Friday, May 14, 2021

Friday, May 14, 2021

Thriving artists How OSU’s art program mentors future artists Haley Carr Staff Reporter Art students at Oklahoma State University have finished their capstone projects and are looking forward to graduation.

Their future comes with the stigma that a degree in the arts isn’t as useful as other degrees.

The Department of Art is working hard to prepare these students for their careers after college and the challenges they may face. The program has accomplished this in part by hosting capstone exhibitions, which art students can use to showcase the artistic development they have achieved after years of research, experimentation and critical thinking.

Andy Mattern,

Assistant Professor of Photography, teaches the photography courses in the Department of Art. For the past three years, he has also worked closely with students finishing their capstone projects.

In his time as an artist and educator, Mattern has experienced his fair share of critics opposed to the idea of art as a viable career path for him and his students.

“I think that people are afraid of art like they’re afraid of math… and I think that kind of fear is where the naysaying comes from,” Mattern said. “It seems like it’s something that only a couple of special few people have or can do, and really that’s a myth.”

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One of the art pieces in OSU’s art department.

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‘Quality education’ Richard Desirey’s view of Greenwood Sudeep Tumma Staff Reporter

Ninth IN A SERIES “Greenwood Here and Now’ is a project by The O’Colly Media Group that highlights the tragedy and triumph of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, 100 years after the Tulsa race massacre.”

Richard Desirey has counseled a bevy of traumatized people in his life, but there’s one type of experience that consistently nags at him.

“The experience that most impacts me is when I witness, on a fairly regular basis, a parent who I know who has experienced pretty traumatic things, who has hurt and angry and is being hurtful toward a child, not attending to a child’s need,” Desirey said. “I think, how did we become, in our society, so unwilling to step in and give more support to these families and these kids?

“How is it that it’s a commonplace thing to see a child verbally or physically abused and no one believes they can step in?”

That’s one of the most

severe things Desirey has to deal with.

A licensed professional counselor, Desirey spent the majority of his life creating nonprofits and working in other organizations before establishing “A New Way Center” in 2011 — his final project.

Desirey grew up in Tulsa, spending all his years until high school in that community.

“I lived in a completely segregated, white neighborhood in south Tulsa,” Desirey said. “I attended all-white schools. In the 60s, as a teenager, I became aware the world I lived in was very segregated, and my family and the people around me seemed very comfortable with that segregation. But there was a much more diverse world outside of the community” From there, Desirey attended Oklahoma University before returning to Tulsa to begin working.

And he had a specific focus.

“The importance of quality education and effective, relevant mental health in the

Black community was historically underrepresented, in terms of resources,” Desirey said. “So that has been the focus of my career for 40-plus years.”

Desirey has worked all over the state, but in his final years he wanted to establish A New Way Center in Greenwood, which he describes as the vortex of the community.

A New Way Center has a focus on helping the children deal with trauma, although they work with people of all age groups.

“With each generation, prior to 1921 and subsequent to 1921, there have been extreme hardships and injustices,” Desirey said. “With that trauma for the generation that experiences it and the children that experience it, when they become parents and the world they live in is not fair and just, then their children experience it.”

From there, it just becomes a trickle-down effect.

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“It takes some amount of faith and courage just to try to do what you really want to do and not what you think other people want you to do,” Mattern said. “And it takes some time, so I think patience is important.”

Professors and students who pursue art are often told that art is a less practical career path than one

experience domestic violence, experience poverty, experience poor health of parents, experience parents that are incarcerated — all of those correlated with trauma in childhood,” Desirey said.

As Desirey put it, not all the trauma is a result of the race massacre, as these sort of race issues were occurring all over the country.

But the Tulsa race massacre has certainly left its imprints on so many people of Greenwood.

So for Desirey, who sees the effect the past centuries of discrimination, segregation and injustice has taken on so many people, hhas spent so many years trying to ease people’s trauma how he can.

“If we can get to children and create those protective factors and restore healthy relationships and end trauma, then we can turn the tide on all this,” Desirey said. “I keep my enthusiasm and energy and keep going because this is how the future is improved.”

with a more structured route.

“I understand both sides of the argument,” Mattern said. “Parents of course want stability. They want to know that their kids are going to be OK, and there’s this idea that by pursuing more established tracks that it’s more likely.”

Studio art senior Kately Towsley found herself more fulfilled after she changed her major from pre-med to studio art.

“It was a really long thoughtout decision, but I was very convinced when I came to Oklahoma State that I wanted to do medical work,” Towsley said. “But the longer I was in those sorts of classes and the harder I tried to make that work, the

less joy I found in it and it just was not a good fit for me.”

