VISTAS: Reaching Back, Looking Forward with the Qu’aint Collaboration

by Sarah Atlee

When you think about quilts, you might picture Grandmother’s house—a four-poster bed, well-worn cottons sewn together in traditional patterns, keeping you warm on winter nights. Sound familiar? Sound like ancient history?

Some say quilting is a lost art. The Qu’aint (Quilt + Paint) Collaboration is here to show audiences that quilting is thriving and inspiring contemporary artists to reach new aesthetic ground.

Our collective of seven Oklahoma artists is engaged in an ongoing conversation between painting and quilting, past and present. These two art forms may appear different at first, but they overlap in various ways. The maker’s use of shape, color, line, and texture are ever-present concerns. Styles can range from the obsessively tight to big, broad strokes. The comparison also raises some interesting questions. Is there a meaningful difference between craft and art? Functional and decorative objects? Do people talk about quilts and paintings differently? Agnes Stadler (OKC) sees quilting as a fascinating way to stand between two worlds. “One is that of traditional sewing patterns and intricate rows of stitching, techniques that were devised by generations of quilters that came before me. The other, much more exciting realm, is the artistic expression of how I see the everchanging world around me.”

I’ve been on both sides of this dialogue, having learned both painting and quilting in high school. Painting was my primary medium until 2016, when quilting elbowed its way to the front of my brain. I made it my mission to connect with other quilters in Oklahoma. By joining the OKC chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild, I met future collaborators Agnes Stadler, Ann Solinski, Brenda Esslinger, and Elizabeth Richards. Through membership with Fiber Artists of Oklahoma, I learned about the quilts of Susan R. Michael (Tulsa), and was immediately hooked on her style: meticulous, yet organic.

For painter Jason Wilson (McAlester), quilts have always been a part of his artistic consciousness. He has fond memories of the quilts that his grandmother and greatgrandmothers stitched by hand. Wilson’s paintings, hard-edge geometric abstractions full of vivid colors, are strongly influenced by those patchwork treasures.

In 2018, the OKC Modern Quilt Guild held an exhibition of quilts at Artspace at Untitled in Oklahoma City, concurrent with Fiber Artists of Oklahoma’s Fiberworks show nearby. At Fiberworks, Wilson spotted a quilt by Brenda Esslinger (OKC) that looked like something he would have painted. After visiting the two shows, Wilson began talking with other quilters, myself included. Wilson visited Esslinger’s studio soon after, and the Qu’aint Collaboration was born.

First, we chose one of Wilson’s paintings. Each of the quilting artists interpreted that painting in fabric. We’ve repeated the cycle several times. For the next phase of the project, Wilson has been making new paintings based on our quilts. Ann Solinski (OKC) sees this process as both an opportunity and a challenge to share her passion with the public. “I am especially excited about our creative growth as a group and individuals.”

Collaboration is a journey. In our case, we begin and end at the same points, but all take different paths to get there. Brenda Esslinger says that Qu’aint has been good for her creativity, “challenging me to move in new and exciting directions. The support and inspiration I receive from my fellow artists has kept me motivated during these trying times.” For Elizabeth Richards (OKC), creativity and community go hand in hand. “The Qu’aint Collaboration has given me a chance to explore my style as a quilt artist. I am inspired by this group of artists, and enjoy their friendship and encouragement.”

Several shows later, we’re going strong, in spite of some personnel changes, the pandemic, and a near-fatal car wreck Wilson experienced in 2019. (After the accident, we naturally responded by making Wilson a quilt. We titled it Group Hug.) We are excited to present Qu’aint’s fifth exhibition, Vistas, at Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery in Lawton. Viewers can see how our work has evolved through the project’s stages. Wilson is proud to honor his grandmothers’ skills. “The dream that was born from their painstaking work that turned fabric into art is now reality; our Qu’aint creations are being seen in galleries throughout Oklahoma, and one day I hope they will be seen around the world.”

Susan R. Michael finds the collaborative adventure a way to connect with history. “I feel fortunate to be a part of the quilting tradition.”

Explore tradition through a contemporary lens at Vistas, on display at the Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery through August 27, 2021. The gallery is located at 620 SW D Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 12-4 pm. For more information visit lpgallery.org or call 580 357 9526.

