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March / April 2008

FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART

Brett Weston OUT OF THE SHADOW

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Oklahoma City Museum of Art Executive Staff Carolyn Hill, President & CEO Hardy George, Ph.D. , Chief Curator Rodney Lee, Finance Director Kenneth H. Lindquist, Development Director

Editorial Staff Alison Amick, Associate Curator Chandra Boyd, Education Curator Jim Eastep, Membership Officer Nicole Emmons, Editor Brian Hearn, Film Curator Matthew C. Leininger, Registrar Leslie A. Spears, Communications Manager

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any in Oklahoma City still refer to the memorable exhibition from The Phillips Collection which came to Oklahoma City in the mid 1980s.

Later, when Hardy George and I visited The Phillips Collection in 2005 and were graciously toured by Stephen Bennett Phillips, then a curator at The Phillips, we admired the collection Duncan Phillips had assembled and the role it plays in American museum life. We could not have known that major gifts to both institutions by Christian K. Keesee and the Brett Weston Archive would transpire

Board of Trustees Officers Virginia Meade Fox, Chairman Leslie S. Hudson, Immediate Past Chairman Frank D. Hill, Chairman-Elect Elby J. Beal, Vice-Chairman Duke R. Ligon, Vice-Chairman Judy M. Love, Vice-Chairman Peter B. Delaney, Treasurer John R. Bozalis, M.D., Secretary Katy Boren Frank W. Merrick William M. Cameron Charles E. Nelson Teresa L. Cooper Maurice C. Nickell, D.D.S. Marion DeVore Morris Permenter Theodore M. Elam John P. Porter Shirley Ford Christopher P. Reen Preston G. Gaddis II Marianne Rooney David T. Greenwell Robert J. Ross Kirk Hammons Amalia Miranda Silverstein, M.D. Suzette Hatfield Darryl G. Smette K. Blake Hoenig Jeanne Hoffman Smith Joe M. Howell, D.V.M. Denise Semands Suttles The Honorable Willa D. Johnson Jordan Tang, Ph.D. Penny M. McCaleb Lyndon C. Taylor Katie McClendon Wanda Otey Westheimer Frank McPherson Charles E. Wiggin James C. Meade

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soon and give impetus to a collaboration by the two museums. Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow, co-organized by the two museums, will open its tour in Oklahoma City before traveling to The Phillips and others.

We are happy that yet another opportunity arose, so not surprisingly, we are bringing American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection to the Museum in autumn 2008. With paintings by artists such as William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, and John Henry Twachtman, we are reminded once again of the quality of The Phillips Collection. We are grateful we can share with you the benefits of a valued relationship with an institution of such impressive holdings.

Carolyn Hill Executive Director

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Inside Exhibitions................................................................ Pages 3-5 The Collection.......................................................... Pages 6-7 Calendar..................................................................... Pages 8-9 Film......................................................................... Pages 10-11 Education............................................................. Pages 12-13 News...................................................................... Pages 14-15

Mission statement The Oklahoma City Museum of Art enriches lives through the visual arts.

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, 1973. Gelatin silver print; 10 x 13 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Holland Canal, 1971. Gelatin silver print; 8 x 10 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow March 20 – May 18, 2008

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he Oklahoma City Museum of

understand the language of abstraction,

Art will be the first venue for

so it will be enlightening to the public to

Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow,

see how Weston used representation as a

PRESENTING SEASON SPONSOR

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March 20 through May 18, 2008. The

springboard into abstraction, sometimes

exhibition is the first major retrospective

creating photographs that have no real

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of Brett Weston’s work in over 30 years.

reference to the world around us, even

Although Brett Weston was a key player

though they are depictions of an aspect

in the photography world during his

of nature or architecture,” said Stephen

lifetime, he was often overshadowed

Bennett Phillips, organizing curator.

by his father, Edward. Brett Weston: Out

“Through the exhibition, the public will

Allied Arts Foundation Chesapeake Energy Corporation Devon Energy Corporation Oklahoma Arts Council SandRidge Energy, Inc.

of the Shadow will bring to light the

gain a better understanding of the artist’s

younger Weston’s unique creative spirit by

process.”

examining his long career. The exhibition

The exhibition will be installed

presents 136 photographs taken in Mexico

chronologically to show the evolution

and California in the 1920s and 1930s,

of Weston’s style and subject matter.

