From Heroes to Immortals and A Room with a View open at OKCMOA
Thomas Cole, An Italian Autumn, ca. 1844-47. Oil on canvas, 32 x 48 in. Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Museum purchase with funds from the James C. and Virginia W. Meade Collections Endowment, the Meade Acquisition Fund, and the Beaux Arts Society Fund for Acquisitions, 2019.001
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA
.- Two new, original exhibitions, From Heroes to Immortals: Classical Mythological Prints and A Room with a View: Scenes of the Italian Countryside, open May 15 at 10 a.m. at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Curated from OKCMOAs permanent collection, the exhibitions highlight themes from The Painters of Pompeii: Roman Frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, the Museums blockbuster summer exhibition.
On the Town: OKC art exhibitions to capture imaginations By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record May 11, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
As you wait for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s upcoming major exhibit featuring “The Painters of Pompeii,” let two new exhibitions get you in the mood as they take your imagination either back in time or to the Italian countryside.
Opening at 10 a.m. Saturday, “From Heroes to Immortals: Classical Mythological Prints” and “A Room With a View: Science of the Italian Countryside” will feature works from OKCMOA’s permanent collection.
“From Heroes to Immortals” will feature 500 years of work on paper that explore people’s fascination with stories from classical mythology, said Bryn Schockmel, curator for both exhibitions, in a news release. “A Room With a View” will feature the Italian countryside’s sweeping vistas and ancient runes, especially from 19th-century American artists.
Film fans are getting first-looks today at two major made-in-Oklahoma motion pictures.
The Osage News has the first look at Martin Scorsese s adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon, which is currently filming in Osage County. The photo depicts Native American actress Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nez Perce) as Mollie Burkhart and Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also one of the film s producers, as her duplicitous husband, Ernest Burkhart.
With a screenplay by Oscar winner Eric Roth ( Forrest Gump ), the Apple Studios film is an adaptation of David Grann s 2017 New York Times best-seller and National Book Award finalist “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. The film will chronicle the murders of Osage Nation citizens in 1920s Oklahoma, after the oil boom made them rich. The brutal killings became known as the Reign of Terror and the center of a major investigation by the then-fledgling FBI.
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After the COVID-19 pandemic made Mother s Day 2020 along with most everything else a lackluster experience, 2021 is offering ample opportunities to treat Mom right.
With vaccine rates up and coronavirus cases down, many Oklahoma events are making a comeback this year, which means plenty of springtime fun is planned across the state, just in time for Mother s Day on Sunday.
From dancing nuns to animatronic dinosaurs, here are 10 possible outings for your mama this Mother s Day weekend (and they all should pair nicely with dinner, flowers and maybe some chocolates):
1. Mounds of fun at the National Cowboy Museum
Mother s Day is the last chance to see three exhibits at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, including the sprawling Spiro and the Art of the Mississippian World, considered the first major presentation on Oklahoma s historic Spiro Mounds undertaken by a museum. Almost a decade in the making, the exhibit marks the first and li
Cautiously, big institutions begin to open up By: Janice Francis-Smith The Journal Record May 4, 2021
The Oklahoma City Dodgers announced Tuesday that the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark will now open the 2021 baseball season at 50% capacity. (Photo by Janice Francis-Smith)
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Executive Order 2021-11 on Monday, officially ending the COVID-19 state of emergency in Oklahoma effective Tuesday, May 4.
But the pandemic is not quite over for many businesses and government entities grappling with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and consumer confidence.
“We were the first state to reopen our economy on June 1, and we are continuing to lead the nation now,” Stitt said in a video message his office shared to YouTube on Monday, a post with comments disabled. “More people are getting the vaccine every day, our kids are safely back in school, our businesses are open and thriving and our unemployment rate is bet