This year’s symposium includes a welcome reception, three presentations, a round table discussion, and a concert. Dr. Konstantinos Karathanasis, a faculty member in Composition at the University of Oklahoma, will present about the future of electroacoustic music. Sabrina Peña Young, a self-described “Intermedia composer, percussionist, and obsessive sci-fi buff,” will discuss how technology is affecting modern composition. Folsom is also presenting this year for the first time. He plans to focus on Native American music tradition in the new millennium. All three presenters will have works performed on the concert, which begins at 5:30 p.m.

The complete symposium schedule can be found online at www.oklahomacomposers.org.

Most folks know Linville through his tuneful singer/songwriter mode or as a guitar soloist sitting in with local and regional bands passing through Oklahoma. However, this show promises to highlight his considerable jazz chops. Two years ago he opened the 2010-2011 concert series with a jazz trio but this year he’s going solo.

“Classic Jazz has a lot to do with who I am musically,” said Linville. “I’m thrilled about the opportunity to stretch out on some tunes in a great setting. This will be something different for fans who come out regularly to hear me do songwriter material.”

Years of paying dues as an underage guitar slinger paid off when Linville formed the Burtschi Brothers in 2000. The hop, alt country, jazz/jam quartet quickly became an Oklahoma favorite and put Travis on the map among Oklahoma’s finest guitar players.
When he’s not performing, Travis is producing records at his DirtyBird recording studio in Norman, OK, or sharing his knowledge and experience with students at ACM@UCO and McMichael Music.

Sunday Jazz at the Depot concerts are made possible in part by grants from the Norman Arts Council, Oklahoma Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from generous individual and business sponsors, including Mark Williams and the Northeast Blanco Development Corporation, Nancy McClellan, Fred Overstreet, Fred Schneider, and Deborah Norris.

The Performing Arts Studio Gallery and office in the Norman Depot are open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Phone 405-307-9320 for additional information about PAS programs.

One of seven awardees from over eighty applicants, Davis will spend the summer at the Lawrence and Lee Theater Research Institute at Ohio State University, where she will be working with many different performing arts collections. Before going to Ohio, she will attend a week-long orientation in Washington, D.C. to prepare for the summer internship.

Davis has a BA in English and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma. As an Oklahoma native and a member of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe, Davis has a great interest in performing arts and tribal archives.

When she returns to the Ballets Russes Archive in the fall of 2012, Davis will share her expertise, acquired from the internship, in processing and preparing the archive collections at OU for public access.

The Dance Heritage Coalition has a generous grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to support these Fellowships in Preservation and Archives for master’s degree students from across the country.

The University of Oklahoma’s program in dance was founded in 1963 by Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov, former principal dancers with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. What had been a department became the School of Dance in 1998 with Mary Margaret Holt as Director. Undergraduate and graduate dance majors, along with general education students, total approximately 1000 enrollees in dance classes per semester. The School of Dance’s state-of-the-art facility in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Art Center was completed in 2005.

Jacobson House
609 Chautauqua Ave.
Norman, OK 73071
405-366-1667
www.jacobsonhouse.com
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Sponsored in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Norman Arts Council.

For a weekend of art during the May Fair of Norman–Come to the Jacobson House Native Art Center and view the “Best of Show” of all NPS 4th grade participating classes with the 180-4-89er Day Event artists-in-schools hands-on art project portraying the Native American perspective of Oklahoma History.  NPS 4th graders and their families will receive entrance to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum in the Thursday folders to view the new Native American art collection Saturday, May 5th then join the Jacobson House Native Art Center to view the student art, eat Native food, hear and see Native dancing, and meet local Native artists.   We look forward to seeing all the fourth graders and their families at the Jacobson House for our Spring Art Market sponsored in part by the OAC and NAC.  Aho for supporting the J House!

As principal dancers with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and Terekhov with Col. Wassily de Basil’s Original Ballet Russe earlier, he and Chouteau arrived in Oklahoma City in 1961 with two baby daughters in tow to visit her parents. C.E. Chouteau – Yvonne’s father – convinced OU President George Lynn Cross that ballet classes would be an excellent addition to current courses in physical education. From such a modest beginning, Terekhov built the university’s program, which was established in 1963 as one of the first fully accredited curricula in dance in the U. S.