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Sarah Atlee (OKC) pivoted to quilting fulltime after 20 years as a professional painter. Visitors are always welcome at SarahAtlee.com.

Right: Elizabeth Richards, Interchange, 2021, hand-dyed fabric, raw edge applique, hand stitching. 24” x 24”; Far right: Agnes Stadler, Peeking Through The Blinds, 2019, commercial quilting weight cotton and linen, freemotion longarm quilted, 26” x 38”

Bottom Row (l-r): Susan R. Michael, Black Flowers, 2019, fabric. 21.5” x 35.5”; Brenda Essslinger, Ambiguous, 2021, cotton and polyester quilt, 26” x 40”; Jason Wilson, Different Angles, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, inspired by Sarah Atlee’s quilt Ban Logic Right: Ann Solinski, quilted by Agnes Stadler, XOX, 2019, quilt, 36” x 35”

Edited by Liz Blood

Ekphrasis is an ongoing series joining verse and visual art. Here, Gay Pasley responds to Mother Scapegoats, part of Hoesy Corona’s ongoing series SCAPEGOATS (2013–present), which Corona describes as “an exploration of the indoctrination into societal othering as a form of devoted practice.” The Scapegoat is represented as a deity and, in Mother Scapegoats, the herd is relaxed in a safe environment re-envisioned for the social castaways.

Hoesy Corona is an emerging queer Mexican artist living and working in Tulsa and Baltimore. His performance and installation works consider what it means to be a queer latinx immigrant in a place where there are few and often address race/class/gender, nature, isolation, queerness, celebration, and the climate crisis. Earthly Mirage, a ten-year survey of Corona’s work created by Amber Litwack, opens at AHHA in Tulsa on August 6, 2021.

Gay Pasley is a social justice advocate, nurse, writer, photographer, and lifelong Oklahoman. Pasley is a Black female immigrant. Her sense of displacement in the diaspora and desire to magnify her witness drive her art and writing.

WHEN WE WERE UGLY

Dear Hoesy, When I served in the military, a drill sergeant who looked like me separated another female soldier from the rest of the company. 1986, Fort Dix, New Jersey, sticky hot. It was summer. She yelled, “You will not serve in my Army!” Made her march alone in the sun. What was she guilty of? She was fond of another woman in an all-female unit. The Scapegoat remains so brave, so strong in my mind, appears in colorful cloth and flowering horn—thanks to you. Is the mother of millions. The Shepherd, so ugly, is absent now. I was teased about my name when I was a little girl. When I was six, I learned the word faggot and that they burned them at the stake. In the small place where I come from, queer boys are called anti-men and are despised, tortured. But we are not in that small place. We are in the land of the free where men with guns claim anti-men seduce them, where men with guns shoot them after discovering that they aren’t who they think they are. Bodies covered in wounds. Colorful, bad blooms. Stranger fruit. Their memorials, small, stuffed animals and white candles. The mothers of millions. When I was a midwife in Tulsa, I assisted in the births of infants born with both male and female genitalia. Only the baby’s mother was allowed to change the child’s diaper. Once, I asked the doctor what would become of one of these babies. He said it was easier to assign them as female: dismember the beautiful baby, force them to be one thing and not the other. Keep them from challenging notions, marching alone, changing the sun. There was more than one. Mother of a million. “May I have a glass of water, please?” the Black boy asks sweetly. The men bend their hands at the wrist and twist their hips and speak with lisps and throw stones at a child guilty of being themself: fragrant, bright, flowing, flowery, beautiful, the center of all attention, a blossom society refuses to bear. They bloom anyway. Mother to a million. And we know what we know: God is not a man or woman. They spoke to me, once, when I was naked. I heard their voices, and they filled me, like a cup of trembling. Now I hear their voices, our voices, and fear no more. We say, I am not your Negro. I am not your Scapegoat. I am.

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OVAC NEWS

SUMMER 2021

Krystle Kaye, Executive Director In July we proudly announce the first year’s recipients of our new Thrive Grants in partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. These awardees will receive $5,000 each to carry out new, public-facing, collaborative projects over the next year. Follow along at ThriveGrants.org.

