Apr 28 Sunday
Experience HOME1947: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy! This immersive exhibition explores the lives and stories of the millions displaced in 1947 during the creation of two new independent nation-states, India and Pakistan. Through a series of short films, virtual reality, photographs, sound installations and more, HOME1947 recreates the long-lost sights, sounds and smells of what millions once called home. Visit okcontemp.org for gallery hours.
For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/HOME1947
Image: Video still, Beila, 2017. © Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. Photo courtesy of SOC Films.
A three-day experimental film festival in April will give audiences a look into some of the most creative and innovative styles of filmmaking in the industry.
Oklahoma City University’s Film Department, in partnership with the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, will present the Wide Open Experimental Film Festival (WOEFF) April 26-28 in the art museum’s Noble Theater at 415 Couch Dr. The festival is free to the public.
The third-annual festival is organized by OCU film students and faculty. As a festival focused on the celebration of a variety of experimental film practices, organizers hope to open peoples’ eyes to alternative forms, structures and styles of film.
Some highlighted films and filmmakers include:
• “A Meditation on Nature in the Absence of an Eclipse” by Crystal Z Campbell• “Light, Noise, and Smoke, and Light, Noise, and Smoke” by Tomonari Nishikawa• “Patient” by Lori Felker• “Ashes of Roses” by Sasha Waters• “Quartet for the End” by Gregg Biermann• “Clear Ice Fern” by Mark Street
Do you like sharing recipes, stories, books, craft ideas, watching little known movies and discussing all kinds of cultures- diversity and pop culture? Yes?! Each month we will have a different shared experience - maybe a recipe? movie? craft? guest speaker? Come and participate in our "Culture Crew" and be part of an experience!
Monthly on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30pm.
The first session on April 24 at 6:30pm will include an introduction to the Culture Crew program with group discussion and input on future activities.
Every Sunday Mike Hosty One Man Band blends Rockabilly, Blues, Country and Rock in an interactive improvisational musical show at the Deli on Campus Corner in Norman. Hosty has performed at the Deli every Sunday—more or less—for around 17 years.
Apr 29 Monday
Turn your passion for yoga into YOUR CALLING! Dig deep, discover your strength, and fire up your life!405 YOGA OKC has one of the highest alumni-rated Yoga Teacher Training programs in the nation.Our Spring 2024 Training starts March 9th! Join us for 4 months and graduate by the end of June...With our diverse, passionate and experienced teaching team, you will gain the skills to empower yourself and those around you, explore and deepen your own practice through a powerful athletic ashtanga-based practice and personally grow in a more authentic, sustainable way.TUITION includes full YTT investment AND a 4 month unlimited yoga pass at 405 YOGA for use during the program! Want to learn more? Visit www.405yoga.com/ytt200
The notorious 1926 trial of William K. Hale and John Ramsey is one of the Western District of Oklahoma's most notable cases. The case is featured in the book and Oscar-nominated film, Killers of the Flower Moon. This exhibit highlights the role of the judicial system in the Osage Reign of Terror and uncovers the tangled legal history that has been newly revealed. Tour the historic courtroom where the Oklahoma City trial took place, see archival documents related to the case and Osage artifacts on loan from the White Hair Memorial. Watch a new documentary outlining the legal proceedings and interviews with family members of those involved in the story.
Explore the galleries with the Museum mascots and the Kids Guide! Select which cowpoke and trail you would like to follow and learn more about all the fun and fascinating things at The Cowboy. Join Chester the Scissortail Flycatcher, Hopalong the Jackrabbit, Ma’ii the Coyote and Cisco the Mustang and solve the Cowboy Code.
Free for members or with Museum admission.
"Magnificent Beauty: Georgia O’Keeffe and the Art of the Flower" examines explorations of flowers in painting and photography by O’Keeffe and Imogen Cunningham, highlighting their unique interpretations of the traditional subject matter.
O’Keeffe redefined the tradition of floral still-life painting by incorporating techniques of photography (a relatively new medium in the early twentieth century) into her works, choosing to depict the subject cropped and at close range to focus on color and form. While Cunningham also portrayed flowers in close-up, her photographs instead call attention to the play of light and shadow as well as the subject’s intricate details, captured with precision. Magnificent Beauty demonstrates how each artist transformed the traditional subject with a modernist, and at times abstracted, take on the natural world.
Multiple Voices is the first public artwork in the United States by Eva Schlegel, the Austria-based artist known for engineering steel and mirrors into spectacular, architectonic sculptures. Working with materials similar to the arts center’s new building,
Schlegel created a series of polished and translucent surfaces that catch and reflect light and parts of the surrounding environment, encouraging visitors to gather, play and learn.
Poems by Steve Bellin-Oka, Kimberly Blaeser and Joy Harjo appear in blurred form on glass panels, registering each poem as part of the sculpture, but rendered cryptic to the viewer.
For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/EvaSchlegel
Image: Rendering of Eva Schlegel's Multiple Voices at Oklahoma Contemporary. Rendering: Damjan Minovski, Architectural team: Valerie Messini.