East Coast images from the 1940s, and

The second son of Edward Weston, Brett

landscape and nature photographs taken

began making his first photographs with

after he returned to the West Coast in 1948.

a small Graflex 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 camera in

Many of these images push toward pure

1925, when he accompanied his father to

abstraction, putting Weston at the forefront

Mexico. The exhibition opens with several

of non-objective, fine-art photography.

photographs that Weston took while in

“The average visitor does not often

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Mexico. They reveal his understanding of

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form and composition, which he learned

numerous periodicals. His father wrote, “I

firsthand from important modern artists of

can say without hesitation that he is now

the day such as Tina Modotti, Frida Kahlo,

one of the finest photographers in this

Jose Clemente Orozco, and Diego Rivera. In

country – which means the world.”

these early works, Brett used the technical

In 1932, the M.H. de Young Museum in

qualities of the camera to frame objects

San Francisco exhibited Brett’s first major

close up and push subject matter toward

retrospective; that same year, he was

abstraction.

invited to join “Group f/64.” Brett directed

The exhibition also features

California’s photography department for

photographs Brett took in California

the Federal Arts Project in 1935. In 1943,

in the late 1920s and the 1930s. These

he enlisted in the Army. When he was

images include forms in nature and in the

discharged in 1947, he was awarded a

cityscape that intrigued him. It was during

Guggenheim grant to photograph up and

this time that Brett worked closely with

down the East Coast.

his father. Edward introduced his son’s

Brett returned to California in 1948 to

work to the art world by including twenty

help care for his father, who had Parkinson’s

of Brett’s photographs in a show at the

disease, and helped print his father’s

University of California. Brett then became

photographs. It was on his trip back that

his father’s professional partner, helping

he became enchanted with the landscape

him with commercial work in the studio

in New Mexico, especially the desert there,

they shared in San Francisco. At the age of

and captured many images of that part of

eighteen, Brett’s work was featured for the

the world. His representational images from

first time internationally in the Film und Foto

this period are almost cinematographic.

exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany, where

When Edward died in 1958, Brett returned

By Carolyn Hill and Jay Gates, past director, The Phillips Collection

twenty of his photographs hung alongside

full time to his own art and his maturity as

prints by Edward Steichen, Berenice

a photographer evolved. In the following

Abbott, Imogen Cunningham, Man Ray,

decades, he continued to create fine art

and Charles Sheeler. Brett’s photographs

images of landscape and nature. During

Much needed and richly deserved,

from the exhibition were reproduced in

the 1960s and 70s, Brett made several

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Mud Cracks, c. 1970. Gelatin silver print; 11 x 14 in. Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Gift of the Brett Weston Archive from the Christian K. Keesee Collection, 2004

Excerpt from Catalogue Foreword

this exhibition is at once a study of progressions—photography’s ascent from trade to fine art, a son’s emergence from his father’s footsteps to transcendent legacy and an artist’s evolution from youthful prodigy to foremost American modernist photographer. Brett Weston’s single-minded pursuit of form and light inspired his discovery of imagery and fed his imagination. Relentlessly and obsessively, he pursued elements of design, producing a prolific body of work over more than six decades.

While his father’s voyage was one from pictorialist to realist, the son’s was from realist to abstractionist, a progression this retrospective examines. These photographs demonstrate Brett Weston’s ethos of simplicity, rejection of excess, disciplined patterns of work and rest, and an exclusion of any purpose other than work.

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Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Dune, Oceano, 1934. Gelatin silver print; 8 x 10 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

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trips to Europe, photographing forms and textures that interested him in Great Britain, Portugal, Austria, and Greece,

Opening Lecture Wed., March 19, 5:00-6:00 p.m. “Brett Weston: A Distinctive Luster� presented by Stephen Bennett Phillips, Curator of Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow.

Free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members.

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among other countries. In the late 1970s, Brett built a house in Hawaii, where he worked and lived most of the rest of his life, dying in Kona, Hawaii, in 1993.

Co-organized by The Phillips Collection and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, in cooperation with the Brett Weston Archive, Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow debuts at the Museum and then travels to The Phillips Collection before going on a national tour, including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. A fully-illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition.

Exhibition lenders are the Oklahoma City Museum of Art; The Brett Weston Archive; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Cactus, Santa Barbara, 1931. Gelatin silver print; 8 x 10 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

He is doing better work at fourteen than I did at thirty. To have someone close to me, working so excellently, with an assured future, is a happiness hardly expected.

Edward Weston, on working with his son, Brett, in Mexico

Photo Slam Wed., April 2, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Showcasing the work of twelve selected Oklahoma photographers. Presented by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

Free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members.

Reservations are required.

Please call (405) 236-3100, ext.

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PHOTO + ART + FILM A film series about the intersection between fine art photography and documentary filmmaking. Thursday nights in April at the Noble Theater.

Super Saturday for Families Sat., April 5, Noon-4:00 p.m.

Celebrate Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow with a special, fun-filled afternoon of photography. Free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members.

Reservations not necessary.

Teacher Workshop Thurs., April 10, 5:00-8:00 p.m. $10; registration is required.

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Museum School Classes A variety of classes and workshops inspired by the special exhibition will be offered March-May for ages 15 months to adult.

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Kelp and Sand, c. 1970. Gelatin silver print; 11 x 14 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Brett Weston Archive from the Christian K. Keesee Collection, 2006

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Gifts of Art add depth to Collection Kelly, Valtat, Lipton complement works

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hree recent gifts of art to the Museum add depth to the collection and complement works by artists already represented in Museum holdings. The gifts are of works by Ellsworth Kelly, Louis Valtat, and Seymour Lipton. “We are excited by the acquisitions since all address priorities for collections growth and enhancement,” said Carolyn Hill, President and CEO. “We are especially grateful that these donations assist our many efforts for collections building, which include not only expanded focus on planned giving initiatives, but also active purchasing made possible by recent endowments established to fund acquisitions.”