Having nearly completed our three-year strategic plan in under two years, the OVAC Board of Directors has big ideas of how OVAC will serve the state’s art community next. And, we want you to be a part of the planning! Join us at our Annual Members’ Meeting on July 17th to celebrate our successes of the last year and help us plan the next big step for OVAC. Visit our website at ovac-ok.org and follow us on social media for more details.

Art 365 is back this summer with new, innovative projects by Ginnie Baer (Edmond), Maggie Boyett (OKC) & Marwin Begaye (Norman), Crystal Z. Campbell (OKC), Naima Lowe (Tulsa), and Mirella Martinez (Stillwater). The exhibition opens at Living Arts of Tulsa with First Friday in the Tulsa Arts District on July 2nd. The second opening, along with the catalogue release party, is August 19th at Artspace at Untitled in Oklahoma City. During both exhibitions, each artist will host free public programing to further connect audiences to the concepts in their projects. For more information, visit Art365.org.

We hope to see you in person at this year’s 12x12 Art Fundraiser on September 24th! However, for those unable to attend, we will keep the best parts of last year’s virtual fundraiser in a new hybrid model. To donate, view the artwork, or for more information, visit 12x12OK.org.

Lastly, save the date for the second iteration of the OK Art Crawl to be held on October 16th. Last year’s Crawl featured 242 artists in 33 cities and generated more than $25,000 in art sales for participating artists! We look forward to highlighting the art next door again this year. To sign up as an artist, to join as a partner, to sponsor, or for all the details, visit OKArtCrawl.org.

To keep up to date on the latest OVAC news, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Sincerely,

Krystle D. Kaye Executive Director

Notes from Black Wall Street

OR HOW TO PROJECT YOURSELF INTO THE FUTURE

Crystal Z Campbell May 7-July 25

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Gallery Listings & Exhibition Schedule

Ada

Aug 16 - Oct 12 Courtney Starrett The Pogue Gallery East Central University 920 E Main St (580) 559-5353 ecok.edu

Altus

May 10 - Aug 6 From Start to Finish Wigwam Gallery 121 W Commerce St (580) 477-1100

Alva

Jul 2 - 31 Through the Lens Aug 6 – 31 Artists Now and Then Sept 3 – 28 Native American Art Graceful Art Center 523 Barnes St (580) 327-ARTS gracefulartscenter.org

Ardmore

The Goddard Center 401 First Avenue SW (580) 226-0909 goddardcenter.org

Bartlesville

Price Tower Arts Center 510 Dewey Ave (918) 336-4949 pricetower.org

Broken Bow

Sept 24 - 25 Owa-Chito Festival of the Forest Forest Heritage Center Beaver’s Bend Resort (580) 494-6497 beaversbend.com

Chickasha

Nesbitt Gallery University of Science and Arts Oklahoma 1806 17th St (405) 574-1344 usao.edu/ gallery/schedule Claremore

The Gary Moeller Gallery of the Arts Rogers State University 1701 W Will Rogers Blvd (918) 343-7740 rsu.edu

Davis

Jul 1- Oct 31 Cherokee Artist Eva Cantrell Chickasaw Nation Welcome Center 35 N Colbert Rd (580) 369-4222 chickasawcountry.com/explore/ view/Chickasaw-nationwelcome-center

Duncan

Jul 1 - Sept 1 Joe Don Brave Chisholm Trail Heritage Center 1000 Chisholm Trail Pkwy (580) 252-6692 onthechisholmtrail.com

Durant

Centre Art Gallery Southeastern Oklahoma State University 1614 N. First Street

Durham

Metcalfe Museum 8647 N 1745 Rd (580) 655-4467 metcalfemuseum.org

Edmond

Donna Nigh Gallery University of Central Oklahoma 100 University Dr (405) 974-2432 uco.edu/cfad

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022 I Remember That! Edmond in the 1980s Edmond Historical Society & Museum 431 S Boulevard (405) 340-0078 edmondhistory.org Fine Arts Institute of Edmond 27 E Edwards St (405) 340-4481 edmondfinearts.com

Sept 16 - Nov 18 Women’s Rights are Human Rights Exhibition Melton Gallery University of Central Oklahoma 100 N University Dr (405) 974-6358 uco.edu/cfad

