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Presented by The Museums West consortium, this exhibition includes nearly 75 powerful images from the National Geographic Image Collection. A companion book is available through The Museum Store.

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Touching the Past: The Art Retrospective of Enoch Kelly Haney

April 26 - July 28, 2012

Sponsored by the Muscogee-Creek Nation

Opening Reception
Thursday, April 26 • 5 - 7 p.m.
Free to the public made possible by the Muscogee-Creek Nation


Touching the Past will be a retrospective of internationally-recognized painter and sculptor Enoch Kelly Haney’s 40-year career. The exhibit will include paintings and sculptors by the artist.

Kelly is a full-blood Seminole-Creek Indian. From humble beginnings in rural Seminole County, Kelly became the first full-blood American Indian to serve in the Oklahoma Legislature and a critically-acclaimed artist. When Kelly was merely two years old, his mother noticed his artistic ability. He went on to professionally train at Bacone College in Muskogee and graduated from Oklahoma City University with a degree in Fine Arts. He went on to exhibit his art throughout the United States, England, Austria and Asia.

For more information, an opening reception invitation, call 405-235-4458 or go to oklahomaheritage.com

Train Rides

Train Rides are available for kids of all ages (0 to 99+) every 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, April to August.

The Train leaves Oakwood Depot at the museum at:

* 10AM
* 11AM
* Noon
* 1:30PM
* 2:30PM

Tickets

13 years and up, $12.00
3 years to 12 years is $5.00
Under 3 FREE.

Ticket prices DO NOT Apply for Day out with Thomas, the Halloween Train, the Christmas Train

The museum is open from 9 am to 4 pm Thursday through Saturday. There is no admission charge to tour the museum and grounds.

Railroad equipment, including locomotives and passenger cars, are on display as well as permanent exhibits with railroad memorabilia.

For more information, call the museum at 405-424-8222 or go online to www.oklahomarailwaymuseum.org

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum hosts its prestigious invitational art exhibit of over 300 Western paintings and sculpture by the finest contemporary Western artists in the nation with art seminars, receptions and awards banquet.

The exhibiting artists bring a diversity of styles to this prestigious art exhibition. Works range from historical pieces that reflect the early days of the West, to more contemporary and impressionist works of art. Landscapes, wildlife and illustrative scenes are always highlighted in the exhibition.

Reservations are required for opening activities. This annual exhibition kicks off with two days of seminars on art-related topics and art demonstrations. The weekend culminates with a fixed-price sale of all the exhibition pieces.

Exhibition and Sale continue through August 5, 2012.

Seminar information:

FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Chuck Schroeder
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
9:15 a.m. Hawaii’s Cowboy: The Paniolo
Don Reeves
McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture
National Cowboy Museum
10:15 a.m. The Omaha Project
Blair Buswell, Edward J. Fraughton and Kent Ullberg
11:30 a.m Lunch Break
Author and Artist Book Signing
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. Katharine Richardson Wireman, Lady Illustrator
Mary F. Holahan, Ph.D.
Curator of Collections / Curator of Illustration
Delaware Art Museum
2:00 p.m. The Art of Robert Shufelt
Robert “Shoofly” Shufelt
Prix de West Artist
6:00 p.m. Preview and Reception in the Prix de West Galleries

SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012
9:00 a.m. Landscape Artist Panel Discussion featuring
G. Russell Case, Francois Koch and Wayne Wolfe with Edna Mae Holden, Moderator
10:00 a.m. Art as Experience
George Carlson
2011 Prix de West Purchase Award Winner
11:00 a.m Lunch Break
2012 Prix de West Purchase Award Winner
Announcement at Noon
Author and Artist Book Signing
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m Art Demonstrations by Prix de West Artists
Sherrie McGraw – Sandy Scott
5:00 p.m. Cocktails in the Galleries and Minimum-Bid Sale of Select Works
6:30 p.m. Prix de West Invitational Drawing for Sale of Art
7:30 p.m. Prix de West Invitational Awards Banquet and Special Live Auction

SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012
9:00 a.m. Prix de West Perk

1700 NE 63 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
405-478-2250 • Open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Renowned portraitist Bettina Steinke worked for more than 60 years capturing faces of the well known and unknown. Her 1978 Prix de West Purchase Award winning painting Father and Daughter At The Crow Fair is popular among Museum visitors.

Organized by the Museum’s Donald C. and Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center, this small exhibition showcases Steinke’s work in the Atherton Alcove as part of the A. Keith Brodkin Contemporary Western Artists Project.

1700 NE 63 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
405-478-2250 • Open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Oklahoma History Center, in conjunction with the development of Tulsa-based OKPOP, is opening, on May 15, an 8,000-square foot museum exhibit titled Oklahoma @ the Movies.

This celebration showcases the creativity and innovation of Oklahomans and their legacy of creating, starring in, and watching motion pictures on the silver screen. Historic theaters bridging decades of change will be featured, including the Coleman in Miami, the Poncan in Ponca City, and the many ornate marquees that still grace the streets of Oklahoma’s towns and cities. These historic theaters of Oklahoma will be the highlight of the “in front of the screen” section of the exhibit. The theme will explore our “shared memories,” taking people back in time to those magical moments when reality was suspended for a short time.

Filmmakers, including all roles of crafting a movie, will populate the “behind the screen” part of the exhibit. These stories will focus on film industry pioneers such as cinematographer Buss Boggs (Oklahoma City); film editor Elmo Williams (Lone Wolf); public relations executive Stan Rosenfield (Oklahoma City); producer Gray Fredrickson (Oklahoma City); writer S.E. Hinton (Tulsa); art director K.K. Barrett (Tulsa); and academy award-winning directors Blake Edwards (Tulsa) and Ron Howard (Duncan).

