Norman’s 2nd Friday Art Walk Welcomes a New Gallery in November

        NORMAN, OKLA. – Norman Arts Council’s Second Friday Circuit of Art of November welcomes a new gallery at Re-Run Junction, as well as arts activities in the OU Arts District as a part of OU’s Campus Activities Council Family Weekend.  The art walk is from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at art galleries throughout Norman. 
Read more about the Norman 2nd Friday Art Walk.

Photography Gift Premieres as Exhibition Nov. 6 at FJJMA

        NORMAN, OKLA. – It takes a creative eye to collect and appreciate art. Carol Beesley, who has been collecting photography and teaching art at the University of Oklahoma for 30 years, shares a glimpse of her artistic vision with a new exhibition at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.  
Read more about the Carol Beesley Collection.

Live 1930s Comedy Hits OU Museum Stage Oct. 23

        NORMAN, OKLA. – Before Oklahoma became a household name on Broadway, playwright Lynn Riggs debuted the comedy Russet Mantle. The University of Oklahoma School of Drama and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art are teaming up to present a free staged reading of the 1936 comedy at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at the museum. 
Read more about the Russet Mantle staged reading.

Student Party Offers Live Performances Oct. 7 at FJJMA

        NORMAN, OKLA. – Students at the University of Oklahoma will get preferential treatment when the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art opens a new exhibition with a party at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. 
Read more about the Sooners in the Land of Enchantment.

‘Sooners’ Exhibit Explores Oklahoma, New Mexico Art

        NORMAN, OKLA. – Deep within the history of Oklahoma art lies a connection with New Mexico, an enchanted land and home to Western and Native American artists who inspired Sooner artists for decades and beyond. 
Read more about the Sooners in the Land of Enchantment.

NATIVE ARTISTS TO DISCUSS IDENTITY ISSUES SEPT. 11 AT FJJMA

        Eight Native Oklahoman artists are gathering for a public panel discussion about survival strategies and identity issues during a special event at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on Friday, Sept. 11. At 10 a.m., the artists will begin a session titled Art as Identity: The Operative Principles of Affirmation, Accommodation and Appropriation in the Native American Artistic Pursuit of Self.
Read more about this panel discussion.

'SPIRIT RED' CAPTURES ADVENTURES OF COLLECTING NATIVE ART

        NORMAN, OKLA. – Art appreciation takes many forms, but for Rennard Strickland, collecting art has become a lifelong legacy. Highlights from his art acquisitions go on display in a new exhibition June 4 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
Read more about Spirit Red.

CURTIS EXHIBTION UNVEILS 1920s NATIVE OKLAHOMAN PHOTOS

      NORMAN, OKLA. – Thirty years after photographer Edward S. Curtis began his epic mission to research and photograph Western American Indian tribes, the ambitious journalist landed in Oklahoma. Visitors to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art March 28 to May 17 will see how photos from his 1926 excursion reveal an authentic look at Native Oklahomans.
Read more about the Curtis Exhibtion.

APRIL 10 CIRCUIT OF ART DRAWS NORMAN STUDIO ARTISTS

     NORMAN – They say the third time’s a charm. Local art galleries will find out for sure on Friday, April 10, when the Second Friday Circuit of Art comes to town. The third installment of the Norman Arts Council’s new monthly art gallery route features art exhibitions, live entertainment, guest artists and much more.

Read more about the April 10th Circuit of Art.

‘Borderlands’ Explores Native, Western American Art at FJJMA

      NORMAN – Kicking off a full year of Native American and Western American artwork, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art unveils its first exhibition for 2009 at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23. “Borderlands: Images of the American West” reveals a look at the Western United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read more about "Borderlands: Images of the American West."

FJJMA MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES KING TUT TRIP

      NORMAN – This spring, members of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Association will get a chance to learn more about the mysterious life and death of King Tut as part of the annual spring museum trip.
Read more about the Museum Association's King Tut trip.

ART AFTER HOURS STUDIES REMINGTON, RUSSELL FRIDAY NIGHT

     NORMAN – Visitors to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will get a glimpse of how turn-of-the-20th-century artists viewed the West Friday, Feb. 27, during Art After Hours.
Read more about Art After Hours.

NY ARTIST FEINSTEIN TO LECTURE AT FJJMA FEB. 25

      NORMAN – Her artwork has been reviewed in Momenta Art, Art in America and The New York Times to name a few. New York artist Rochelle Feinstein will visit the University of Oklahoma for a public lecture at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
Read more about the Feinstein Lecture.