University Gallery Oklahoma Christian University 2501 E Memorial Rd oc.edu

El Reno

Jul 19 - Aug 27 John Salame and Virginia Sitze Redlands Community College 1300 S Country Club Rd (405) 262-2552 redlandscc.edu

Guthrie

Hancock Creative Shop 116 S 2nd St (405) 471-1951 hancockcreativeshop.wordpress. com

Owens Arts Place Museum 1202 E Harrison (405) 260-0204 owensmuseum.com

Guymon

All Fired Up Art Gallery 421 N Main (580) 338-4278 artistincubation.com

Idabel

Jun 1 - Sept 26 Native North American Baskets May 11 - Aug 8 Kuna Molas Museum of the Red River 812 E Lincoln Rd (580) 286-3616 museumoftheredriver.org

Lawton

620 D Avenue (580) 357-9526 lpgallery.org Mar 3 - August 31 KEVA Museum of the Great Plains 601 NW Ferris Ave (580) 581-3460 discovermpg.org

Norman

The Crucible Gallery 110 E Tonhawa (405) 579-2700 thecruciblellc.com

Downtown Art and Frame 115 S Santa Fe (405) 329-0309

Firehouse Art Center 444 S Flood (405) 329-4523 normanfirehouse.com

Jacobson House 609 Chautauqua (405) 366-1667 jacobsonhouse.com

Jun 24 - Dec 31 A Life in Looking Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art 555 Elm Ave (405) 325-3272 ou.edu/fjjma

Aug 26 - Sept 30 McLean Fahnestock Lightwell Gallery University of Oklahoma 520 Parrington Oval (405) 325-2691 art.ou.edu

May 14 - Jul 9 Other Places | Danny Joe Rose II May 14 - Jul 9 The Left Hand of Liminality | Denise Duong and Gabriel Friedman MAINSITE Contemporary Art Gallery 122 E Main (405) 360-1162 normanarts.org

Jun 18 – Aug 20 Historic Hospital Exhibit Sept 3 – Oct 30 Annual Quilts and Textile Arts Show Moore-Lindsey House Historical Museum 508 N Peters (405) 321-0156 normanhistorichouse.org

The Depot Gallery 200 S Jones (405) 307-9320 pasnorman.org

Oklahoma City

[ArtSpace] at Untitled 1 NE 3rd St (405) 815-9995 artspaceatuntitled.org

Contemporary Art Gallery 2928 Paseo (405) 601-7474 contemporaryartgalleryokc.com

Jun 10 - Jul 4 Exhibition featuring Ruth Ann Loveland, Amanda Weathers, Lindsay Zodrow, Krista Jo Mustain Jul 8 - Aug 8 Best in show exhibition Aug 12 - Sept 5 Photography group exhibition featuring Oklahoma artists Sept 9 - Oct 3 Tony Thunder Solo Exhibition DNA Galleries 1709 NW 16th St (405) 525-3499 dnagalleries.com

Jul 1- Oct 31 Women Warriors: Kendra Swafford, Shelby Rowe, Karin Walkingstick Exhibit C 1 E Sheridan Ave Ste 100 (405) 767-8900 chickasawcountry.com

Factory Obscura 25 NW 9th St factoryobscura.com

May 21 - Aug 21 Bellamy. Mercer. Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum 1400 Classen Dr (405) 235-4458 oklahomaheritage.com

Grapevine Gallery 1933 NW 39th (405) 528-3739 grapevinegalleryokc.com

Howell Gallery 6432 N Western Ave (405) 840-4437 howellgallery.com

In Your Eye Studio and Gallery 3005A Paseo (405) 525-2161 inyoureyegallery.com

Jul 2 - Aug 31 Mark Hennick: Sun Salutations Laura Nugent: Chromatic Adaptations Sept 3 - Oct 31 Exhibits featuring Christa Blackwood and Larry Hefner JRB Art at the Elms 2810 N Walker Ave (405) 528-6336 jrbartgallery.com

Nov 5, 2020 - Jul 11 Close Encounters: Western Wildlife Mar 17 - Aug 8 #HashtagTheCowboy Jun 6 - Aug 8 Prix de West Invitation Art Exhibit and Sale Jul 9 - Oct 17 ¡Viva México! Jul 16 - Feb 27, 2022 Framework: Exploring the Artistic Process Aug 20 - Oct 17 Find Your North Aug 27 - May 8, 2022 Tattoos: Religion, Reality, and Regret Sept 10 - Jan 2, 2022 New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd (405) 478-2250 nationalcowboymuseum.org

