📰 #ArtFocus Read: ARTNOW 2025 // PUSHING MATERIALS, CROSSING BOUNDARIES Oklahoma Contemporary’s ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries brings together 26 artists exploring identity, innovation, and materiality across mediums including fiber, sculpture, sound, and film. 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/ArtFocus

Applications are due ‼️ TONIGHT ‼️ for #MOMENTUM Spotlight Artists! ✨ $1,000 Stipend ✨ Featuring Guest Curator, Kristin Gentry! 📆 Deadline: November 8, 2025 🔗 Learn more and apply now at Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

‼️ Two days left ‼️ to submit #MOMENTUM stories to be featured in our Winter 2025 issue of #ArtFocus magazine! If you are a creative who has been involved either through exhibiting, volunteer/staff work or curating in MOMENTUM through the years, we would love to hear from you! 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS | The Girlie Show Join in for an art show and party featuring all women makers and creators. 42 artists will have booths full of creative goodness as well as entertainment with DJs and live music. 📍 OKC Farmers Market 📆 Nov 14–15 | 7–11pm 🔗 Get tickets: TheGirlieShowOkc.Com

ONE WEEK LEFT to apply for a very special #MOMENTUM Committee! WE NEED YOUR HELP YA'LL! 📆 Application Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 First Committee Meeting: Dec 11, 2025 ‼️ And YES, you can apply to be an artist AND a committee member! 🔗 Learn more and apply now at Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS | Live Painting at Howell Gallery Join in on November 8th from 11am–1pm for an exciting live painting event featuring multiple artists such as Dolores Purdy, David Holland, Nick Berry, and Aleksey & Olga Ivanov. 📍 Howell Gallery | OKC, OK 📆 Nov 8 | 11am–1pm

We are ECSTATIC to receive a Culture & Community Grant of $20,000 from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to nurture our artist programs, provide financial and professional development, and bring even more accessible art experiences to the broader community!

💡 Prepare yourself for your upcoming exhibition! This hands-on workshop, developed by Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Paseo Arts Association, The Depot, and Uncanny Art House, explores everything from framing and installation hardware all the way to marketing prep. 🔗 buff.ly/uwlIhB8

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS | Terra Rosa Treasues Exhibition The Terra Rosa Treasures Art Exhibition opens on Nov 8, from 5–8pm. Join in celebrating the spirit of the holidays! Enjoy live music and delightful refreshments as you explore art that speaks to the heart. 📍 Terra Rosa Art Gallery | Guthrie, OK

Art Crit Night is NEXT WEEK! Featuring Guest Curator, AnnaVittoria Pickett! ✨ The Artists: Taylor Caraway Jared Power 📅 When: November 12, 2025 | 5:30–8pm (Come early for artist networking from 5:30–6pm) 📍 Where: Oklahoma Contemporary | Oklahoma City, OK 🔗 RSVP buff.ly/lI7LVhK

✨ Meet Narciso Argüelles from Edmond, Oklahoma–our November Spotlight #OVACMember! Narciso Argüelles is a Chicano artist and art educator. Argüelles grew up in Tijuana, Mexico which had a lasting impact on his life and his art. 🔗 Learn more about the artist and OVAC Membership at buff.ly/DB6sqwy

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS | Red Medicine: An Artist Showcase Featuring Dead Feather An evening of storytelling and a vinyl listening/release party. Dead Feather is a concept compiled together by Joshua Garrett. 📍 Mycelium Gallery | OKC, OK 📆 Nov 8, 2025 | 7–9pm 🔗 Tickets: MyceliumGallery.Com

THRIVE Grantee, Alex Crain-Hayes is seeking models for her THRIVE Project, 'Soft Armor: A Woven Sanctuary for Black Femme Strength', an art installation and runway honoring the beauty, resilience, and softness of Black femme identity. 🔗 buff.ly/zy7J8a7

We are so happy to see Artist INC is back in Oklahoma in the form of Artist INC Express, a program by Mid-America Arts Alliance! ✨ Check out our early days of Artist INC way back in 2013! 📆 Register by Oct 30 at 5pm CDT to receive hard copy workshop materials. That's TOMORROW! 🔗 buff.ly/kbhslbr

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS: Paul Farrell Memorial Art Auction Call for Entries ‼️ REMINDER ‼️ The Oklahoma Panhandle State University Art Department is now accepting submissions for the 25th Annual Paul Farrell Memorial Art Auction, scheduled for Mar 6. 📆 Deadline: Dec 3 🔗 buff.ly/U7z7k8v

📰 #ArtFocus Read: STITCH BY STITCH // FIBER ARTS IN OKLAHOMA Oklahoma fiber artists including Agnes Stadler, Ann Solinski, Irmgard Geul, Debra Martin, Maria Do Anderson, Darci Lenker, and Katie Graham are redefining quilting, embroidery, and textile art as fine art. 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/ArtFocus

