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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
18 Dec 2025
Thank to our friends @OKContemporary, we're honored to share these amazing photos from their exhibit ArtNow 2025 - and to offer some exciting programs this winter!
Tap into your creativity with a take-home kit or at a hands-on program. Learn more: spotic.us/492IxQc
ALT Installation view of ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries, including artworks by Amy Sanders de Melo. Photo by Blake Studdard.
ALT Installation view of ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries, including, left to right, Mary Claire Becker’s Tulipmania (2019-2025), Leticia R. Bajuyo’s Loop: Gravity Repeated (2025) and Kirsten Griffin’s Country Road (2023). Photo by Blake Studdard.
ALT Installation view of ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries, including, clockwise from top left, Irmgard Geul’s Follow the Wind (2025), Running Free (2025), The Forest (2025) and A Landscape of Memories (2025). Photo by Blake Studdard.
ALT Installation view of ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries, including Đan Lynh Phạm’s I Bear the Fruit of My Ancestors (2024), wall, and Tre Già, Măng Mọc (2025), floor. Photo by Blake Studdard.
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22 Oct 2025
Have you seen ArtNow: Materials and Boundaries?
Get a glimpse inside the exhibition, featuring 26 Oklahoma artists exploring texture, tension and transformation. On view through Feb. 15, 2026, at Oklahoma Contemporary.
Learn more: okcontemp.org/ArtNow2025
📷: Blake Studdard
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
1 Aug 2025
We once again teamed up with the @okcomicarts to get 10 different Okie artists to produce 10 original comics inspired by the lives of Curbside vendors. Be sure to check out OCAF's upcoming festival Sept. 13 at @OKContemporary. okcomicarts.org/ocaf-festiva…
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
27 Jul 2025
Famed #NativeAmerican artist Edgar Heap of Birds is himself in #OKC exhibit 'Honor Song' at @OKContemporary oklahoman.com/story/entertai…
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Writer Sara Reisman interviewed artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds. His retrospective is on view at @OKContemporary.
“Dealing with politicized ideas, I didn’t want to make bad figurative paintings.” —Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
tinyurl.com/mtzdrfwx
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29 Jul 2025
Thank you to @TheOklahoman_ for highlighting Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: HONOR SONG on view in the Eleanor Kirkpatrick Main Gallery at Oklahoma Contemporary.
Take a look at the full story below!
27 Jul 2025
Famed Native American artist Edgar Heap of Birds is himself in OKC exhibit 'Honor Song' oklahoman.com/story/entertai…
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29 Jul 2025
Thank you @BOMBmagazine for this powerful conversation with Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, where he reflects on ceremony, his artistic development and the meaning of culture.
Read the full interview below and don’t miss your chance to view the last week of Honor Song at OCAC!
28 Jul 2025
Writer Sara Reisman interviewed artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds. His retrospective is on view at @OKContemporary.
“Dealing with politicized ideas, I didn’t want to make bad figurative paintings.” —Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
tinyurl.com/mtzdrfwx
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
8 Jul 2025
The first major retrospective for internationally recognized artist Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation) opened on February 20, 2025, at @OKContemporary.
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23 Jun 2025
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23 Jun 2025
Basketball and OKC. The connection is obvious.
Neuf basketballs by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds in collaboration with Common Practice, sold in conjunction with Heap of Birds’ show “HONOR SONG” at @OKContemporary.
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
17 Jun 2025
"Neufs for Oklahoma Autumn," Edgar Heap of Birds' two half-size, hand-painted basketball courts outside @OKContemporary in Oklahoma City, reference the Cheyenne word for meaning and ritual around the number four, inspired by the wooded canyons around his mother’s home.
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14 Jun 2025
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14 Jun 2025
It's been a whirlwind of film and fun covering the @deadcenter Festival the past few days with my excellent colleague and friend Doug Hoke, especially in our press room here at @OKContemporary!
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
11 Jun 2025
The 25th annual @deadcenter kicks off today! Connect with our office this weekend at @OKContemporary, Thursday’s after party at @btbrewery, the Friday Night Frolic at Dunlap Codding and more! #OkieFilm #OkieMusic
Learn more: bit.ly/3ZKRN7y
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5 Jun 2025
We cannot wait!
5 Jun 2025
Connect with us next week at @deadcenter! Our office will exhibit at @OKContemporary, as well as support live local music at Thursday’s after party at @btbrewery and the Friday Night Frolic at Dunlap Codding. #OkieFilm #OkieMusic
Learn more: bit.ly/3ZKRN7y
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3 Jun 2025
On the heels of this year’s Boley Rodeo, we’re honored to announce:
Jakian Parks: The Black Land
Rituals and Rejoicing in African American Rodeo Culture
Nov. 6, 2025 – June 1, 2026
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3 Jun 2025
The Black Land traces a lineage of endurance & celebration- where land, labor and identity converge in scenes of ritual, grace & reclamation. Drawing from personal history & community memory, Parks’s portraits restore visibility to a tradition deeply rooted, but often overlooked
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3 Jun 2025
In collaboration with guest curator Chloe` Flowers, photographer Jakian Parks presents a powerful meditation on Black rodeo culture in Oklahoma. 📷: 1.) 8 Seconds 2.) Porch Principles and 3.) Dad's Reflection
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
23 May 2025
.@OKContemporary Executive Director Trent Riley, Trustee Aimee Harlow, outgoing Board President Molly Tolbert, and Board Chairman Christian Keesee. Thank you to Ms. Harlow and Ms. Tolbert for your leadership and service!
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24 May 2025
Thank you @okgazette!
24 May 2025
🎨 Neuf territory 🏀️
🖌 @OKContemporary features Oklahoma-based artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds’ work in a retrospective exhibit including the recently opened basketball court in Campbell Art Park. 🪶
Read more at okgazette.com/arts-culture
#oklahomacontemporaryart #edgarheapofbirds #campbellartpark #oklahomaindigenousart #okcartists
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22 May 2025
Major love to MVP @shaiglalex! What a season! Huge thanks to the @okcthunder for the shoutout to Oklahoma Contemporary during today's press conference. We’re proud to be part of such an inspiring OKC community!
21 May 2025
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Oklahoma Contemporary retweeted
3 May 2025
We need 'Frederick Douglass Now' - and #OKC needs to see Roger Guenveur Smith's show about him. Limited engagement continues through Sunday at @OKContemporary: oklahoman.com/story/entertai…
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