Featured Work Thomas Moran, Falls at Toltec Gorge, 1913 Second Floor

Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923). Yellow Relief with White, 2005. Oil on canvas, two joined panels, 72 1/8 x 55 3/4 x 2 in. Purchase with funds provided by the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, Christian K. Keesee, president, 2008.012

Modern Art Installation from the Museum Collection Third Floor

Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923).

Red Blue, 1963. Oil on canvas, 90 x 69 1/2 in (228.6 x 176.53 cm).

Purchase, Washington Gallery of Modern Art Collection, 1968.155

The Tilghman Print Collection Through May 4, 2008 Second Floor

Ellsworth Kelly: Yellow Relief with White

Dale Chihuly: The Exhibition Permanent Installation Third Floor

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Christian K. Keesee, through the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, donated funds to the Museum for the purchase of a major painting, Yellow Relief with White, by acclaimed American minimalist Ellsworth Kelly. “It is interesting to add to our 1963 Red Blue painting by Kelly a second work painted forty-two years later,” observed Hardy George, chief curator.

“Kelly’s Red Blue, a part of the Washington Gallery of Modern Art Collection, was loaned to The Whitney Museum of American Art a few years ago

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for an Ellsworth Kelly retrospective, at the artist’s request,” added George. “Knowing of this work in Oklahoma City, the artist was involved in the selection of the new work, the second Kelly for our collection.”

Ellsworth Kelly rose to artistic prominence during the 1960s. Closely related to Op art, Kelly’s paintings incorporate colorful geometric forms and a flat surface, which lead to perceptual ambiguity.

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Louis Valtat: Étude de femme assise Louis Valtat’s Étude de femme assise [Study of a Seated Woman] was given to the Museum by Mark Landis and is an important addition to the collection’s late-nineteenth-century French paintings. The work complements and also serves as a companion piece to Valtat’s Pommes [Apples], an earlier Museum bequest by the late Raymond A. and Verna N. Young.

Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952). Étude de femme assise [Study of a Seated Woman], n.d. Watercolor over pencil on paper, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.67 x 20.955 cm). Gift of Mark Landis, 2008.001

Seymour Lipton: Ten Drawings A group of ten drawings by Seymour Lipton was donated to the Museum by the wellknown abstract expressionist sculptor’s son, Alan Lipton. “Lipton’s sculpture, Spinner, one of many key works included in the Washington Gallery of Modern Art’s purchase in 1968, is an excellent example of the work which brought prominence to Lipton’s work in the 1950s,” said Hardy George.

“To add the group of ten drawings is not only an enhancement of the Museum’s collection of drawings, but also is an important

Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952). Pommes [Apples], 1910. Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.

(35.56 x 45.72 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Young, 2002.014

reference to other works like Spinner, which demonstrates how important Lipton’s drawings were as studies for his sculptures.”

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Seymour Lipton (American, 1903-1986).

Untitled, 1965. Conté crayon on white paper.

Gift of Alan Lipton, 2008.003

The Ellsworth Kelly purchase was funded by the Kirkpatrick Family Fund in memory of the late Marilyn B. Meyers, director of the Oklahoma Art Center (1972 – 1974), Kirkpatrick Foundation (1983 – 1994), and the Kirkpatrick Family Fund (1994 – 2006). It is on loan to the Oklahoma City Community Foundation (OCCF) as part of the Foundation’s opening activities, which included the commemoration of the 100th birthday of the late John E. Kirkpatrick, OCCF and Museum founder. Valtat’s Étude de femme assise has been integrated in the second floor French gallery.

An exhibition of the Lipton drawings has been installed in a second floor gallery and will be on view through May 12, 2008.

Seymour Lipton (American, 1903-1986).

Spinner, 1960. Nickel and silver on Montel metal, 25 x 16 x 17 in. (63.5 x 40.64 x 43.18 cm). Purchase, Washington Gallery of Modern Art Collection, 1968.196

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School • Green on Green, 10-10:45am and 11-11:45am • Chinese Brush Painting, 10am-Noon • Glassblowing 1-Day Intensive, 10am4pm DROP-IN ART • Spring Flowers, 1-4pm FILM • 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, 5:30 & 8pm

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School • Spring Break Camps, 9am-4pm FILM • I’m Not There, 7:30pm

School • Spring Break Camps, 9am-4pm FILM • I’m Not There, 5:30 & 8pm

DROP-IN ART • Stand up Bunny, 1-4pm FILM • I’m Not There, 5:30 & 8pm

CAFE • Make your reservations for Sunday Brunch in the Museum Cafe, 235-6262.

