Way to go Seniors!
INSIDE TODAY: Nichols Hills Magazine featuring Larry Admire and his company, Faith Electric, plus the Oklahoma City Orchestra League’s 2020 Show House.
In today’s edition, see our special section honoring the Class of 2020, with salutes, All-Star Leadership and Scholarship Team and class lists from our 11 schools: Bishop McGuinness, Casady, Classen SAS, Crossings Christian, Deer Creek, Harding Charter Prep, Harding Fine Arts, Heritage Hall, John Marshall, Mount St. Mary and Putnam City North.
OKC FRIDAY Vol. 54 No. 3 • Two Sections • 44 pages May 29, 2020
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Beasley’s recreation of painting featured in People By Rose Lane Editor When asked what they did during quarantine, only 12 people in the world can say they recreated a historic work of art and had the photo of it published in People Magazine. Fridayland native Bryan Beasley can. According to PBS, the challenge began with a Dutch Instagram account, Tussen Kunst & Quarantaine (or Between Art and Quarantine). Later, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles took the idea and ran with it. Bryan, the son of Fridaylanders Sherry and Lee Beasley, graduated from Bishop McGuinness in 1992 and the NYU Film School in 1996. He landed a job on a movie and moved to Los Angeles on Halloween of 1996. He eventually married Coco, who
works in finance. They have two daughters, Hazel, 3, and Layla, 6. A photographer and a director of documentaries, Bryan said when the coronavirus hit, his work dried up. “All of a sudden I was teaching school,” he said. It took about two weeks for the schools to get virtual learning up and in good order. “During those two weeks, I was looking for anything to do something creative,” Bryan said. Several of his Facebook friends suggested he take part in the “masterpiece makeover,” too. With Layla as his “art director,” Bryan’s first attempt at reinventing a historic painting was of Édouard Manet’s “Jeanne (Spring).” Layla was See PEOPLE, Page 11
- Photo by Bryan Beasley
For the recreation of Nicholaes Pickenoy’s 1622 Portrait of a Young Woman, Coco Beasley wears Bryan’s blue bathrobe backward with a gold scarf, tinsel cuffs and a toilet-paper collar.
Quail Creek club opens dining room
- Photos by Vicki Clark Gourley
Quail Creek Country Club has opened its dining room and here comes Robert, far left, with dinner for Charli, Bennet, Courtney, Jeremy and Henry Hammond. Most Fridayland country clubs have reopened dining rooms. Check with your club to learn hours of service and restrictions due to COVID-19.
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Dog of the Week Stevie G. is a golden doodle. He loves walks in the park, playing with his brother Dave and is an Instagram model in his free time. His human is Ryan Trudgian. Email Dog of the Week, Baby of the Week and Cat of the Week submissions to rose@okcfriday.com. Submissions are used in the order they are received.
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Hill commissioned in historic ceremonies Hunter James Hill was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (2LT) in the United States Army on Saturday, May 23 at his family home in OKC. Hunter is a member of the West Point class of 2020 (Bishop McGuinness Class of 2016) and was scheduled to graduate on that date but due to COVID-19 the graduation has been moved to June 13 at West Point and President Trump will be the commencement speaker. This is the first time since World War II, that West Point graduates have been commissioned prior to graduation and the first time in history they were commissioned virtually and then had private ceremonies in their homes. See Hill, Page 2
Fridayland schools top rankings By Rose Lane Editor Five Fridayland high schools rank in the top 10 of US News and World Report’s 100 Best High Schools in Oklahoma. Classen School of Advanced Studies High School at Northeast ranked first in the state and 84th in the nation. Harding Charter Prep was
No. 2 in Oklahoma and No. 96 in the nation. Harding Fine Arts Academy was Oklahoma’s No. 6 ranked high school, while Deer Creek came in at No. 9. US News and World Report reviewed 469 high schools in Oklahoma and 24,000 in America for the 2019-2020 rankings. The publication See SCHOOLS, Page 11