VISUAL ART
2009 Calendar |
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Exhibit opens at IAO, 6-9 pm |
IAO 24 Works on Paper
Traveling Exhibition
2009–2010
IAO & Oklahoma
Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) are co-sponsoring 24 Works on
Paper, traveling
to locations across the state for one year and debuting
at the IAO Gallery at 811 N. Broadway.
This exhibition will travel
to communities that normally have limited exposure to contemporary
art and will give statewide visibility to Oklahoma’s superlative
contemporary artists.
IAO & OVAC
will produce a catalog to include all selected works. Venues
already include Eleanor Hays Gallery, Tonkawa; East Central University Ada;
Firehouse Art Center, Norman; SWOSU, Weatherford; Plains, Indians,
and Pioneers Museum, Woodward; Tulsa Artists Coalition, Tulsa; and
Gardiner Art Gallery, Stillwater. Additional venues may be added.
Sponsors are:  
Juror
Adrienne Day has been working as an artist for over 20
years. Her work has been exhibited extensively across the US and Europe
at museums, galleries and cultural centers. Day holds a Bachelor of
Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters of Fine Arts
from Arizona State University. In 2007, she organized the Suite Oklahoma
Exchange Portfolio, which included 18 Oklahoma printmakers.
Awards
The judge will award two $250 Award of Merit
cash prizes.
Organizers will give each artist selected for
exhibition a $50 honorarium for the loan of each of their works for the touring period.
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