FEB. 6 MUSEUM LECTURE EXAMINES WESTERN HISTORY, ART

        NORMAN – Western American history converges with art when Sterling Evans reveals a historical approach to a new art exhibition 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
Read more about the Feb. 6 Museum Lecture.

INTERNATIONAL RUSSIAN EXHIBITION TO PREMIERE AT UNIVERISTY OF OKLAHOMA ART MUSEUM

        NORMAN  – Russian street scenes, paintings of the American West, colorful abstracts and emotive portraits are all part of an international exhibition exploring early 20th-century Russian immigrant art debuting in October at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. A free, public opening is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the museum’s Sandy Bell Gallery.
Read more about the Russian exhibition premiere.

STUART FAMILY FOUNDATION MAKES GIFT TO FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART ADDITION

      NORMAN – University of Oklahoma Regent Jon R. Stuart and his wife, Dee Dee, of Tulsa, have made a $3 million lead gift from the Stuart Family Foundation to the expansion project for the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, OU President David Boren announced at the December meeting of the OU Board of Regents.
Read more about Stuart Family Foundation gift.

MARCH 13 CIRCUIT OF ART FEATURES LOCAL EXHIBTIONS, MUSIC

        NORMAN – Art exhibitions, live entertainment, guest artists and much more will be featured as the Norman Arts Council presents the Second Friday Circuit of Art.
Read more about the March 13 Circuit of Art.

CHERNOBYL FILM, PANEL HEATS UP OU ART MUSEUM NOV. 17

       NORMAN – Twenty years after a nuclear reactor malfunction exploded radiation into the night sky, Chernobyl continues to take its toll on residents of the Ukrainian city of Pripyat. Although more than 50 workers at the infamous reactor died immediately following the April 26, 1986, explosion, approximately 4,000 have died from the long-term effects of radiation poisoning over the past 20 years.
Read more about the screening of the Battle of Chernobyl.

OU ART MUSEUM OFFERS ADKINS COLLECTION THROUGH FEB. 22

      NORMAN – Visitors to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art have a mere few days left to view one of the nation’s most important private collections of Southwest and Native American artwork in Norman before the collection closes for museum construction.
Read more about the Adkins Collection.

RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION OPENS NOV. 8 AT OU ART MUSEUM

      NORMAN – In 1992, just months after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a handful of Russian photographers began documenting life after communism for a new independent newspaper, the Moscow Times. Their photographs come to life in a new exhibition opening Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma. A Museum Association Membership party, which is open without charge to the public, is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7.
Read more about Reflections: Russian Photography.

FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART OFFERS HOLIDAY SHOPPING

     NORMAN – Holiday shoppers in search of unique gifts need look no further than the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. From jewelry to folk art and children’s puzzles to holiday cards, the Museum Store offers art-inspired alternatives to the usual holiday hodgepodge.
Read more about Holiday Shopping.

FJJMA MUSEUM OFFERS $3 HOLIDAY ADMISSION

      NORMAN – In the spirit of the holiday season, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma is giving the gift of art – for the whole family. From Friday, Dec. 26, through Tuesday, Dec. 30, the FJJMA will lower admission to $3 per family!
Read more about $3 Holiday Admission.

OU MUSEUMS OFFER FREE ADMISSION OCT.31 - NOV.2

        NORMAN – Family comes first at the University of Oklahoma’s art and natural history museums. Both the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art are offering free admission Friday, Oct. 31, through Sunday, Nov. 2, as part of the university’s annual Family Weekend.
Read more about the free admission to both museums.

AUTHOR SHTEYNGART, ARTIST KOMAR TO SPEAK AT OU OCT. 22, 24

      NORMAN – Two important Russian émigré figures -- an award-winning novelist and a popular conceptual artist -- are appearing at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. Gary Shteyngart and Vitaly Komar are scheduled to address the campus and community during free, public lectures Wednesday and Friday, Oct. 22 and 24, respectively.
Read more about thIs special lecture.

SAN DIEGO ART MUSEUM DIRECTOR, RUSSIAN CURATOR

HIGHLIGHT FJJMA OPENING OCT.4

      NORMAN – The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma premieres an international exhibition with special guests at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4.  Derrick Cartwright, executive director of the San Diego Museum of Art, and Dr. Evgenia Petrova, deputy director of science at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, are scheduled to speak during the free, public opening of American Artists from the Russian Empire.
Read more about these special lectures.

