Sunday, March 3, 2024
Oklahoma Memorial Union
OU Norman Campus
Susan and Mike Turpen, chairs
Arts! Arts! Arts! is the annual gala event which has raised well over $1.75 million in support of development opportunities for Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts faculty and students over the last 33 years. Your support directly contributes to the future success of our students, faculty and programs!
This event is SOLD OUT.
For information regarding tickets and seating, please contact David Barocio at dbarocio@ou.edu.
Charles L. Oppenheim
Oppenheim is managing partner of The Oppenheim Group, a retail commercial real estate management and investments company located in Oklahoma City. He is an avid supporter of the arts and actively serves on the boards of several organizations including the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Board of Visitors as president. We look forward to recognizing Mr. Oppenheim for his many years of service and support of our college.
Josh Bonzie, Helmerich School of Drama
Bonzie had his first television appearance on a 2017 episode of the The Blacklist, which was followed by appearances on Elementary, The Good Fight and Netflix's The Politician starring Ben Platt and Gwyneth Paltrow. His first lead role was starring as Clive "Gogo" Richardson on Hulu's Saint X. As a writer, Bonzie created, produced, wrote and starred in the web series Best Years, and was recently commissioned to write a play for Montana Repertory Theater.
Caroline Jean Fernald, OU School of Visual Arts
Fernald serves as the executive director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, a partnership of six research museums that includes the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Prior to Harvard, Fernald led the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley as executive director.
Annie Funke, A. Max Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre
Funke made her Broadway debut as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray followed by a year in Wicked. She received critical acclaim for her work in Roundabout’s If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal. Off Broadway credits include Punk Rock and Silence! the Musical. Notable television credits include Mae Jarvis on Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Ellie on This is Us, Shiela on The Offer, Reservation Dogs, Lucifer, The Affair, and Grey’s Anatomy.
Cameron Morgan, School of Dance
Morgan is executive director of the Vilar Performing Arts Center, a project of the Vail Valley Foundation in Beaver Creek, Colorado. He previously served in several roles with the foundation including senior festival & operations manager of the Vail Dance Festival. As a professional dancer, he performed for 2 seasons in Rhode Island at Festival Ballet Providence (now Ballet RI) and completed 3 contracts as a performer onboard Norwegian Cruise Lines.
Jack Swanson, School of Music
Swanson makes debuts this season with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Houston Grand Opera as Fenton in Falstaff and returns to the Norwegian Opera for Ferrando in Così Fan Tutte and Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, as well as to the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro for his signature-role of Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Future engagements include debuts with the Metropolitan Opera and the Staatsoper Hamburg and returns to the Rossini Opera Festival and Houston Grand Opera, all in leading roles.
