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This was first published on December 22, 2016 to Art Review Oklahoma. Separated by the immeasurable space between two minds, the ability to directly connect with another individual must be facilitated through spoken and nonverbal languages. While we often translate our thoughts to sounds, sometimes our ability to adequately send or receive a […]
For my series, Things I Tell Myself, I really pulled from a lot of random things that only seem to be unified by a theme of memory or nostalgia. It occurred to me that there were several phrases that I have been playing on repeat in my head. The phrases rotate or sometimes are triggered […]
OVAC‘s annual fundraiser, 12×12, was seemingly another success. I love participating as a way to give back to OVAC for all that they do for artists in the state and to be surrounded by a wonderful community for an evening. And this piece found its way to a new home, which means there is only one […]
This was first published on September 11, 2016 to Art Review Oklahoma. In one of my favorite books, Incognito: Secret Lives of the Brain, one point author David Eagleman makes is how our brains are able to run on ‘autopilot’ when doing familiar activities while preoccupying the active part of our brains with […]
I’m not sure if it’s because my birthday falls so close to New Years, or if my view of my life is that it inherently revolves around me, but I’ve always viewed my birthday as my personal new year: a time of reflection on the past and aspirations for the future. This “new year” […]
Probably influenced by my role at 108|Contemporary and thinking about how my own art fits within the broader context, I’ve been curious to learn more about the history of craft and the changing associations with terms such as “art” and “craft.” As a part of the Oklahoma Art Writing and Curatorial Fellowship, I wrote […]
I’m very excited to have 5 of my works on display at JRB for the month of December. All three pieces from the Price of a Divorce series (pictured above) and two of my monoprints from I’m Sorry were included. My work has never been displayed in a cabinet before, but I love how it […]
Well, just in the nick of time I got my kiln wired at my new house and was able to get my piece fired for the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s annual fundraiser, 12×12. I decided to do something a little bit different and put it in a shadow box. Thinking from the perspective […]
In the third installment of Art Talks, art critics Mary Kathryn Moeller and Krystle Brewer scratch the surface of a complex exhibition. Greenbelt Meridian is an exhibition by artist couple James and Yiren Galagher that addresses the issues of the amensalistic, and sometime parasitic, relationship between humans and nature. They pose the idea of creating […]
In the second installment of Art Talks, art critic Mary Kathryn Moeller visits with Oklahoma City -based artist Amanda Bradway. Together they tour her exhibition entitled Overlap at 108 Contemporary in downtown Tulsa. Bradway’s work, and that of Pennsylvania artist Lindsay Ketterer Gates with whom she is partnered, involves the layering of materials and explores […]