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Contact Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The University of Oklahoma 555 Elm Ave Norman, OK 73019-3003 (Southeast corner of Boyd St and Elm Ave) (405) 325-4938 museuminfo@ou.edu www.ou.edu/fjjma
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Museum Hours/Admission 10 am to 5 pm Tue through Sat 10 am to 9 pm Thursdays 1 to 5 pm Sundays Closed on Mondays and University holidays. Museum admission is ALWAYS FREE, thanks to the generous support of the OU Office of the President and the OU Athletic Department. Group tours are available by calling (405) 325-1660 at least two weeks in advance.
Muse Located just within the front doors of the museum is a wonderful gift store called Muse that houses items for any occasion! Beautiful jewelry, exhibition catalogues, toys and many other unique items relating to art and the museum’s collection ensure that your visit is a truly memorable one. We invite you to visit Muse, the museum store, during the museum’s regular hours. Please visit www.ou.edu/fjjma and click SHOP to view past and present exhibition catalogues for sale. Contact the store staff at (405) 325-5017 or jinjo@ou.edu. Muse offers discounts of 10% to OU students, faculty and staff (with a valid ID) and Museum Association members receive 20% off their purchases. Contact Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The University of Oklahoma 555 Elm Ave Norman, OK 73019-3003 (Southeast corner of Boyd St and Elm Ave) (405) 325-4938 museuminfo@ou.edu www.ou.edu/fjjma
OU Arts District The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is located in the OU Arts District. Visit www.ou.edu/finearts/events for all of OU’s performing arts!
Note: all museum events and/or dates are subject to change. Please check the museum’s website before visiting to ensure accuracy. For information and accommodations on the basis of disability, please call (405) 325-4938. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo.
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Spring 2015 Exhibitions 101st Annual School of Art & Art History Student Exhibition Nancy Johnston Records Gallery Jan 20 – Feb 15 This competitive juried show is held each spring and highlights the diverse works of art created by art and art history students from the University of Oklahoma. Multiple awards with cash prizes are presented to students, including the top award, the T.G. Mays Purchase Award, which is offered to a student whose artwork becomes a part of the museum’s permanent collection. The guest juror is Chad Alligood, curator at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. A public lecture and opening reception will be held 6-9 p.m. Thursday, January 22. The awards ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. in the Sandy Bell Gallery. Opening Lecture Thu Jan 22, 6 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Chad Alligood, Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Gallery Talk: Award Winners Tue Jan 27, 12:30 pm Nancy Johnston Records Gallery Moderated by Jessica Farling, Director of Public Engagement, FJJMA Drama, Death, Dirge: Frederic Remington’s American West Mary LeFlore and Richard H. Clements Family Gallery Through Mar 8
Lecture Thu Feb 19, 6 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones A B. Byron Price, Director, Cha Study of Art of the American Russell Memorial Chair, OU
A World Unconquered: The Art of Oscar Brousse Nancy Johnston Records Feb 27 – Sept 6
Artist Oscar Brousse Jacobso of Oklahoma in 1915, and the Art commemorates the centen OU with a retrospective of his completed in excess of 600 w career and looked to the lands Mexico, and Oklahoma for ins OU, he oversaw tremendous g helped to create the first art m and promoted the visual arts i the work of Native American includes more than 50 works the vital role he played in enc region. This exhibition made p Arts Council Grant Program.
A public lecture and opening p.m. Thursday, February 26. M and their guests are invited t
Perhaps no artist is more closely associated with the American West than Frederic Remington (1861-1909), whose dramatic portrayals of its dangers inspired countless imitators in pulp magazines, plays, and Hollywood movies. Loaned from the Museum of Fine Logo design by Katie Garrison.
Arts, Houston, and the Birmin four Remington masterworks overview of Remington’s visi stylistic development.
