OKC FRIDAY Vol. 55 No. 41 • Two Section • 18 pages • March 18, 2022
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OKCMOA marks 20 years downtown with new exhibits
CARE Center to benefit from Redbud The Redbud Classic, Oklahoma City’s esteemed running and cycling tradition, celebrates its 39th year of bringing fun, fitness and philanthropy to the community in 2022. Registration is now open for all Redbud events set for the weekend of Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3. Each year, the Redbud Foundation Board of Directors selects an Oklahoma City nonprofit organization with whom to partner and serve as the beneficiary of event proceeds. Annually, multiple agencies apply to the Redbud Classic as potential beneficiaries. The CARE Center, a nonprofit organization with a mission to prevent child abuse
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putting an end to child abuse,” Redbud Classic Race Director Kristin Hersom said. “For more than 30 years, The CARE Center has
Three new exhibitions opening in 2022 and 2023 join an already brimming schedule celebrating OKCMOA’s 20th anniversary year downtown. “Abbas Kiarostami: Beyond the Frame,” “Art and Activism at Tougaloo College” and “Edith Head: The Golden Age of Hollywood Costume Design” are to be included in previously announced 2022 exhibitions — “The Perfect Shot: Walter Iooss Jr. and the Art of Sports Photography,” “Chihuly Then and Now: The Collection at Twenty” and “Highlights from the Rose Family Glass Collection.” OKCMOA President and CEO Michael Anderson, Ph.D. said moving the museum to Downtown OKC took great vision and leadership. “Twenty years later, we are seeing the incredible results of that vision,” he said. “In the next year, OKCMOA will organize and present four entirely new, landmark exhibitions curated from both our own collection and prestigious national and international collections; ‘Chihuly Then and Now,’ ‘Highlights from the Rose Family Glass Collection,’ ‘Abbas Kiarostami’ and ‘Edith Head.’ We are embracing our strengths as owners of one of the most comprehensive and impressive collections of
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Redbud Classic Board of Directors President Leslie Buford and Race Director Kristin Hersom work to organize the 39th Annual Redbud Classic, set for April 23 in Oklahoma City.
and provide opportunities for healing and hope for children in Oklahoma County, was selected to serve as the 2022 beneficiary. “We are so excited to bring the tradition of
fun, fitness and philanthropy to Oklahoma City once again, but more importantly, we look forward working with our community to support The CARE Center’s mission of
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Ladies in the News honors 10 By Rose Lane Editor After two years of COVID-19 postponement, Oklahoma Hospitality Club hosts the 54th Ladies in the News luncheon and style show Friday, April 8, at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. Ten outstanding Oklahoma women, selected over two years ago, are to be honored for their impressive contributions to their professions and communities during this fundraiser. Approximately 700 women have been honored through Ladies in the News in its 53year history. Honored this year are: Kitti Asberry, executive director of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women;
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Clytie Bunyan, managing editor for diversity, community engagement and opinion at The Oklahoman; Priscilla Cude, First Bethany Bank & Trust president and CEO; AJ Griffin, director of government and community Affairs for Paycom; Robin Gunn, founder of Oklahoma Senior Journal and host of The Rise and Thrive OSJ Radio Hour; Heather Lunsford, chairman of the Studio Art and Design Department and the director of the Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery at Oklahoma City University; Donna Miller, CEO and co-founder of Purse Power; Sarah Rahhal, chief executive officer at Sunbeam Family Services; Kym Koch Thompson, founder of Koch Communications
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