‼️ ONE WEEK LEFT ‼️ to apply for #MOMENTUM Emerging Curator! ✨ $750 Stipend ✨ No age limit to apply ✨ Featuring Guest Curator, Kristin Gentry! 🔗 Learn more and apply now at Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

📢 Meet our October #ArtCritNight artists, Jared Power and Taylor Caraway! 📅 Nov 12th | 5:30–8pm 📍 Oklahoma Contemporary, OKC, OK 🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/63f7iN0

Thanks to our pals at The Depot, PACC and Uncanny Art House for coming together for our first collaborative #ASKWorkshop, Application Ready, this week! 📹 Check out the live streamed version, courtesy of Uncanny Media, NOW: buff.ly/w467IJt 🔗 buff.ly/AohpnPl

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS: Artist Showcase: Luke Lightfoot Oklahoma artist Luke Lightfoot presents his 3-D video projections in a spotlight artist showcase! 📍 Mycelium Gallery | OKC, OK 📆 October 25, 2025 | 6–9pm 🔗 Get tickets: MyceliumGallery.Com Thanks to #OVACMember, Mycelium Gallery, for submitting!

⚡ Have you heard about The Fresh Paint competition? This program by the Arts Council of Oklahoma City offers a chance to kickstart your public art career and create a commissioned mural to be featured at Festival of the Arts! Learn more and apply: buff.ly/mmNMHOk

Are you an artist in need of critical medical, mental health, or dental treatment? You may be eligible for a grant of up to $5,000 for recent or upcoming medical, dental, or mental health-related emergency expenses. Administered by NYFA & supported by Rauschenberg Foundation 🔗 nyfa.org/RMEG

📹 Watch our Application Ready Workshop TONIGHT at 6pm CT on The Depot’s YouTube channel courtesy of Uncanny Media. 🔗 View the live stream at buff.ly/5EVK0mk

📣 #OVACMemberNews Join Uncanny Art House on Saturday, October 25 from 8 to 10pm for the Halloween Jazz Masquerade, a ticketed costume party and live performance inside the immersive world of In the Company of Paintings. 🎟️ Presale Tickets: $10 🎟️ Door Tickets: $15 🔗 Get Tickets: UncannyArtHouse.Com

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS: Paul Farrell Memorial Art Auction Call for Entries The Oklahoma Panhandle State University Art Department is now accepting submissions for the 25th Annual Paul Farrell Memorial Art Auction, scheduled for Mar 6. 📆 Deadline: Dec 3 🔗 buff.ly/U7z7k8v #OVACMember, Narciso Argüelles

💡 ONE WEEK LEFT until Application Ready Workshop on October 21st from 6–8pm CT at The Depot in Norman, Oklahoma! 🔗 buff.ly/AohpnPl

🔵 #GrantsForArtists Project Update 'Shilombish Tuklo (Two-Spirit)', an exhibition project by 2025 Grantee, KreativeNative 📆 August 18–October 24, 2025 📍 Phillips Theological Seminary | Tulsa, Oklahoma

During this year’s #12x12ArtFundraiser, we have raised $78,000+ to fund our programs and services, ensuring Oklahoma is a place where visual artists can thrive. That number rises as we accept final donations and continue to sell 12x12 artworks in our Post Sale until TOMORROW! 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/12x12

There is still time to apply for #MOMENTUM Emerging Curator! ✨ $750 Stipend ✨ No age limit to apply ✨ Featuring Guest Curator, Kristin Gentry! 🔗 Apply by Nov 1: Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS: exhibITion: Evolutions in Blue by OVAC Member Laurel Payne! This opening features new works by OKC-based artist and #OVACMember Laurel Payne, will take place at amshot in Oklahoma City, on Thursday, October 23, from 5–8pm. The art opening is all-ages and free to attend.

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS: 'Dark Hearts Goth Art' Showcase at Mycelium Gallery in OKC Step into the shadows for the 'Goth & Dark Art Show', a curated exhibition celebrating the macabre, mysterious, and beautifully eerie. 🎟️ Tickets are $10 🔗 MyceliumGallery.Com

Join OVAC in celebrating MOMENTUM’s 25th anniversary and support young Oklahoma artists! Volunteer as a Committee Member to help create an inspiring experience while gaining professional development. 📆 Application Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 First Committee Meeting: Dec 11, 2025 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

🔵 Meet #12x12 Artists, Rene Casiano, Deepsy and Tania Landers! Their works are available NOW in the 12x12 Post Sale until October 19! 💛 Proceeds go to the artists and for all of OVAC’s programs and services! 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/12x12

📢 Only 2 DAYS LEFT to apply for our next #ArtCritNight, on November 12, 2025 at Oklahoma Contemporary in Oklahoma City. Featuring Guest Curator, AnnaVittoria Pickett! 💸 $100 stipend per artist! 📅 Application Deadline: October 16, 2025 🔗 Apply at buff.ly/GKB3I4U