Frederic Remington (U.S., 1861-1909) A New Year on the Cimarron, 1903 Oil on canvas, 27¼ x 40¼ in.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Hogg Brothers Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Opening Lecture Thu Feb 26, 7 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones A Mark White, Interim Directo Curator, FJJMA
Evening for Educators Thu Mar 5, 5-6:30 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart C
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Arts, Houston, and the Birmingham Museum of Art, these four Remington masterworks provide a concentrated overview of Remington’s vision, artistic technique, and stylistic development. Lecture Thu Feb 19, 6 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium B. Byron Price, Director, Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West and Charles Marion Russell Memorial Chair, OU
Frederic Remington (U.S., 1861-1909) A New Year on the Cimarron, 1903 Oil on canvas, 27¼ x 40¼ in.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Hogg Brothers Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Faculty Focus Thu Apr 2, 5:30 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Cla Featuring faculty members fro campus
A World Unconquered: The Art of Oscar Brousse Jacobson Nancy Johnston Records Gallery Feb 27 – Sept 6 Artist Oscar Brousse Jacobson arrived at the University of Oklahoma in 1915, and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art commemorates the centennial of his appointment at OU with a retrospective of his influential career. Jacobson completed in excess of 600 works of art during his 50-year career and looked to the landscapes of Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma for inspiration. During his tenure at OU, he oversaw tremendous growth in the School of Art, helped to create the first art museum on campus in 1936, and promoted the visual arts in the Southwest, especially the work of Native American fine artists. This exhibition includes more than 50 works by Jacobson and explores the vital role he played in encouraging the visual arts in the region. This exhibition made possible, in part, by the Norman Arts Council Grant Program. A public lecture and opening reception will be held 7-9 p.m. Thursday, February 26. Museum Association members and their guests are invited to a private preview at 6 p.m.
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College Night Thu Mar 26, 7 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Cla
Opening Lecture Thu Feb 26, 7 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Mark White, Interim Director and Eugene B. Adkins Curator, FJJMA Evening for Educators Thu Mar 5, 5-6:30 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom
Jacobson House Event Sun May 17, 4:30 pm The Jacobson House Nativ 609 Chautauqua Ave., Norm Please visit jacobsonhouse.org about related Jacobson exhibi the Jacobson House Native A
Beyond the Battlefield: Dep Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Through May 10
Art has been used throughout memorialize military leaders a heroism and sacrifice, yet art a of the carnage, horror, and abs in the modern period. Beyond war and conflict as depicted b world, with a focus on the wa
Oscar Brousse Jacobson (U.S., b. Sweden, 1882-1966) In the Navajo Country, 1938 Oil on canvas, 20 x 26 in.
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College Night Thu Mar 26, 7 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom Faculty Focus Thu Apr 2, 5:30 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom Featuring faculty members from departments across campus
One-Act Play Tue Apr 7, 12:30 pm Wed Apr 8, 5:30 pm Thu Apr 9, 7:30 pm The OU School of Drama pres one-act play Eliot, a Soldier’s the legacy of war through thre Rican family with a focus on E Iraq. The Ellen and Richard L. will serve as the theater for th Limited seating is available.
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Jacobson House Event Sun May 17, 4:30 pm The Jacobson House Native Art Center 609 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK Please visit jacobsonhouse.org for more information about related Jacobson exhibitions and programs held at the Jacobson House Native Art Center. Beyond the Battlefield: Depictions of War Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Photography Gallery Through May 10
The Nature of Man: Paintin Harold Stevenson From the collection of Ros his parents Ross F. Dugan Ellen and Richard L. Sando Through March 15
The Nature of Man explores I Stevenson’s investigation of m career in the 1960s to more re The male body in Stevenson’s an expression of eroticism or
Art has been used throughout history to valorize and memorialize military leaders and soldiers alike for their heroism and sacrifice, yet art also has served as a critique of the carnage, horror, and absurdity of war, especially in the modern period. Beyond the Battlefield examines war and conflict as depicted by artists of the modern world, with a focus on the wars of the 20th century:
Oscar Brousse Jacobson (U.S., b. Sweden, 1882-1966) In the Navajo Country, 1938 Oil on canvas, 20 x 26 in.
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman; 1987
Harold Stevenson (U.S. b. 1929) Bandits, 1958 Oil on canvas, 34 ¾ x 40 ¾ in.
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Enter the Matrix: Indigeno Ellen and Richard L. Sando June 5, 2015 – Jan. 2, 2016
One-Act Play Tue Apr 7, 12:30 pm Wed Apr 8, 5:30 pm Thu Apr 9, 7:30 pm The OU School of Drama presents Quiara Alegría Hudes’ one-act play Eliot, a Soldier’s Fugue. The play explores the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family with a focus on Eliot, recently wounded in Iraq. The Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Photography Gallery will serve as the theater for the live performances. Limited seating is available.
