Art 365, a new exhibition from the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, offered six Oklahoma artists a year and $10,000 to hone their unique approaches to art and to develop a body of work that expresses their identities as artists. Sarah Atlee, Norman; Betsy Barnum, Edmond; Joseph Daun, OKC; Ashley Griffith, OKC; Liz Roth, Stillwater; and Darshan Phillips and Aaron Whisner, Tulsa, in a collaboration called Live4This were each selected from a statewide call for proposals. Their individual points of view combined with their artistic talents granted them a place in Art 365, an exhibition of art produced during their year of work.
Portions of Art 365 will be exhibited simultaneously in two venues in Tulsa, beginning May 29. The Alexandre Hogue Gallery, 2930 E. 5th St. at the University of Tulsa, and Liggett Studio at 314 S. Kenosha Ave. will each host parts of the exhibit. An opening reception will be held at both locations on May 29, 5-7pm. Following the opening, a film documenting the Art 365 project will be debuted at the Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis, at 7pm. Admission to both the opening receptions and the film screening is free and open to the public.
Each of the artists worked individually with curator Diane Barber and used the opportunity to focus intensely on progressing their bodies of art work. The artists represent a diverse cross section of art in Oklahoma, with painting, printmaking, mixed media and interactive sculpture all represented. Ashley Griffith, for example, created detailed grids of photographic images, one of which is a documentation of her life for 365 days. Betsy Barnum used a series of prints and paintings to document the growth and changes that took place in her life over the year. Sarah Atlee’s project is called Normal, OK, and includes portraits of fictional people inspired by the names of places in Oklahoma. Joseph Daun used consumer products to create functional and interactive large-scale sculptures that explore the ideas of drive and ambition. Darshan Phillips and Aaron Whisner (working collaboratively as Live4This) worked on wall-size paintings meant to trigger memories of childhood, ranging from freedom to the possibilities of play and fun. Liz Roth’s project is entitled America 101 and includes 100 small oil paintings of typical but not iconic images from all 50 states, juxtaposed with a bill-board sized painting of an iconic American commodity.
Diane Barber, Co-Executive Director and Visual Arts Curator for DiverseWorks in Houston, curated the exhibition. Art 365 is funded in part by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Oklahoma Arts Council, Allied Arts, Kirkpatrick Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Jean Ann Fausser.
For more information about Art 365, please visit www.Art365.org.
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