24 Works on Paper Travels Oklahoma by Kelsey Karper
Scott Johnson, Holdenville, I remember, Graphite and shellac on paper, 14� x 20�
24 Works on Paper, a travelling exhibition of work by living Oklahoma artists, will open to the public on July 15 from 6-9 pm at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave. in Oklahoma City. Produced as a collaboration between Individual Artists of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC), the exhibition will then travel the state for a full year, bringing original, contemporary Oklahoman artwork to viewers in communities large and small. The 24 Works on Paper exhibition features 24 artists from 8 Oklahoma cities. All artworks are created on paper and include media such as printmaking, drawing, painting and photography. The 2011 guest juror is Louise Siddons. Siddons is an Assistant Professor of American, Modern and Contemporary Art at Oklahoma State University. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University. She was formerly a visiting professor and adjunct curator at Michigan State University and assistant curator of works on paper at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.
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The exhibition will continue at Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery through August 5. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, Noon-6 pm. It will then travel to venues across Oklahoma such as the Eleanor Hays Gallery in Tonkawa, Rose State College in Midwest City, East Central University in Ada, Tulsa Artists Coalition in Tulsa, and Leslie Powell Foundation and Gallery in Lawton. More information is available at www.24works.org or at 405-232-6060. 24 Works on Paper is sponsored in part by The Kerr Foundation, Allied Arts, the Oklahoma Arts Council, Istvan Gallery, Red River Photo Services. n Kelsey Karper is Associate Director of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and a photographer working in historic and alternative processes. Contact her at publications@ovac-ok.org.