Enter the Matrix: Indigenous P work from the museum’s perm with work on loan from privat Crow’s Shadow Institute (Ore (Colorado), and the National C Heritage Museum. The exhibi printmaking has become a ma artistic exchange, the critical and key figures. For indigenou a medium for artistic expressi tool for self-determination, fo culture and identity, contribut
A public lecture and opening 7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 4. Mu members and their guests are preview at 6 p.m.
The Nature of Man: Paintings and Drawings by Harold Stevenson From the collection of Ross Dugan Jr., in memory of his parents Ross F. Dugan and Mary Y. Dugan Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Gallery Through March 15 The Nature of Man explores Idabel-born Harold Stevenson’s investigation of masculinity from his early career in the 1960s to more recent works from the 1990s. The male body in Stevenson’s works represents variously an expression of eroticism or memory or a reference to art history. Ross Dugan, Jr., a personal friend of Stevenson’s, donated his extensive collection in 2013. Because of the nature of the exhibition, it may not be suitable for viewers of all ages.
Harold Stevenson (U.S. b. 1929) Bandits, 1958 Oil on canvas, 34 ¾ x 40 ¾ in.
From the collection of Ross Dugan Jr., in memory of his parents, Ross F. Dugan and Mary Y. Dugan, 2013
William Gropper (1897-1977) Prey, n.d. Watercolor on paper
Purchase, U.S. State Department Collection, 1948
Opening Lecture Thu Jun 4, 7 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Au heather ahtone, Assistant Cur and Non-Western Art, FJJMA
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Wendy Red Star (U.S., Crow; b. 1981) Enit, 2010 Lithograph, 22 3/8 x 30 in.
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Enter the Matrix: Indigenous Printmakers joins work from the museum’s permanent collection with work on loan from private collections such as Crow’s Shadow Institute (Oregon), Melanie Yazzie (Colorado), and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. The exhibition explores how printmaking has become a matrix for cultural and artistic exchange, the critical sites of engagement, and key figures. For indigenous artists, using paper as a medium for artistic expression manifests paper as a tool for self-determination, fostering dialogue about culture and identity, contributing to cultural survival. A public lecture and opening reception will be held 7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 4. Museum Association members and their guests are invited to a private preview at 6 p.m.
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William Gropper (1897-1977) Prey, n.d. Watercolor on paper
Purchase, U.S. State Department Collection, 1948
Opening Lecture Thu Jun 4, 7 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium heather ahtone, Assistant Curator of Native American and Non-Western Art, FJJMA More exhibition-related programming is planned for the fall 2015 semester. Check the website for updated information later this spring.
Wendy Red Star (U.S., Crow; b. 1981) Enit, 2010 Lithograph, 22 3/8 x 30 in.
Image provided by Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, courtesy of the Artist (c) 2015
Programs Art Adventures Tuesdays at 10:30 am, Jan 6—June 30 Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom Young artists are invited to experience art through books and related art projects for children ages 3 to 5 accompanied by an adult. Art Adventures are made possible by generous support from the Kimball Foundation. Please visit the museum’s website for a full list of dates and books. Spring Art Adventures programs are dedicated to the memory of Sue Ann McAlister (1943-2014), museum docent and child reading advocate. Family Days Sundays from 1 to 4 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom Explore art in the museum’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, and enjoy a variety of handson art activities for the entire family. Jan 25 Check out the 101st Annual School of Art & Art History Student Exhibition and be inspired by a new generation of artists. Mar 29 Discover a wide range of Asian art from the permanent collection, from ancient ceramics to 21st century prints. May 17 Experience A World Unconquered: The Art of Oscar Brousse Jacobson and create landscapes of your own. Following Family Day, visit the Jacobson House for a special event starting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday Noon Concerts Tuesdays at 12 pm Jan 27 – Apr 14 Sandy Bell Gallery The Tuesday Noon Concert series is a cooperative effort between the OU School of Music and the FJJMA. Set aside part of your lunch hour for these 30-minute concerts performed by OU music students and faculty. Selected Tuesday Noon Concerts are followed by gallery talks or Art After Noon programs at 12:30 p.m. Please visit the museum’s website for a full list of dates and performers.
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