💡 Meet Application Ready Workshopper, Shari Jackson, Executive Director of the Norman Music Alliance and The Depot, a longtime Norman arts leader with past roles at the Sooner Theatre and Cimarron Opera. 📆 October 21st from 6–8pm CT at The Depot in Norman, OK 🔗 buff.ly/y2fUYRd

🔷 Our #GrantsforArtists applications close THIS WEDNESDAY on October 15th! 💸 Grants Available: Creative Projects Grants | Up to $1,500 Community/Artist Partnership Grants | Up to $1,500 Professional Basics Grants | Up to $500 Education Assistance Grants | Up to $500 🔗 Apply: buff.ly/06VYXg1

#OVACOutofOffice is on today for Indigenous Peoples’ Day as we honor the rich histories, cultures, and ongoing contributions of Native peoples. We’ll be back in the office on October 14!

💡 Meet Application Ready Workshopper, Theresa Hultberg! Theresa is an Oklahoma City artist and OU graduate who manages programs and exhibitions at the Paseo Arts Association. 📆 October 21st from 6–8pm CT at The Depot in Norman, OK. 🔗 buff.ly/y2fUYRd.

📰 #ArtFocus Read: WALL FLOWERS // PATRICK GORDON’S CAREER-SPANNING RETROSPECTIVE Philbrook's Wall Flowers, on view Sep 24–Jan 3, showcases fifty years of Claremore-born painter Patrick Gordon’s detailed, symbolic works & invites visitors to see him create in the gallery. 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/ArtFocus

🔵 🔵 Meet #12x12 Artists, Chase Spivey (@chasespivey.bsky.social), Elizabeth Richards and Alex Steinbrenner! Their works (and many more) are available NOW in the 12x12 Post Sale until October 19th! 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/12x12

🩶 Call for Stories from Previous MOMENTUM Creatives We're celebrating 25 years of #MOMENTUM! If you are a creative who has been involved either through exhibiting, Committee work or Curating in MOMENTUM through the years, we would love to hear from you! 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

💡 Meet Application Ready Workshopper, Ariana Weir-Temoshok! Ariana, an Oklahoma City native and OU printmaking graduate, manages artist grants and applications as OVAC’s Administrative and Artist Relations Manager. 📆 October 21st from 6–8pm CT at The Depot in Norman, OK. 🔗 buff.ly/y2fUYRd.

📢 #ArtCritNight applications are open for ONE MORE WEEK, Save the date for the event on November 12, 2025 at Oklahoma Contemporary in Oklahoma City. Featuring Guest Curator, AnnaVittoria Pickett! 📅 App Deadline: October 16, 2025 🔗 buff.ly/GKB3I4U This application is free and open to the public!

🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS OVAC Members Irmgard Geul and Darci Lenker are wrapping up, 'Entangled Voices', an exhibition of the fiber practices showing at The Depot in Norman, Oklahoma! 📆 Closing Reception: October 10, 2025 during Norman's Second Friday Art Walk | 6-9pm. The exhibition runs through Nov 1.

All of our online #ASKWorkshops from our "Curso internacional de dos culturas México-Americano, patrimonio cultural y arte chicano" Series are now in our ASK Resource Library playlist on YouTube. Each video includes subtitles in English. 🔗 Watch the full series now at buff.ly/58EiPDW

🔵 🔵 The 12x12 Art Fundraiser Post Sale is Live! 🔵 🔵 Missed snagging your favorite 12x12 piece? Shop the 12x12 Post Sale now! All pieces priced at $200! 📆 Post Sale Ends October 19th at 11:59pm CT 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/12x12 Feat. chasespivey.bsky.social

#OVACOutofOffice is on for October 6th and 7th as we take a moment to rest and recover from the 12x12 Art Fundraiser. ‼️ In the mean time, the event may be over but you can still shop the 12x12 Post Sale until October 19th, AND you can still donate! 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/12x12

🚨 #MOMENTUM Applications are OPEN 🚨 We are excited to announce the 25th Anniversary of MOMENTUM on March 27–28 at The Yale Theater in Calle Dos Cinco. ✨ Survey Artists ✨ Spotlight Artists ✨ Emerging Curator ✨ Committee Members Featuring Guest Curator, Kristin Gentry! 🔗 Ovac-Ok.Org/Momentum

✨ Meet Michelle Canning from Edmond, Oklahoma–our October Spotlight #OVACMember! Michelle is a Makah Nation artist and recent UCO BFA graduate whose work blends woodcut printmaking and sculpture. 🔗 Learn more buff.ly/vsb4PeZ

🌿 Learn more about #THRIVE Grant Project, 'The Oracle' by M. Florine Démosthène from Tulsa, Oklahoma The Oracle uses gaming to explore cultural preservation, blending ancient traditions with modern technology to imagine new futures. 🔗 buff.ly/U6utwvd