Press Room

Welcome to FJJMA's online press room. Our communications department is pleased to offer press releases about past and upcoming exhibitions, news, and events. To keep up with the very latest news and museum happenings, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. For more information or media requests, contact the museum's communications department.

Kaylee Kain
Director of Communication
kayleekain@ou.edu
(405) 325-3178

Media Photography and Filming Policy

Members of the media and students wishing to film or photograph on premises must make arrangements for all photo and video shoots with at least 1 week advance notice, because there may be additional request forms to submit to the university before a request for a shoot can be granted.

If a member of the media or a student shows up on a weekend requesting to film or take photography with the intention of it being used for publication purposes and has NOT requested permission, they must refrain from filming or photographing until they have contacted the communication department. They are not, however, required to leave the premises.

Members of the media must be escorted by a communications department staff member at all times or have permission from the department to shoot independently. All organized photo shoots inside the Museum—for news coverage, school projects, etc.—require a staff member escort. Photo shoot requests that cannot be staffed will be declined.

FJJMA reserves the right to withhold or withdraw permission to photograph on the premises. FJJMA staff have the authority to approach and verify the intent of photography and to enforce the Photography Policy.

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2022 Press Releases

Factory Obscura opens SYNESTHESIA at the Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art

May 17, 2022

NORMAN – A new kind of art experience is coming to the Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art (FJJMA), on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. SYNESTHESIA is the latest work by Factory Obscura, an Oklahoma City-based collaborative company creating interactive, immersive art experiences with a multidisciplinary team of artists. The project at FJJMA invites participants to explore the sensory memories that exist between layers of color and texture, opening June 23, 2022 and continuing through June 2023.

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New Media Art Exhibition at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to Feature Contemporary Artist Joseph DeLappe

April 19, 2022

NORMAN – New media artist Joseph DeLappe is the eighth participant in the Jerome M. Westheimer Sr. and Wanda Otey Westheimer Distinguished Visiting Artist program. Resistance, Memory, and Play: The Work of Joseph DeLappe opens to the public at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28.

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OU Art Museum Examines Native American Self-Expression in New Exhibit

March 4, 2022

NORMAN – The final installment in a series of exhibitions featuring works by Native American artists and sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation opens this week at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Ascendant: Expressions of Self-Determination, on display through Aug. 14, includes works by artists while enrolled at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1954.

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108th Annual Student Exhibition On Display at OU

February 22, 2022

NORMAN – The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and the University of Oklahoma’s School of Visual Arts student exhibition is now on display through March 20. Due to a spike in COVID-19 cases during the opening of the exhibition in January, the opening reception was postponed. The awards, chosen in part by this year’s guest juror Jennifer Scanlan, will be announced via livestream on the museum’s Instagram Live Wednesday, March 2 at 12:30 p.m.

Read more here.