Towsley encountered people who weren’t confident in her decision to change majors.

“One of their biggest questions is always, ‘What are you gonna do with that?’ or with art,” Towsley said. “Because the medical route is so linear and there’s a clear path, which is why I liked it so much, but something alluring about the arts is that it’s so flexible.”

Students graduating from the Department of Art, which includes studio art, graphic design and art history, have a variety of options when it comes to choosing their career path.

OSU graphic designers usually work either independently in their field or with a design house, Mattern said. The art historians often go on to graduate school for their areas of interest and museum work. Studio artists have had a variety of paths after graduation.

“There are students who become artists that sell their work, they have exhibitions,” Mattern said.

Education is a common path, he said.

“So, there are a lot of different things that people do and it’s kind of hard to even pin it down to one direction,” Mattern said.

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Continued from pg.2 Art history junior Samantha Holgein is interested in pursuing a career as an art historian.

Holgein said she plans to use the photography skills she has learned from the Department of Art to archive art collections or look into a career in marketing photography.

“The grand goal is to end up working in a museum or in collections of some kind,” Holgein said.

For now, the Department of Art has helped Holgein connect with the art world in a way that’s beneficial to what she wants to do.

“They’ve definitely helped me network with the OSU Museum of Art, as far as experience in the field in what I want to do, and I actually work there now,” Holgein said. “It’s really been super beneficial for me to get that actual real world experience and figure out if this is something I really want to do, and thankfully it is.”

The graphic designers are going all over the place in the design world, Mattern said.

Graphic design senior Micah Roberts finished his graphic design capstone and plans to continue his work in graphic design in California.

“Me and my friend are planning to move to LA and take a look at trying to find a job out there,” Roberts said. “That decision is largely in part because of the art department just because they are very encouraging of us to go out and explore and really just put ourselves in different uncomfortable situations that will help us grow in the end.”

OSU’s Department of Art has played a role in preparing students for the obstacles they will face in cities with larger art communities than Stillwater, Roberts said.

“I would say the art department really gave us the idea to figure out the problem and solve it in our own creative way,” Roberts said. “They’re really

pushing for us to figure out different avenues when it comes to finding that solution and I kind of think that’s gonna be one of the big things I take with me after leaving OSU.” Graphic design senior Erin Rowe said she has learned many skills during her at OSU. “I’ve definitely learned how to take and provide feedback because every project is just a huge feedback cycle,” Rowe said. “It really helps you mold how you view your own work and others’.”

It’s important to have a critical eye and know when to speak up about subtle changes that could be made to a project to make it better, Rowe said.

“Working as a team and being able to code and create motion graphics are basic skills that we’ve learned,” Rowe said.

Rowe said she is hoping to work in the entertainment industry or create branding and packaging with the skills she has learned after she graduates.

Starting a career by doing freelance work is also a real option, which students forget, Mattern said.

“I freelanced for a number of years before going on to graduate school and then eventually coming back into academia,” Mattern said. “But what I was surprised to see about working in freelance as an artist out of school is that you can be competitive and you can make a living simply by doing what you said you were going to do and doing a reasonably good job.”

The battle of being a creative professional is following through and being organized, Mattern said.

“So, if you have a child or a young adult that is interested in art, who’s excited about this, that excitement has value and I think that it has utility and meaning in culture,” Mattern said. “It again comes back to having some patience and some faith, but also some trust that if you have a student who is excited about these things, trust that they are going to put themselves into it and make their own way.” news.ed@ocolly.com

Another creative piece in OSU’s art department.

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Cowboys land Thompson through transfer portal

Chris Becker Assistant Sports Editor Mike Boynton is back at it on the recruiting trail.

Just a couple of weeks after landing Texas Tech transfer Tyreek Smith, Oklahoma State has landed Kansas transfer Bryce Thompson.

Thompson, a Tulsa native, was close to committing to the Cowboys in 2020 before picking Kansas.

Thompson is the third transfer in the Cowboys 2021 recruiting class, joining Smith and forward Woody Newton from Syracuse.

Thompson, a former 5-star recruit and No. 1 ranked player in Oklahoma, completed an injury-laden freshman season under coach Bill Self at Kansas. He played in 20 games, averaged 4.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists.

He will team up with Avery Anderson, who recently announced his return to the program, and Rondel Walker, former in-state rival in the Cowboys guard room. sports.ed@ocolly.com

Joshua Cleary Thompson highlights a busy transfer class for Cowboys

Decorated and drafted Cowgirls ace has eventful week

Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter Carrie Eberle has been fantastic — something known to voters and professional teams alike.

