 #ArtFocus Read: COPING WITH TRAUMA THROUGH ART
Explore how art can help process trauma when words fall short, emphasizing its role in healing both mind and body. Artists Yvette Aranyani and Laura Voth use painting and drawing to navigate experiences.
✒️ Written by Mary Noble
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📰 #ArtFocus Read: MOMENTUM AT 25: // A LEGACY OF EMERGING ARTISTS
For 25 years, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s MOMENTUM has served as a launchpad for emerging Oklahoma artists.
✒️ Written by Zoe Elrod with collaboration from Lauren Schlepp and OVAC staff
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📖 Find our Winter 2025 issue of #ArtFocus at our new FREE Distribution Locations!
- Exhibit C Gallery in OKC
- OKCMOA in OKC
⭐ Pick up a free copy during their regular business hours.
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Who wants TIME FOR CREATION?
How do you prioritize uninterrupted time for your art? ⏰🎨
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📰 #ArtFocus Read: BEHIND THE SCENES // BOY MODE
'Boy Mode' centers gender euphoria and queer joy in Oklahoma, blending the theatrics of drag with an Old Hollywood visual style. Created by and for the community.
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📰 #ArtFocus Read: OUT FROM THE UNCANNY VALLEY // AN ART SPACE’S ASCENT
Uncanny Art House (@uncannyarthouse.bsky.social) has grown from a small hangout into a vibrant Norman gallery that uplifts emerging artists and strengthens community.
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📰 #ArtFocus Read: THREADS OF UNTOLD HISTORY // BEADTELLING FREEDMEN AND FREEDMEN DESCENDANTS OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES
Jennifer Saenz and Vicky Watson honor Freedmen and their descendants with handwoven beadwork portraits in Threads of Untold History.
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📰 #ArtFocus Read: ARTNOW 2025 // PUSHING MATERIALS, CROSSING BOUNDARIES
Oklahoma Contemporary’s ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries brings together 26 artists exploring identity, innovation, and materiality across mediums including fiber, sculpture, sound, and film.
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‼️ Two days left ‼️ to submit #MOMENTUM stories to be featured in our Winter 2025 issue of #ArtFocus magazine! If you are a creative who has been involved either through exhibiting, volunteer/staff work or curating in MOMENTUM through the years, we would love to hear from you!
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📰 #ArtFocus Read: STITCH BY STITCH // FIBER ARTS IN OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma fiber artists including Agnes Stadler, Ann Solinski, Irmgard Geul, Debra Martin, Maria Do Anderson, Darci Lenker, and Katie Graham are redefining quilting, embroidery, and textile art as fine art.
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📰 #ArtFocus Read: FIESTA CENTRAL // CAPTIOL HILL’S PLAZA CALLE DOS CINCO
Plaza Calle Dos Cinco opens Sep 24th in OKC’s Capitol Hill with a ribbon-cutting at 11:30am, celebrating Latino culture alongside Fiestas De Las Américas’ 20th anniversary.
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SOUTHWESTERN VALUES // IN THE STUDIO WITH JADEN PEBEAHSY
Comanche artist Jaden Pebeahsy, from Meers, Oklahoma, creates oil paintings that merge portraiture, color, and Native motifs to capture family memories with a dreamlike Southwestern quality.
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INTERMEDIA - AN ANIMATOR’S PLAYGROUND // FRAME BY FRAME WITH JOE CAPPA
Oklahoma native Joe Cappa began with childhood stop-motion inspired by Muppet Babies and went on to study film, work in ads, and teach himself animation.
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OF ART, WAR, AND JAPAN // EXPLORING SAMURAI AND JAPONISME AT THE PHILBROOK
The Philbrook Museum’s exhibitions paired samurai armor with Western art inspired by Japanese aesthetics.
✒️ Written by Ariana Jakub Brandes.
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💛 After serving as Editor for #ArtFocus for 3 years, John Selvidge has passed the torch to new Editor, Zoe Elrod. We're so grateful for John’s dedication to uplifting the visual arts and are overjoyed to work with Zoe in keeping that momentum going into the next generation of this publication!
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MAKING THE CUT// DNA GALLERIES’ JULY GROUP SHOW
DNA Galleries’ July group show highlights relief printmaking through the work of four Oklahoma artists: Jim Weaver, Kathleen Neeley, Eduardo Martinez, and David Hertzel.
✒️ Written by Peyton Decker.
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THE NEUROGRAPHIC FOREST // NICHOLE MONTGOMERY’S LORE AT LIGGETT STUDIOS
Nichole Montgomery’s solo exhibition Lore at Liggett Studios showcases her abstract portraits, created by doodling in black ink on wood panels and filling them with acrylic paint.
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📖 Find our Summer 2025 print issue of #ArtFocus magazine at our new FREE Distribution Locations!
NYU Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Norman Depot in Norman, Oklahoma
Tulsa Artist Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma
⭐ Pick up a free copy during regular business hours.
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THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DOE // MACK BRIM AT POSITIVE SPACE
The Norman Juneteenth Festival in Reaves Park celebrates Black culture and history through music, food, and now, a new visual arts component featuring a permanent sculptural display.
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ON TARGET IN BROKEN ARROW // ARTS@302 HITS ITS MARK
Arts@302 in Broken Arrow is a thriving arts center offering classes for all ages in visual and performing arts.
This article is featured in the Spring 2025 issue of Art Focus magazine.
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THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DOE // MACK BRIM AT POSITIVE SPACE
In "Object Permanence", figurative oil painter Mack Brim explores themes of femininity, subjectivity, and power through unsettling imagery.
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📖 Soon you will be able to find #ArtFocus magazine at Tulsa Artist Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pick up a free copy during their regular businesses hours. And a huge thanks to TAF for becoming a distribution hub to help us keep Art Focus free and accessible for everyone!
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FEAR AND LOATHING IN STILLWATER // RALPH STEADMAN: AND ANOTHER THING AT
THE OSU MUSEUM OF ART
Steadman, known for illustrating Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, built a career on spontaneity & accidents. A retrospective at OSU showcases 60 years of his work.
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WORKS IN PROGRESS // PICASSO’S LINOCUT PRINTS AT OKCMOA
Go into the studio with Alicia Smith, a multidisciplinary Indigenous Xicana artist in Tulsa through the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
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📖 We Need Your Voice! Help Shape the Future of #ArtFocus magazine 📖
What do you love about Art Focus? What could we do better?
Your insights will help us refine the content and overall experience of Art Focus and continue showcasing Oklahoma’s vibrant arts community.
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CHANGING SEASONS // IN THE STUDIO WITH JEREMY DRAYTON COLLIER
Jeremy Drayton Collier, known as "Awesome Jeremy," is a painter and educator specializing in acrylic and aerosol character art.
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WORKS IN PROGRESS // PICASSO’S LINOCUT PRINTS AT OKCMOA
The OKCMOA recently exhibited "Picasso and the Progressive Proof: Linocut Prints from a Private Collection", showcasing Picasso’s linocut process through progressive prints.
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