Nault Gallery 816 N Walker Ave naultfineart.com

Feb 23 - Aug 12 Domestic Inquiries: Sam Charboneau May 10 - Aug 6 Bert Seabourn on Paper Aug 11 - Oct 5 Orgullosa: Elizabeth Suarez Nona Hulsey Gallery, Norick Art Center Oklahoma City University 1600 NW 26th (405) 208-5226 okcu.edu

Inasmuch Foundation Gallery Oklahoma City Community College 7777 S May Ave (405) 682-7576 occc.edu May 15 - Nov 7 Fritz Scholder: Beyond Stereotypes May 15 - Nov 7 From Heroes to Immortals: Classical Mythological Prints May 15 - Nov 7 A Room with a View: Scenes from the Italian Countryside Jun 26 - Oct 17 The Painters of Pompeii: Roman Frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Dr (405) 236-3100 okcmoa.com

Feb 18 - Jul 5 Ed Ruscha: OKLA May 27 - Oct 28 Crystal Z Campbell: Flight May 6 - Sept 20 We Believed in the Sun Jul 29 - May 2, 2022 Chakaia Booker: Shaved Portions Aug 19 - Jan 3 Abstract Remix Jul 29 - Sept 13 ArtNow 2021 Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center 3000 General Pershing Blvd (405) 951-0000 oklahomacontemporary.org

Oklahoma State Capitol Galleries 2300 N Lincoln Blvd (405) 521-2931 arts.ok.gov

Jul 2 – 31 Sam Charboneau // Print on Paseo Aug 6 – 28 Autism Oklahoma // Tour de Quartz Sept 3 - Oct 30 Aimee Eischen & Bianca Roland // Paseo Photofest Paseo Arts & Creativity Center 3024 Paseo (405) 525-2688 thepaseo.com

Red Earth BancFirst Tower 100 N. Broadway Avenue, Suite 2750 (405) 427-5228 redearth.org

smART Space Science Museum Oklahoma 2020 Remington Pl (405) 602-6664 sciencemuseumok.org

Park Hill

Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc. 21192 S Keeler Dr (918) 456-6007 cherokeeheritage.org Pauls Valley

Jun 4 - Jul 31 From the Ground Up, featuring Lawrence Hultberg, Davis Holland, KNelson, and Dean Wilhite Aug 26 - Oct 10 We Belong to the Land, featuring Bill Hensley, Jack Fowler, Brad Price, and Dustin Mater The Vault Art Space and Gathering Place 111 East Paul Ave, Suite 2 (405) 343-6610

Ponca City

Ponca City Art Center 400 E Central Ave (580) 765-9746 poncacityartcenter.com

Shawnee

Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art 1900 W Macarthur (405) 878-5300 mgmoa.org

Stillwater

Aug 16 - Sept 17 Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition Gardiner Gallery of Art Oklahoma State University 108 Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts (405) 744-6016 museum.okstate.edu

Jul 6 – Oct 30 Sun Patterns, Dark Canyon: the Paintings and Aquatints of Doel Reed (1894-1985) Aug 10 - Oct 2 Vision and Visionary : Paintings and Drawings by Moh’d Bilbeisi Postal Plaza Gallery Oklahoma State University Museum of Art 720 S Husband St (405) 744-2780 museum.okstate.edu

Modella Art Gallery 721 S Main Modellaartgallery.org

Sulphur

Jul 1- Oct 31 Choctaw artist Kristin Gentry Chickasaw Visitor Center 901 W 1st St (580) 622-8050 chickasawcountry.com/ explore/view/Chickasaw-visitor-center

Tahlequah

Cherokee Arts Center 212 S Water Ave (918) 453-5728 Cherokeenationart.com Aug 9 - Oct 1 24 Works on Paper The Spider Gallery 215 S Muskogee Ave (918) 453-5728

Tonkawa

Eleanor Hays Gallery Northern Oklahoma College 1220 E Grand (580) 628-6670 north-ok.edu