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SCHOOL • Home School Art Appreciation, 1-2:30pm FILM • Fireworks Wednesday, 5:30 & 8pm

SCHOOL • Spring Gardens, 10-11am • Cityscapes, 10-Noon DROP-IN ART • Starry Night Paintings, 1-4pm FILM • Fireworks Wednesday, 5:30 & 8pm

SCHOOL • Cityscape Photography, 1-4pm FILM • Fireworks Wednesday, 2pm

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FILM • Movie Trailers: Trash or Treasure?, 5:30 & 8pm

FAMILY EVENT • SUPER SATURDAY FOR FAMILIES FEATURING BRETT WESTON, Noon-4pm FILM EVENT • Peter Pan with live harpist & original musical score, 5:30 & 8pm

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CAFE FILM • Administrative Professionals Day, • Photo+Art+Film: make your reservation in the What Remains: The Life & Museum Cafe for lunch! 235-6262.

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School • Squishy, Squeezy Sculptures, 10-10:45am and 11-11:45am • Portrait Drawing, 10am-Noon DROP-IN ART • Bug Jewels, 1-4pm FILM • Romulus, My Father, 5:30 & 8pm

School • Digital Photography for Absolute Beginners, 1-4pm • Watercolor Landscapes, 2-4pm FILM • Romulus, My Father, 2pm

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Thursday, March 6, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., March 7 – 8, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, March 9, 2pm

Thursday, March 27, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., March 28 – 29, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, March 30, 2pm

During the final days of communism in Romania, two college roommates Otilia and Gabita are busy preparing for a night away. But rather than planning for a holiday, they are making arrangements for Gabita’s illegal abortion and unwittingly, both find themselves burrowing deep down a rabbit hole of unexpected revelations. Transpiring over the course of a single day, Mungiu’s film is a masterwork of modern filmmaking, both poignant and shocking. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In Romanian w/ English Subtitles. Director: Cristian Mungiu 2007 Romania 113min. NR HDdigital

Set against the backdrop of the fireworks marking the Iranian New Year, Rouhi, a young freelance maid who will be married in two days, is sent by her agency to the middle class home of a husband and wife in the throes of a marital meltdown. Mojdeh is convinced her husband is cheating on her with the next door neighbor. She employs Rouhi as a spy, thrusting her into the center of the maelstrom. Fireworks Wednesday delves into the private lives of contemporary Iranians to reveal a rare glimpse of a people often misunderstood by the outside world. In Farsi with English subtitles. Director: Asghar Farhadi 2006 Iran 104min. NR 35mm

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy

In collaboration with Viva Oklahoma City Latin Music & Dance Festival Saturday, March 1, 5:30pm

El Mariachi

All he wants is to be is a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather, and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the Mariachi is playing for his life in this critically-acclaimed, no budget film debut. Director: Robert Rodriguez 1992 Mexico/USA 81min. R 35mm

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Desperado

Antonio Banderas stars as the Mariachi without a name in this follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 1992 hit, El Mariachi. This time the Mariachi (Banderas) plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican druglords. Also stars Salma Hayek. Director: Robert Rodriguez 1995 USA 106min. R 35mm Special introduction by Del Castillo, Austin’s latin rock band that composed music for the film Sunday, March 2, 2pm

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

The saga of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) continues in a new adventure set against a backdrop of revolution and greed. Haunted and scarred by loss, El Mariachi (Banderas) has retreated into a life of isolation. He is forced out of hiding by Sands (Johnny Depp), a corrupt CIA agent. Sands recruits the reclusive hero to sabotage a plot by the evil cartel kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe), who is planning to assassinate the president of Mexico. El Mariachi has his own reasons for returning. Director: Robert Rodriguez 2003 USA 103min. R 35mm Del Castillo: Rick, Mark, and Alex Del Castillo contributed music to the film, Once Upon a Time in Mexico. In addition to the music, Alex appeared in the film. See Del Castillo LIVE in concert at the Civic Center Sunday, March 2, 5pm, at the Civic Center.

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Thursday, March 13, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., March 14 – 15, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, March 16, 2pm

In this uplifting fable about the birth of rock n’ roll Danny Glover stars as Tyrone, the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge in 1950s Alabama. The club is deep in debt.

Desperate to bring back the crowds to his club, he announces a one-night appearance by the legendary ‘Guitar Sam.’ But when Sam fails to arrive, he’s forced to turn to a young drifter with a strange guitar to help save the club. The movie also stars Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton and Mary Steenburgen. Director: John Sayles 2007 USA 123min. PG-13 HDdigital

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BY POPULAR DEMAND! Thursday, March 20, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., March 21 – 22, 5:30 & 8pm; Sunday, March 23, 2pm

I’m Not There

I’m Not There is an unconventional film that dramatizes the life and music of Bob Dylan as a series of shifting personalities, each performed by a different actor—poet, prophet, outlaw, fake, star of electricity, rock and roll, martyr bornagain Christian—seven identities braided together, seven organs pumping through one life story, as dense and vibrant as the era it inspired.

Starring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Michelle Williams, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, and Heath Ledger. Director: Todd Haynes 2007 USA/ Germany 135min. R 35mm

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PHOTO + ART + FILM A film series about the intersection between fine art photography and documentary filmmaking. Thursday nights in April at the Noble Theater.

