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REDHouse adds color to OKC

every step of the way the three of us come together to collaborate," O'Keefe said. He said the trio meet with their clients and have many creative meetings as a team. O'Keefe also mentioned Spencer Ready, a REDHouse employee, who he refers to as their "all-around man" adding, "the three of us are incapable of managing all the work that is coming across our desk. Spencer does everything to help us." He has been a part of the REDHouse since their beginnings. Although they lived in close proximity for a while, none of them realized they would come together to form a company. "The Leviathan shoot was our first initial project," Beethe said. "It was then that we realized how well the three of us worked Photo provided This is an example of the photography that REDHouse specializes in. together." The Leviathan is described on their Web site as "a dream in the middle of the conceptual design. "I feel that we have a specialty product night of a woman with the most elegant ink strewn across her body and displayed that clients recognize," said Wilkes. In a little over a year REDHouse has in a surreal and almost ethereal manner. worked with clients in Oslo, Norway; REDHouse set out to create this dream." Another early collaborative effort was Green Bay, Wis. and Napa Valley, Calif. They have done work for local clients working for The Non. The local band By Rebecca Shampay including Dfest, Boss Entertainment, commissioned Wilkes to design the art Newspaper Participant Mark Gungor, the Oklahoma Visual Arts for their April 2007 album release Paper Coalition and the Oklahoma Prosperity City. Wilkes recruited Beethe and O'Keefe Keegan O'Keefe and his REDHouse Project. They have also worked with many for the project, knowing the strength and associates want to push boundaries, and local musicians, including The Non, The chemistry the three posess as a group. "Paper City was fun, because it had they want to do it in an experimental way. Uglysuit and BuffaloFitz. Inside REDHouse, Beethe is the almost no restrictions," Beethe said. "No We lean toward experimental music, experiemental paintings, and experimental production manager and stylist on-set in oi Le was trying to put us in a box." Wilkes people-people who are pushing what a charge of making sure every detail looks and O'Keefe agreed, and said they still boundary should be," O'Keefe, a UCO perfect. She handles their post-production have fun collaborating, even as an official on design, along with O'Keefe. company. student, said. O'Keefe is the creative director and The three artists have different O'Keefe joined two other local artists, Jessica Beethe and Paul Wilkes, to form information architect in charge of gathering backgrounds that brought them to where and design an Oklahoma City firm called information, budget planning, set design they are today Beethe, who O'Keefe described as being "an expert illustrator REDHouse. Using their backgrounds in and overseeing any media. Wilkes is the photographer, photo editor and talented at everything," began graphic design, photography, illustration drawing when she was two years old. and programming, REDHouse does and webmaster. "We have different departments, but Beethe said she was an aspiring gourmet promotional photography along with

Three local artists use talents to form design firm

chef before she turned to art. "I was originally going to go to France to become a chef, but was convinced at the last second to go to art school." She graduated in April from Oklahoma Christian University, with a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design. O'Keefe graduated from OC in 2007, with a B.F.A in Graphic Design. "As long as I can remember I was around art," O'Keefe said. "My dad, (Michael O'Keefe, former chair of Art and Design at OC) has always been an artist and a graphic designer. So I wasn't always involved in art, but always around it." O'Keefe said that outside of work, painting is an important part of his life. "I paint when I have free time ... I go crazy when I have nothing to do." Wilkes has a creative background as well, but his beginnings were in music instead of art. "I played guitar six years and piano 11," he said. "I played in a couple street bands in Dallas, but then the Dallas music scene died. "Music helped play a role in creativity, but I got sick of playing music." Wilkes said he studied Graphic Design at UCO. "In college I went directly into photography, via art and design." "I had a camera before then, but didn't know how to use it. I liked creating worlds, but I couldn't draw. "Photography to me became about capturing moments. Then it was how do I create worlds, emotions and pursuits?" The trio said numerous artists in a variety of artistic disciplines inspired them. "We admire when someone can break out of the standards and be successful doing so," O'Keefe said. "For instance the beginners of Google, MySpace and Facebook are all very inspiring to me, because we're small like they were," he said. Beethe said that besides a multitude of different artists, she is heavily influenced by Art Deco and the early Art Nouveau period in France. To aspiring artists who feel intimidated, Beethe suggests they research the background of an artist they hold in high esteem and learn what obstacles they had to overcome in their careers.

