Round Up This summer, OVAC was lucky to have the help of three dedicated interns. Becki Warner is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma and has an Applied Liberal Arts degree. She has been a big help interning with us this summer doing data entry for 12x12, helping load images to the Virtual Gallery, providing grant support and submitting writing assignments for the OVAC Blog. Becki has been a lot of fun to work with and we have valued her time at OVAC! Shelby Woods worked from Tulsa, helping research artist grants nationwide and producing articles for the OVAC blog. Shelby will be attending graduate school in Scotland in the fall and we wish her all the luck. Finally, Erin Kozakiewicz served as our Art Focus intern, helping with putting together the magazine, distribution and research. She also produced articles for the blog and is relentless in advocating for OVAC in the community. At the Annual Members Meeting in June, OVAC welcomed two new board members. We are pleased to have them involved. New members are: Traci L. Harrison, Enid, is a certified early childhood and elementary teacher who found her niche while teaching a very talented and creative 6th grade class in 2005. She discovered the beautiful potential that unfolded in each of her students while
september | october 2010 teaching art history, art production, and art criticism. From that point on, she has been an advocate for arts and arts education.
and clay workshops for the Edmond Fine Arts Institute. She is also part of the 2010 Leadership Arts class through the Oklahoma Arts Council.
The Oklahoma Art Writing and Curatorial Fellowship will offer the final public panel of the year on September 18, 1-3 pm at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Panelists include Tracy Abeln, Editor of Review Magazine in Kansas City; Tyler Green, Founder and Editor of Modern Art Notes, Washington DC; and Eleanor Heartney, contemporary art critic and Contributing Editor to Art in America, New York City. Panel is free and open to the public. Visit www.writecurate-art.org for details.
Margo Shultes von Schlageter, M.D., Edmond, is a graduate of OU and works for the state of Oklahoma as a staff psychiatrist and is a volunteer clinical assistant professor for the OU Department of Psychiatry. She was the emerging curator for Momentum OKC 2010. She resides in Edmond with her ever-patient husband and two dogs.
In the same vein, save the date for: The Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents: Jerry Saltz, senior art critic, New York Magazine The Good; The Bad; and the Very Bad: A Year in the Life of an Art Critic October 7, 2010 Watch the Museum’s website for more information www.okcmoa.com.
She has chaired a Meet the Masters art enrichment program for an elementary school in Edmond and taught yoga, mixed media,
New Board officers include: Suzanne Mitchell, Norman, President; Jennifer Barron, Oklahoma City, Vice President; Traci L. Harrison, Enid, Secretary; and Jean Ann Fausser, Tulsa, Treasurer. Thanks to these leaders for signing on. Outgoing members include Cathy Deuschle, Richard Pearson, and Elia Woods. We appreciate their varied contributions to the growth, services and outreach of the organization and will miss them thoroughly in their board role. Art People Rick Fry is joining the Performing Arts Studio in Norman as executive director. Most recently he was executive director of the Norman Arts Council.
Thank you to our New and Renewing Members from May and June 2010 Jo Ann Adams Ann Simmons Alspaugh Randy Anderson Eileen Anderson Narciso Argüelles Sid Armstrong Sarah Atlee Paul Bagley Bill Bartee Dylan and Amanda Bradway Patti R. Bray Steven L. Brown Christine Brown Pattie Calfy Eleanor Davy Carmack Sue Clancy and Judy Sullens Diane U. Coady Shawn Conner Bryan Cook Mireille Damicone Tünde Darvay
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