Thursday, April 3, 7:30pm

Brett Weston: Photographer

Follow Brett Weston on a photographic trip through parts of California and Nevada. The film examines Weston’s way of seeing, from the act of discovery in the field to the final print on the gallery wall. The film is narrated by photographic historian Beaumont Newhall. Director: Art Wright 1972 USA 30min. NR HDdigital Screening with

The Roots of California Photography: The Monterey Legacy

This documentary film captures the contributions of Ansel Adams, Wynn and Edna Bullock, and the Westons—Edward, Brett, and Cole— among others, whose work in the 1920s, ‘30s and beyond taught the world new ways of seeing everything from simple everyday objects to California’s majestic forests and rugged coastline.

Narrated by Jack Lemmon. Directors: Steve Rosen & Terri DeBono 2002 USA 56min. NR HDdigital Thursday, April 10, 7:30pm

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

Exploring the relationships between legendary curator Sam Wagstaff, famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and punk rock’s “poet laureate” Patti Smith, Black White + Gray reveals the fascinating collision of art, fashion, music and club life in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Director: James Crump 2007 USA 75min. NR HDdigital

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LIVE HARP ACCOMPANIMENT!

Movie Trailers: Trash or Treasure?

Do you like movies but have a short attention span?

Here’s a program for you. Movie trailers have been a staple of the film industry since the silent era, originally designed to advertise upcoming films at the end of a feature, hence the name trailer.

However, exhibitors soon recognized the benefits of showing them before the feature which is still standard operating procedure.

This special program consists of highlights from the Museum’s trailer collection donated by private collectors and disgruntled former projectionists. You won’t want to miss gems like Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Blue Velvet, Muppets from Space, Flash Gordon, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tidal Wave, Little Shop of Horrors, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Blade Runner to name a few. 90min. 35mm

Thursday, April 17, 7:30pm

Manufactured Landscapes

Edward Burtynsky creates large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet. Director: Jennifer Baichwal 2006 Canada 90min. NR 35mm Thursday, April 24, 7:30pm

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann

The film follows the creation of Mann’s new seminal work: a photo series revolving around various aspects of death and decay. Never one to compromise, Sally Mann reflects on her own personal feelings toward death as she continues to examine the boundaries of contemporary photography. Shown at home on her family farm, she allows the viewer to gain exclusive entrance to her world. Director: Steven Cantor 2006 USA 80min. NR HDdigital

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Saturday, April 5, 5:30pm & 8pm

Friday and Saturday, April 11 – 12, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, April 13, 2pm

Romulus, My Father

Peter Pan

Virtually unseen for decades, Paramount Studios’ 1924 production of Peter Pan has been fully restored with authentic color tints.

Betty Bronson stars as Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, who charms Wendy and her brothers to fly with him to Never Never Land. On this distant island of dreams and magic, they struggle to rescue the Lost Boys from Captain Hook and his band of pirates, encountering along the way the delightful fairy Tinkerbell, a man-eating crocodile, and a band of valiant Indians. This special presentation features a new musical score composed and performed live on Celtic, electric and concert harp

by Leslie McMichael of Seattle (pluckmusic.com).

Silent w/English intertitles.

Director: Herbert Brenon 1924 USA 102min. NR 35mm SPECIAL PRICE: $10 per person, no discounts apply. Advance tickets go on sale March 25, 2008. Call 405-2788237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

Opera in HD from Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence

Romulus, My Father is based on Raimond Gaita’s critically acclaimed memoir. It tells the story of Romulus (Eric Bana), his beautiful wife, Christina (Franks Potente), and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee). It is the tale of a boy trying to balance a universe described by his deeply moral father, against the experience of heartbreaking absence and neglect from a depressive mother. It is, ultimately, a story of impossible love that celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son. Named Best Film by the Australian Film Institute.

Director: Richard Roxburgh 2007 Australia 104min.

NR 35mm Friday and Saturday, April 18 – 19, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, April 20, 2pm

The Unforeseen

This outstanding documentary tells the story of Gary Bradley, an ambitious west Texan farm boy who morphed into a wealthy real estate developer with the building boom of the 1970s around Austin, Texas. When nature was losing its battle with the developers, a community rose up to defend Barton Springs, a treasured local watering hole. The eternal conflict between nature and progress, and between individual happiness and the common good, is rigorously and achingly portrayed by Laura Dunn. Robert Redford and Terrence Malick were executive producers of the project.

Director: Laura Dunn 2007 USA 90min. NR 35mm

Sunday, April 6, 2pm

La Forza del Destino

Based on a Spanish drama, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera tells the tragic tale of Don Alvaro (Marcello Giordani), a young South American nobleman who falls in love with Donna Leonora (Violeta Urmana) despite the objections of her father and brother. This December 2007 performance was recorded in high definition at Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence.

Director: Nicolas Joel. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.