The Oklahoma State senior pitcher had an accolade-filled week. Eberle was announced as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year on Wednesday. She was also voted to the All-Big 12 first team and was a unanimous selection for both honors.

Eberle ended the regular season with 19 wins. She was dominant for the Cowgirls as the primary starter and sports an earned run average of 1.06 headed into the postseason.

The 2019 transfer from Virginia Tech made a mark in her first full regular season. She led the Big 12 in wins, along with shutouts (6) and complete games (15).

“Carrie is a leader in so many ways,” coach Kenny Gajewski said. “I’m thankful that she chose us and that she has come here with open arms and an open heart.”

Eberle was selected in the Athletes Unlimited softball draft on Monday night. As a fifth-year senior, the Cowgirl’s star will have the opportunity to play professionally in the groundbreaking new softball league when the year ends.

Cowgirls Carrie Eberle earned numerous awards this week.

With the Cowgirls squarely in the postseason, Eberle’s impact on Oklahoma State is by no means over. When her college career comes to a close, however, her importance will be hard to measure.

“We get caught up in her numbers, and her big wins and all the stuff that she has accomplished up to this point,” Gajewski said. “But the impact that she has on our team and our pitching staff is big. She shoulders a huge load here. Never complains.

Pitches banged up…she’s fearless.”

In arguably the biggest OSU regular season win in a

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decade, Eberle was a key factor.

She started the May 7 Bedlam game and propelled No. 9 OSU to a 6-4 victory over No. 1 Oklahoma.

Her career is one players will try to emulate for years to come at OSU. “If you’re a pitcher on this staff and you’re not taking notes, you’re wasting time,” Gajewski said. “The way she prepares, the way she gets past good and bad…Everything that she does is really at a high level. It’s really good for our young kids to watch.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

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Making it happen Cline continues impacting OSU equine program Jacob Sturm Staff Reporter Some nice horses, a piece of land and a rusted stall barn.

These components were all the Oklahoma State equine program had at its disposal until 2016, when donor Linda Cline unveiled the Charles and Linda Cline Equine Teaching Center.

Cline said she thought about doing something to update the aging facility. After a few conversations with her liaison at the OSU Foundation, the idea continued sticking with her. Cline approached a few professors, including OSU professor Steven Cooper, proposing the idea.

She let the program do what they needed on the project. She had heard the students would sleep outdoors on hay during foaling season (when mares give birth), giving her one request for the facility.

“The only thing that I insisted upon was that they would have a room next to the foaling barns that the students would have a comfortable place to watch over those mares,” Cline said.

The request isn’t unusual.

Foaling centers are common among commercial breeding farms, ideally getting the horse inside, and caretakers out of the weather when they are monitoring the mares.

Once the project started, Cline did not want her name on the teaching center’s sign. Instead, she wanted it to be named after her husband, Charles, who died in 2012.

“We had to basically go behind her back to put her name on the facility,” Cooper said. “She was adamant that her name would not be anywhere on the new facility because she doesn’t like the limelight. She doesn’t

Oklahoma State University’s equine program is benefiting from the Charles and Linda Cline Equine Teaching Center.Stillwater, Oklahoma.

like the attention. She doesn’t like the notoriety.”

Cline’s contribution doesn’t stop at the building. She is responsible for an internship opportunity at the OSU horse barn, and is providing horse judging team and chair endowments.

“In the horse program, she’s the only person that’s ever done something of that magnitude,” Cooper said.

“It’s all about students,” Cline said. “It’s all about education (of) students anyway.”

Blind Faith In Claremore, Charles Cline attended Oklahoma Military Academy when Linda lived in town. The two met on a blind date, eventually getting married in 1957.

The Cline family owned Cherokee Lines, a trucking company reaching the 48 contiguous states. As they began closing the company, the Clines bought Char-Lin Ranch between Rip-

ley and Cushing.

Then, the Clines took the next leap. They traveled to Dewey, Oklahoma, participating in a property dispersal. Of the items involved, the horses caught the Clines’ attention.

“He bought 17 horses that day,” Cline said. “And he also bought six saddles. We didn’t even have a saddle.

At that time, we’re talking about 35 years ago, jeans were not that popular.

I didn’t even have a good pair of jeans to get up and ride the horse.”

The only problem? Neither of the Clines had much knowledge about the challenges they would face in the horse business.

OSU’s equine program got the opportunity to help, teaching the Clines through the information they could provide. Multiple professors visited Char-Lin Ranch, helping steer the Clines toward success.