From the other side of the vehicle What UCO parking students and staff may not know, the dttendants will tell By Jana Davis Co-Editor

Now that its almost Friday, are you ready to answer the weekend's call? Here are the best for local entertainment this weekend.

Oklahoma Live! State Fair 2008 This year's fair features concerts ranging from Gavin 1)e(iraW to Miranda Lambert and events rarigintt from professional bull-riding and monster truck rallies to Disney on Ice and carnival rides. Ongoing through Sunday.

Cross Canadian Ragweed Family Jam Cross'Canadian Ragweed in concert with Buckeherry. Leo Aim Womack and more at the Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheater starting at 3 p.m.. Saturday, S38 general adm ksion,

The clash in Concho LTC-style lightiiig at the Lucky Star Casino in Concho. Featuring. Gerald "Hurricane" Harris vs, Jon "El jaguar" Kirk ith a special appearance from Joe - Daddy" Stevenson. Doors open at 7 p.m. Friday, S2i general .tritnission,

Another student gets a parking ticket. All understanding and acceptance is now void, and the tran.sp ortationy, department waits patiently on lhoiother end of the phone line, hhping for the possibility to explain. A student parking-attendant, who will be called Joe, has worked for the Transportation Department for almost two years. He wished to remain anonymous, but decided to tell his viewpoint about students who get parking tickets. Students may ask why they get parking tickets, c about the lack of ing races or even ptead or, to the -ding to ded side to the stor said, ople t are being usually c lain they ticket inforrd'ec of which wean' in. loft ti

"All the signs are color-coded . we put lot numbers up as well," Raul Martinez, assistant director for the transportation department, said. "We are here to keep the campus safe. We try to help with -the flow of the campus," Martihez said. "One of the biggest complaints I've gotten this past year is ... lot 15 that has been closed [on 2nd street]. So, we built lots 2 and 3. Those two alone gave us more than we lost" Martinez said taking away the lot closest to 2nd Street for the rensic Science Institute has most students draw the conclusion that parlcing, is being taken away. This is not,* case, he said. The transportation department also added average walking ';'t-tines from certain parking lots. The biggest problem for most students; both Martinez. and Joe agreed, is that stuctents just don't want to take the time to walk.

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A parking violation sticker placed on a car on campus. The transportation department's mission is to ensure safety on campus.

S ho es to shed the lbs.

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UCO Healthy alas 2010 Initiative bas a pla for ev&lione from students i6staff, biq't even the workers who may not 1.3e seen everyday want in on the programs. The Transportation and Parking Services office wanted to build a program for their employees to help guide their fitness and looked to the Wellness Center for direction. Johnny Watley is a personal trainer at the

center and was involved in helping

the workers know what to expect. Thg, transportation and parking. serVIOeg employees, or " TPS Fit` Crew" as they like to be called, were given individual health assessments and personalized plans for healthier lifestyles. Each participant was given specific flexibility, resistance and cardiovascular exercises. The program allows the Fit Crew to have three hours a week to work out and gives the workers a way to log their sessions to track their success.

"We hope to see stress reduction, because we know physical activity helps with that," Watley said. "We are also going to look for reduction in Body Mass Index, so their health and regular fitness level improves." While the program is specifically for the TPS Fit Crew, the Wellness Center wants to use the crew's results as a mock-up for future opportunities. "We plan to gather the information from working with TPS and extrapolate that into any campus organization or group that wants to

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