160min. with one intermission SPECIAL PRICE: $20 Adults/ $18 Members, Students, Seniors. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Call 405-278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

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Sponsored by American Institute of Architects Central Oklahoma Chapter Friday and Saturday, April 25 – 26, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, April 27, 2pm

Quixotic

Based on the classic novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” by Miguel de Cervantes this free and minimalist film adaptation tells the story of Don Quixote the misguided knight and his squire Sancho Panza as they wander aimlessly day and night in search of new and amazing adventures. As they ride through fields and unknown lands they talk to each other about everything from spirituality to chivalry, even about the simple things of daily life. Day after day the two strengthen the ties of friendship that bind them ever closer. The result is a painterly vision about the search for adventure – and the search for narrative. In Catalan with English subtitles. Director: Albert Serra 2006 Spain 110min. NR 35mm

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Summer Camp Schedule Available April 1!

SPRING GARDENS (WITH PARENT) Saturday, March 29, 10-11 am $7.50 members/ $10 nonmembers SPRING BREAK CAMPS (materials provided) FOR AGES 5-7 & 8-10 Tuesday-Friday, March WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE? 18-21, 9 am-4 pm Tuesdays, April 22-May 13, 4-5 pm (4 classes) $120 members/$130 $25 members/$30 nonmembers nonmembers, per child, (materials materials and snacks provided) included (bring a sack lunch)

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

Before and after care is Open to ages 6-9 available from 8–9 am and from 4–5 pm at a charge of CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING $5 per child per day.

Saturday, March 8, 10 am-noon $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided)

FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHS Sunday, April 20, 2-4 pm $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided)

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

ADULT CLASSES

Open to ages 14-adult ART APPRECIATION Thursdays, March 27-May 15, 6-8 pm (8 classes) Cosponsored by the Downtown College Consortium $50 members/ $70 nonmembers To enroll, contact the Downtown College Consortium at 232-3382 or www. downtowncollege.com.

CITYSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY Sunday, March 30, 1-4 pm $20 members/ $25 nonmembers INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING Sundays, April 6-20, 1-4 pm (3 classes) $60 members/ $75 nonmembers (materials provided) ACRYLIC PAINTING IN BLACK AND WHITE Thursdays, April 17-May 15, 6-9 pm (5 classes) $85 members/ $100 nonmembers (limited supply list) GLASSBLOWING – LEVEL 2 Saturdays, April 19-May 17, 10 am-3 pm (5 classes) $340 members/ $415 nonmembers (materials provided)

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

Open to ages 15-36 months (with parent) $7 members/ $9 nonmembers (materials & a snack provided) MAKING MUSIC Saturday, March 1, 10-10:45 am GREEN ON GREEN Saturday, March 8, 10-10:45 am SQUISHY, SQUEEZY SCULPTURES Saturday, April 12, 10-10:45 am

CHILDREN’S CLASSES Open to ages 3-5

CREATURE CREATIONS Sunday, March 9, 2-4 pm $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) PORTRAIT DRAWING Saturday, March 15, 10 am-noon $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) CITYSCAPES Saturday, March 29, 10 am-noon $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) AFTER SCHOOL ART Thursdays, April 17-May 8, 4:30-6 pm (4 classes) $30 members/ $35 nonmembers (materials provided)

CHINESE LANTERNS (WITH PARENT) Thursday, March 4, 4-5 pm $7.50 members/ $10 nonmembers (materials provided) LUCKY CLOVER PRINTS (WITH PARENT) Saturday, March 15, 10-11 am $7.50 members/ $10 nonmembers (materials provided) SHAPE AND COLOR EXPLORATION Tuesdays, March 25-April 15, 4-5 pm (4 classes) $25 members/$30 nonmembers (materials provided)

Open to ages 7-10

WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPES Sunday, April 13, 2-4 pm $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) MAKING JUNK ART WITH DAD (WITH PARENT) Saturday, April 19, 10 am-noon $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided)

CHILDREN’S CLASSES Open to ages 10-13

ART NOUVEAU LINOLEUM PRINT CARDS Saturday, March 1, 10 am-noon $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) PAINTING 101 Sunday, March 2, 2-4 pm $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Sunday, April 6, 2-4 pm $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) PORTRAIT DRAWING Saturday, April 12, 10 am-noon $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided) PORTRAIT PAINTING Saturday, April 26, 10 am-noon $10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materials provided)

BRETT WESTON: OUT OF THE SHADOW TEACHER WORKSHOP Thursday, April 10, 5-8 pm $10 Registration Fee (materials and boxed meal provided)

View classes online at www.okcmoa.com and print a registration form or call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213.

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Opening Lecture

PHOTO SLAM

Showcasing Twelve Oklahoma Photographers Wed., April 2, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Join the Museum for a quick glimpse into the workings of twelve photographers from across the state. Not your typical artist lecture, the Photo Slam offers a unique, abbreviated look at each artist and his or her work and will be held in the Museum’s Noble Theater.

The twelve participating photographers will each get five minutes to share what they do using a variety of tools – slides, digital projections, printed samples or other means. The Bryan Dahlvang. Oklahoma Sunrise. Digital photograph, 8 x 10 in.