CONFERENCE AT OU TO EXAMINE

THE STATE OF U.S.- RUSSIAN RELATIONS

     NORMAN – Policymakers, academicians and businessmen from the United States and Russia will focus on both the political and economic relations between the two countries and the geopolitical importance of energy during a free, public conference Friday, Oct. 3, at the University of Oklahoma.  The conference is titled, “Oil, Gas and Power: Russia and the United States.”
Read more about this symposium.

TUESDAY NOON CONCERTS SERIES OPENS

SEPT. 16 AT FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART

Read more about the Fall 2008 Tuesday Noon Concert Series.

ART HISTORIAN EXPLORES RUSSIAN PALACES, ARCHITECTURE SEPT.11-12 AT OU'S ART MUSEUM

      NORMAN – Few Oklahomans will ever set foot in Russian imperial palaces, but international art historian Emmanuel Ducamp offers the next best thing when he explores 18th- and 19th-century Russian palaces and architecture Thursday and Friday, Sept. 11 and 12, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma.
Read more about the Emmanuel Ducamp Lectures.

FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART

CONTINUES ART AFTER HOURS SEPT. 4

        NORMAN, OKLA. – Local art connoisseurs who cannot visit museums during normal hours are invited to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Thursday, Sept. 4, as the museum continues its fall series Art After Hours.  
Read more about Art After Hours Fall 2008.

FREDFILMS SERIES KICKS OFF AT OU’S ART MUSEUM AUG. 28

        NORMAN, OKLA. – Film fans are in for a treat as FredFilms returns at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at the University of Oklahoma. One of the many programs at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, the FredFilms weekly film series reveals a glimpse of cinema as it relates to a certain theme each semester.
Read more about the Fall 2008 FredFilms Series.

TRADITION IN TRANSITION: RUSSIAN ICONS IN THE AGE OF THE ROMANOVS

        NORMAN - The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art announces Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs, a stunning exhibition of 45 rare icons and oklads (decorative icon covers) from the collection of Hillwood Museum & Gardens.
Read more about Tradition in Transition.

CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY COMES TO OU'S FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART

        NORMAN – Beginning Friday, April 18, visitors to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma will have the opportunity to see “China: Insights” an exhibition that brings together the work of seven photographers from mainland China: Chen Yuan Zhong, Hua Er, Jia Yu Chuan, Li Nan, Yang Yan Kang, Yu Haibo and Zhang Xinmin.
 Read more about China: Insights.

WORKS BY VISITING ARTIST HUNG LIU TO BE EXHIBITED AT OU'S FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART

        NORMAN – “Hung Liu: Now and Then,” featuring works by renowned Chinese contemporary artist Hung Liu, will open Thursday, April 3, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus.
Read more about Hung Liu: Now and Then.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ADKINS COLLECTION EXHIBITION OPENS

        NORMAN – Works of art from the Eugene B. Adkins Collection – one of the most important private collections in the nation featuring the Taos artists as well as Native American art –will open to the public on Friday, March 7, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. 
Read more about Highlights from the Adkins Collection.

94th ANNUAL STUDENT ART EXHIBITION SLATED AT FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART

        NORMAN – Students from the University of Oklahoma’s School of Art are making final preparations for the 94th Annual School of Art Students’ Exhibition at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
Read more about the 94th Annual School of Art Students' Exhibition.

PHILBROOK AND OU RECEIVE ADKINS ART COLLECTION

        TULSA – Ted M. Riseling, chairman of the Adkins Foundation Board, announced today that the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma have been jointly selected to receive the Eugene B. Adkins collection of art.  The joint partnership by Philbrook and OU was among many proposals submitted by leading museums across the country.
Read more about the Adkins Art Collection.

D'HUMIÈRES NAMED DIRECTOR, CHIEF CURATOR OF OU'S FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART

        ARDMORE – Ghislain d’Humières, former assistant director at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco who also has held positions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, was appointed director and chief curator of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma during the June meeting of the OU Board of Regents.
Read more about Ghislain d'Humieres.

OU MUSEUMS OFFER FREE ADMISSION OCT.31 - NOV.2

        NORMAN – Family comes first at the University of Oklahoma’s art and natural history museums. Both the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art are offering free admission Friday, Oct. 31, through Sunday, Nov. 2, as part of the university’s annual Family Weekend.
Read more about the free admission to both museums.