Tulsa

Jul 2 - Sept 19 A Luthier’s Tale: The Craft of Stringed Instruments 108|Contemporary 108 E Reconciliation Way (918) 895-6302 108contemporary.org

exhibit by aberson 3524B S Peoria (918) 740-1054 abersonexhibits.com

May 7 - Jul 25 Crystal Z Campbell: Notes from Black Wall Street (Or How to Project Yourself into the Future) Jun 30 – Sept 19 Greenwood’s Legacy: Shaping a City and a Nation Aug 6 – Oct 24 Earthly Mirage: Hosey Corona ahha 101 E Archer St (918) 584-3333 ahhatulsa.org

Mar 5 - Jul 4 Assignment Tulsa Jun 14 - Jul 4 Enslavement to Emancipation: Toward a More Perfect Union Gilcrease Museum 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Road (918) 596-2700 gilcrease.utulsa.edu

Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education 124 E Reconciliation Way (918) 631-4400 gilcrease.utulsa.edu/ Explore/Zarrow

Alexandre Hogue Gallery University of Tulsa 2935 E 5th St. (918) 631-2739 utulsa.edu/art

Holliman Gallery Holland Hall 5666 E 81st Street (918) 879-4791 hollandhall.org

Joseph Gierek Fine Art 1342 E 11th St (918) 592-5432 gierek.com

Jul 2 - Aug 6 OVAC Art 365 Sept 3 - Oct 8 Oh, Tulsa! Living Arts 307 E Reconciliation Way (918) 585-1234 livingarts.org

M.A. Doran Gallery 3509 S Peoria (918) 748-8700 madorangallery.com Jul 9 – 30 Inbound Jul 9 - 30 Artifacts Liggett Studio 314 S Kenosha Ave (918) 694-5719 liggettstudio.com

Lovetts Gallery 6528 E 51st St (918) 664-4732 lovettsgallery.com

Jun 11 - Oct 17 Dalí’s Alice in Wonderland Mar 14 - Sept 5 From the Limitations of Now Mar 14 - Sept 5 Views of Greenwood Philbrook Museum of Art 2727 S Rockford Rd (918) 748-5300 philbrook.org

Pierson Gallery 1309-1313 E 15th St (918) 584-2440 piersongallery.com

July 24 Works on Paper August Michael Palazzo September Andrea Martin Tulsa Artists’ Coalition 9 E Reconciliation Way (918) 592-0041 tacgallery.org Tulsa Performing Arts Center Gallery 110 E 2nd St (918) 596-7122 tulsapac.com

Urban Art Lab Studios 1130 S Harvard Ave (918) 625-0777

Waterworks Art Studio 1710 Charles Page Blvd (918) 596-2440 cityoftulsa.org

Weatherford

SWOSU Art Gallery 100 Campus Drive (580) 774-3756 swosu.edu Wilburton

The Gallery at Wilburton 108 W Main St (918) 465-9669

Woodward

Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum 2009 Williams Ave (580) 256-6136 nwok-pipm.org

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UPCOMING EVENTS July 2 Art 365 Opening at Living Arts of Tulsa July 2-31 24 Works on Paper at TAC Gallery, Tulsa July 10 Art 365 Workshop with Ginnie Baer, Tulsa July 15 OVAC Grants for Artists Deadline July 17 Annual Members’ Meeting, OKC/Zoom July 20 Art 365 Workshop with Naima Lowe, Zoom July 24 Art 365 Workshop with Mirella Martinez, Zoom July 28 ASK Workshop: Equitable Arts Events, OKC/Zoom Aug 1 ASK Workshop: Public Art Part II, OKC/Zoom Aug 1 Fall 2021 Intern Deadline Aug 5 Art 365 Panel Discussion with Crystal Z Campbell, Zoom Aug 5- 12x12 Preview at The Art Hall, OKC Sept 20 Aug 6 Art 365 Workshop with Maggie Boyett and Marwin Begaye, Tulsa Aug 9- 24 Works on Paper at Spider Gallery, Oct 1 Tahlequah Aug 19 Art 365 Opening and Catalog Release at Artspace, OKC Sept 24 12x12 Art Fundraiser, OKC 1720 N Shartel Ave, Suite B Oklahoma City, OK 73103

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