Dahlvang is a Museum School instructor and Drop-In Art artist for the artists will have Museum’s Saturday family program. He lives in Tuttle. to be careful not go into overtime or they will get the gong! Presenting photographers are Josh Buss, Moore; Candace Coker, Shawnee; Marty Coleman, Glenpool; Bryan Dahlvang, Tuttle; Clinton Dean, Oklahoma City; Beth Downing, Tulsa; Allison Fonder, Tulsa; Robert Gurfinkel, Yukon; Matt Jarvis, Pawhuska; Romy Owens, Oklahoma City; Don Risi, Oklahoma City; and Cynthia Wolf, Oklahoma City.

These photographers were selected from a pool of applicants

by Todd Stewart, assistant professor of Photography and Digital Imaging at the University of Oklahoma. Stewart received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in 2004.

The Photo Slam is presented in conjunction with Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow.

Photo Slam attendees are invited to a cashbar reception before the event with special after-hours viewing of the Brett Weston exhibition at 6 p.m. The event is free to the public with paid Josh Buss. Tommy Smash. Medium format film, Museum admission and 16 x 20 in. Buss lives in Moore. to Museum members and members of OVAC and IPHF. Reservations are required. For more infomation or to reserve your seat, please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213, or e-mail reservations@okcmoa.com.

“Brett Weston: A Distinctive Luster” Wed., March 19, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Join Stephen Bennett Phillips, Curator of Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow for “Brett Weston: A Distinctive Luster,” a discussion of the relationship between Brett and his photographer father Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Garrapata Beach, California, Edward and his early 1954. Gelatin silver print; 11 x 14 in. The Brett Weston Archive. maturity as an artist in Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection his own right. “Brett Weston was not just the second son of his father, Edward Weston, the great modernist,” said Phillips. “As a photographer, he was his father’s coeval, and he had a distinctive vision. Brett’s work bridges modern and contemporary photography.” The lecture precludes the Members’ Preview and is free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members.

Reservations are required. Please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213, or e-mail reservations@okcmoa.com.

Brett Weston: Super Saturday Family Day Docent-guided, drop-in tours now available April 5, Noon-4:00 p.m.

Celebrate Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow with a special, fun-filled afternoon of photography. Enjoy an array of handson art activities, a gallery scavenger hunt, face painting, door prizes, story times presented by the Metropolitan Library System, Discovery Packs, and a performance featuring Oklahoma Children’s Theatre and Putnam Heights Elementary schoolchildren. Additional activities include new docent-guided, drop-in tours of the exhibit for families. Super Saturday Family Day is free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members. Reservations are not necessary.

Hands-on family workshops for all ages Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.

Free with Museum admission, and members are always free!

No advance registration required.

March Guest Artist: Linda Busha March 1 – Watercolor-Crayon Impressionist Paintings March 8 – Spring Flowers & Umbrellas March 15 – Rainbow Mobiles March 22 – Stand-Up Bunnies March 29 – Starry Night Crayon Resist Paintings

Photo Slam is presented by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

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April Guest Artist: Bryan Dahlvang April 12 – Bug Jewels April 19 – Photo Fun April 26 – Potato Prints

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THE BUZZ ABOUT ROMAN ART Gallery blackout dates, admission prices Did you hear the Romans are coming to Oklahoma City? By now, I’m sure you’re wondering what all the buzz is about. The Museum will be the third and final venue for Roman Art from the Louvre, the largest, most ambitious exhibition to ever come to the metropolitan area or the state for that matter. An enormous exhibition, showcasing 185 art objects, Roman Art will feature life-size sculpture, sarcophagi, jewelry, mosaics, and more, all coming from the Louvre museum’s world-class collection of antiquities.

The magnitude of the exhibition and the sheer number of works will encompass 15,000 square feet, filling the entire second floor and the first floor special exhibition gallery – 9 galleries in all. In preparation for this colossal show, the Museum’s preparators will begin de-installing the second floor galleries on May 12, 2008, closing those eight galleries to visitors for more than a month.

The first floor special exhibition gallery will begin preparation on May 19, following the close of Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow. To prepare for and install Roman Art from the Louvre will require 1,900 man hours and over 200 gallons of paint. Additionally, it will take seven semi-trucks to transport the exhibit furnishings and works of art, whose total object weight is over 50 tons.

The Museum anticipates Roman Art from the Louvre will bring more visitors to the Museum and Oklahoma City than any previous exhibition. At a cost of close to $2 million, the exhibition is seen as an investment in Oklahoma City’s as well as the Museum’s future as a destination. To offset the cost of this investment, the Museum will initiate a surcharge for Roman Art from the Louvre, raising the price of admission from $9 to $12 for its duration. Members will not be affected by this increase and will continue to recieve free admission.

To recieve free admission to Roman Art from the Louvre, join our members today!

Call 405-236-3100, ext. 215 or 200, or go online at www. okcmoa.com.

Memberships may also be purchased at the Admissions Desk or in the Museum Store.