Oklahoma’s vast number of actors will provide the magic of the “on screen” section of the exhibit. This creative talent ranges from early cinema heroes such as Tom Mix and Will Rogers to the current roster of stars. Hundreds of stories, many told by the stars themselves, will include the Oklahoma roots and Hollywood careers of Joan Crawford (Lawton), Gene Autry (Berwyn), James Garner (Norman), Tony Randall (Tulsa), Hopalong Cassidy (Tulsa), Kay Francis (Oklahoma City), Mary Kay Place (Tulsa), Dudley Dickerson (Chickasha), Gary Busey (Tulsa), Lon Chaney, Jr. (Oklahoma City), Vera Miles (Boise City), Ben Johnson (Foraker), Ed Harris (Oklahoma City), Jennifer Jones (Tulsa), Robert Knott (Oklahoma City), Alfre Woodard (Tulsa), Wes Studi (Nofire Hollow), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Tulsa), Brad Pitt (Shawnee), Tim Blake Nelson (Tulsa), and Chuck Norris (Ryan).

The exhibit will also explore film stories about Cowboys and Westerns, American Indians and Hollywood, African American movies filmed in the state, the film industry in Oklahoma, and the “Oklahoma Image” on screen.

Opening Thursday, April 26, at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, Oklahoma City, is "Touching the Past," a retrospective of Enoch Kelly Haney's 40-year art career. The exhibit will showcase Haney's paintings and sculptures.

"Touching the Past" will remain on view through July 28. An opening reception is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Museum hours: Tuesday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

For more information, call 235-4458 or go to www.oklahomaheritage.com.

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s collection of glass by American artist Dale Chihuly reopens New Year’s Eve. Exhibited on the third floor, ILLUMINATIONS: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly presents a fresh look at the Museum’s popular Chihuly collection. Redesigned in collaboration with Chihuly Studio, the newly installed galleries will incorporate a unique design that features a three-dimensional approach to viewing some objects in the collection. The presentation will allow visitors to explore the large Float Boat and Ikebana Boat installations from all sides as well as includes viewing slots for the Reeds.

ILLUMINATIONS will be accompanied by a special exhibition on the third floor titled Chihuly: Northwest. On view through April 8, 2012, this exhibition will include glass sculptures by Chihuly inspired by Native American baskets; Chihuly’s personal collection of Native American textiles as well as photographs by Edward S. Curtis from The North American Indian Portfolio; and recent examples of Chihuly’s White series.

In 2002, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art inaugurated its new home in the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center with an exhibition of glass and drawings by Dale Chihuly. Bolstered by enormous public support, the Museum purchased the exhibition, which included works from Chihuly’s best-known series and was anchored by the 55-foot Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick Memorial Tower in the Museum’s atrium.

Organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, FUSION [A New Century of Glass] will be on view from June 14 through September 9, 2012. The exhibition will feature glass sculptures and installations from the twenty-first century that embrace the diversity and depth of the human experience. Themes explored include contemporary culture and social commentary, the mind and body, and nature and science. The works in the exhibition will illuminate artists’ introspective and personal approaches to the medium. The exhibition will celebrate the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s 10th anniversary downtown in the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center. FUSION is co-curated by the Museum’s Curator for Collections Alison Amick and Associate Curator Jennifer Klos. The exhibition is for exclusive presentation at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and will be accompanied by a publication.

Chihuly: Northwest celebrates the Museum’s 10th anniversary in the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center. Opening New Year’s Eve through April 8, 2012, the exhibition will complement the Museum’s reinstallation of its Dale Chihuly glass collection, Illuminations: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly. Featuring works never before seen in Oklahoma, Chihuly: Northwest includes examples of three decades of the artist’s work. Highlights include the Tabac Baskets Table (2010) and recent works by Chihuly that explore the color white.

The exhibition reveals the artists interest in Native American art and culture, which is seen in the intricate detailing and forms of his Baskets series. Selections from Chihuly’s extensive collection of textiles, including trade blankets manufactured by Pendleton, will also be on view, along with his collection of photogravures from Edward S. Curtis’ North American Indian Portfolio (1907–1930). Chihuly: Northwest evokes the Northwest Room of his Boathouse studio in Seattle, which incorporates many of these elements.

This Exhibition is organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in cooperation with Dale Chihuly.

Will James: The A.P. Hays Collection
Dec 09, 2011 - Oct 14, 2012

Will James’ tales and drawings of cowboy life have delighted generations of readers. This traveling collection, owned and curated by Abe Hays, explores the works that exposed readers to the everyday world of the working cowboy and how James positively-influenced the American perception of the West in the early 20th century.

For more than 80 years, the Junior League of Oklahoma City has been organizing volunteers and developing projects designed to improve the community.

Now the organization is celebrating its rich history with a special interactive exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center.

The Junior League's kiosk is a comprehensive compilation of projects and partners dating back to 1927.

The kiosk at the history center recently opened and will be on display at the history center for five years.

The Junior League of Oklahoma City kiosk and exhibit are on the third floor of the Oklahoma History Center. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The museum is at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, just east of the Capitol.

The Return of Elegance

"The Return of Elegance: An Evening Wear Collection" is the latest fashion exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center. The exhibit showcases 29 evening gowns from the textile collection of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Many of the gowns were worn by Oklahoma women at inaugural balls, society events, and other special occasions. Also featured in the exhibit are fashion accessories including footwear and evening bags. The featured gowns will cover the period of 1912 to 1985.