Primarily, that success occurred in horse shows.

Jacob Sturm

Since beginning to show horses, the Clines have won enough awards that they lost count. Both Cooper and Cline estimate the total is over 200, with a majority happening in the halter classes.

Not all horses are meant for people to ride. Halter horses fit that distinction. At Char-Lin Ranch, halter horses are raised for shows and not for work.

On the ranch, the Clines foaled C.L. Buckley in 1989. He became the leading halter horse sire (father) in the Buckskin Association, while serving as the foundation to the Clines’ horse program. At first, the Clines didn’t know what they had.

“He was a Buckskin,” Cline said. “When he was born, we didn’t even know what we had. Quite honestly, he was palomino all over everywhere, legs (and) everything except See Happen on pg. 6

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That added a new dynamic to the Clines’ competition at horse shows. They competed, pitting Charles’ horses against Linda’s within each contest.

Both found success. When one didn’t win, the other usually did.

“Nobody ever got mad or anything, but it was serious competition,” Cline said. “We were serious about it.

So, we had a lot of fun that way, too.”

When C.L. Buckley died in 2019, the Clines’ ranch had been lifted to a new height. He had produced more Buckskin World and Reserve Championships than any horse, esJacob Sturm sentially establishing a reputation for The American Buckskin Registry Association inducted C.L. Buckley into its hall of fame in the the Clines’ success. past year.

“He really got things going for us in the show part because he was a horses in the events, making it challenging to see the judging team in producer,” Cline said. “His disposition was unbelievable. He was a very action.

That challenge doesn’t stop loving horse.” the Clines from supporting the team. Linda supports the program Judgment days As the relationship between the by attending the announcements for Clines and the OSU equine program placings, where OSU continues being further developed, the Clines started successful.

Since the OSU Equine Judging letting the OSU Equine Judging Team Team formed in 1979, the program practice at the ranch.

The horse judging program is a holds claims to 22 championships in two-semester commitment, meaning its competitions. In 2016, the program the team is completely different each achieved its first undefeated season.

“Linda always takes special season. The team judges a variety interest in all of those teams,” Cooper of horse classes, making practice said. “We took that team and worked critical. With the Clines a mere 25 out at Linda’s a couple (of) times getminutes away from campus, Charting ready for our big competitions.”

Lin Ranch is an obvious location to The Clines also pitch in before utilize. the trips.

“Some of the classes that we “They’re obviously in Stillhave to judge in the contest are halter water a lot and come by and look at classes,” Cooper said. “And that’s their specialty out there. They raised the horses,” Cooper said. “If we are getting ready to go on a trip, they’ll hundreds of world champion halter horses in both the AQHA (American come by and bring goody bags for the kids for the trip. Like snacks and Quarter Horse Association) as well as in the Buckskin and the Palomino stuff. And Amy makes cookies all the time. That’s her big thing.”

Association.”

In horse judging, Oklahoma Another purpose State’s national championship is held Horses at Char-Lin Ranch have at the AQHA World Championship multiple uses. The ranch sits next to Show. It’s designated as the World Championship because people could Overlook Lodge, a veteran’s center come from other countries to compete the Clines built to help veterans dealing with post traumatic stress. in the event.

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A FEW CLASSES OVER THE SUMMER? Claire Boomer/ O’Colly Maja Stark lines up her shot at Day 1 of the Cowgirl Classic at Karsten Creek on October 22, 2020 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Dream in-tact in her round, but a triple-bogey on the par three third hole left her clawing back into contention. She shot 1-under in her final round.

Only the top six teams of the field of 18 advance from the regional to the National Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Stanford, Wake Forest and OSU were the top three teams to advance with No. 14 Virginia Tech, No. Just like in any NCAA Champi- 22 Arizona and No. 10 USC claimonship with more than one game the ing the final three spots. USC topped goal is always to survive and advance. Florida by one stroke to claim the The No. 6 Oklahoma State final spot. women’s golf team did just that this Seven Big 12 teams were seweek in the Stanford Regional. The lected for one of the four regionals, Cowgirls finished third with a score and three, Baylor, OSU and Texas, of 3-over-par. No. 20 Stanford, the will make the trip to Arizona. No. host team, sailed to victory carding a 1 South Carolina barely squeaked 28-under-par regional, 30 strokes over into the National Championship in a second place No. 3 Wake Forest. tiebreaker over Arkansas.

Stanford was the only team The National Championship is under par. Cowgirl star Maja Stark scheduled for May 21-26. finished third individually at 7-underpar. Stark was tied for the lead early sports.ed@ocolly.com

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