Statue of a Young Girl [Statue de jeune fille], 100 – 75 BC. Marble, 56 5/8 x 22 x 21 5/8 in. MA 682 - MR 203

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Darryl G. Smette and Charles E. Wiggin elected Museum trustees Darryl G. Smette and Charles E. Wiggin were elected Museum trustees at the January 2008 board meeting. Each will serve a three-year term.

Smette is senior vice president, Marketing and Midstream, for Devon Energy Corporation. He is also a member of the Oklahoma Independent Producers Association, Natural Gas Association of Oklahoma, and the American Gas Association. He holds an undergraduate degree from Minot State University and a master’s degree from Wichita State University.

For the past twenty-five years, Chuck Darryl G. Smette Wiggin has managed the design, development, construction, leasing, sale, acquisition, financing and operation of large commercial real estate projects. He founded Wiggin Properties in 1981 and serves as its president and chief executive officer.

Wiggin is active in numerous civic and cultural organizations, including the Harvard Alumni Association and Historical Preservation, and is Oklahoma’s Honorary Consul for the Federal Charles E. Wiggin Republic of Germany. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Ron and Alyce Page dressed up for the 24th Omelette Party’s MoulEGG Rouge.

Omelette Party committee members Randy Riddell, Erin Fitzgerald, Chairman Cathy Lawrence, Co-chairman Robin Richardson, and Stacey Stiglets at the MoulEGG Rouge party, which raised a record $90,000.

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The Art of Waiting

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By Brian Hearn, film curator

In Hermann Hesse’s allegorical novel Siddhartha, the young seeker faces numerous trials in his quest for enlightenment. One of the most important was to master the three feats of “thinking, fasting, and waiting.” I was reminded of this standing in a long line in 8 degree weather at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. More than previous years waiting in line took up even more time than actually seeing films! Fortunately, the ones I did get into were worth the wait. Besides, waiting can be enjoyed by visiting with other festival goers, playing cards, reading the festival catalog, and of course iPods are ubiquitous. It’s estimated that 52,000 people attended the festival this year. The population of Park City: 8,000. One place you won’t find lines, oddly enough, is at one of the many ski lifts in the area, something the

Up the Yangtze

locals look forward to. As for fasting, it’s not desirable but sometimes unavoidable to miss meals because all the restaurants in town are hopping full day and night. Better to carry food in my pocket. Thinking is also useful at Sundance. There is much to discern from the 120 feature films and 80 shorts that screen over ten days. Planning and strategy are key to getting to and into a selected film or event. It can feel a bit like the contestants of the reality TV show “The Amazing Race.”

At any rate, Siddhartha was on to something.

Sundance has become a de facto film market with deep pocketed buyers searching for the next breakout indie hit like last year’s Waitress and Academy Award nominee Once. But after last year’s record sales, it seems many film distributors ended up with a case of buyer’s remorse when several films that caught fire in the rare air of Park City failed to translate into box office success.

For example, the acclaimed documentary Crazy Love with its sordid true story characters sold at the festival in mid-six-figure range but didn’t connect with moviegoers last summer, despite much festival buzz. And the moving Iraq war drama Grace is Gone, starring John Cusack as a grieving widower raising two daughters, barely registered with audiences when it was released a year later. It sold at the festival for $4 million.

So what will make it to movie screens from the festival in 2008? It’s anyone’s guess. There were two rather grim themes that emerged in many of the films: drug use and suicide. It will be interesting to see how many of those films find their way into the marketplace.

The Wackness is a bizarre turn for Sir Ben Kingsley, who

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plays a cannabis smoking psychiatrist that trades therapy sessions with a teenage pot dealer in love with his stepdaughter. Both themes were evident in the documentary Gonzo: The Life and Works of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, infamous author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. While another documentary, Bigger, Faster, Stronger, took a hard look at the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport. There were also a surprising number of films loaded with star power that simply fell flat. One example was The Great Buck Howard starring Colin and Tom Hanks and John Malkovich. It was fun to see those actors in person at the screening, but the film lacked the edgy quality of the usual Sundance fare. It did not find a buyer during the festival.

Some of the best reviewed films of the festival, which all made deals in the wee hours of the morning, include Hamlet 2, about a deluded high school English teacher who tries to write a sequel to Hamlet (sold for $10 million!); American Teen, a penetrating documentary about the lives of teens in Warsaw, Indiana; Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, an exhaustive portrait of Polanski’s complex persona and legal problems; Phoebe in Wonderland, about a rebellious little girl who connects with her drama teacher; Frozen River, an indie drama about human smuggling on the U.S./Canadian border; and Up the Yangtze, a documentary about the effects of

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the construction of the massive Three Gorges Dam that is displacing millions and destroying national landmarks in China. All in all, there were dozens of fascinating films that are sure to make it to the Noble Theater in 2008 and beyond. Our partnership with the Sundance Institute was renewed for another year, as founding members of the Sundance Art House Project, one of a dozen cinemas nationwide committed to building audiences for independent film.

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Roman Art From the Louvre

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June 19 - October 12, 2008

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