The memorial event will attempt to honor the many aspects of Terekhov’s life as a performer, choreographer and dedicated teacher. A still photo montage will present details from his early career with Original Ballet Russe and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Video clips will show him rehearsing pas de deux with Chouteau. Live excerpts from some of his ballets such as Firebird, Verdi Divertimento and the “Osage Variation” from The Four Moons will be danced. A section from Mary Margaret Holt’s Balletudes will demonstrate the admirable technical strength of the program he and Chouteau built. Contemporary Dance Oklahoma will show work addressing Terekhov’s reinforcement of modern dance with his invitation to Ko Yukihiro to found roots of the current curriculum. Speakers will include Mary Margaret Holt, Director of the School of Dance since 1998, and Marcelo Angelini, Artistic Director of Tulsa Ballet. A reception will follow in the School of Dance Gallery, Room 3040 in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are $20 and may be purchased through the Fine Arts Box Office in the Catlett Music Center at 500 West Boyd Street or by telephoning 405-325-4101. All proceeds from the performance benefit the Chouteau-Terekhov Scholarship Fund established by the Terekhov family. Those who are unable to attend, but wish to make a contribution either to the Chouteau-Terekhov Scholarship Fund or to the SOD Ballets Russes Archive, may send checks made payable to OU Foundation and mailed to School of Dance, 560 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019.

“What Terekhov accomplished was true artistic pioneering,” observed Holt. “His dedication to classicism – especially the highest standards of training in ballet – and his sheer love of dance enabled him to carve out and nourish a niche for this art form on campus. He created and fed a curriculum that made it possible for a dancer to begin the first stages toward professionalism. His were the first fine arts classes to require meetings five days each week.” Like some other classical artists of his generation, Terekhov was in the vanguard of those who planted seeds from the Diaghilev tradition in the Americas.

Terekhov is survived by his wife Yvonne Chouteau; daughter Christie Conway, her husband Kevin and their sons Sean and Ryan; as well as daughter Elizabeth Impallomeni.

Every art camp is filled with great art and craft projects to let your child’s creativity flow throughout the whole summer. New daily art projects along with walks to local merchants, art studios, and organizations for Q and A. These two hour long classes also include walks to the nearest park with snack time and many more memories made in art.

Alligator Gar
June 4 – June 15
painted and planted pots, button bracelets, painting techniques and texture, collage, plaster hand prints, musical instruments, silverware wind-chimes, water bottle piggy banks, etc…

Pirate Perch
June 18 – June 29
braided rugs, reverse tie dye, tie dye, funky pirate eye-patch, Father’s Day gifts, Patriotic flags, red bud tree art, jewelry making, clay pots and bead making, etc…

Catfish
July 9 – July 20
catfish button scale art, color wheels, family tree painting, stick name plates on wood, paper making, mosaic stepping stones, pete moss pots, sea shell mirrors, bird feeders, etc…

Mooneye
July 23 – August 3
negative and positive space paintings, silhouettes, self portraits, sharpie tie dye, jar lanterns, funky art animals, rock art, personalized leather bracelets, marble paper techniques, etc…

There will be an art show featuring the best works from “Our Little Okie Fish” students at Form and Function Lab during the second Friday Art Walk, August 10, 6-9pm.

We are also planning an end of summer art camp party/fishing day at Lake Thunderbird. All fishing poles and bait will be included. It will be a potluck and boat rides will be available for free. More information TBA.

Have you visited the new website? Check it out. It is still a work in progress, but it’s coming along. www.ScissortailSchool.com

Faculty members exhibiting are Sheryl Cozad, M.F.A.; Christopher Cunningham, M.F.A. & Rodica Focseneanu Cunningham, M.F.A.; Brother George Hubl O.S.B.; Carey Hughes, M.F.A.; Madeline M. Rugh, PH.D., A.T.R.; and Tim Sullivan, M.F.A.

Sheryl Cozad is a visual artist, art and art history assistant professor at St. Gregory’s University, as well as an Oklahoma State Artist-in-Residence. Cozad teaches college courses including drawing, painting, design, art history, and humanities. Her artwork consists of drawings, paintings, murals and wood sculpture in a variety of media including oils, acrylics, watercolor, pastels and mixed media. Portraits and narrative human figurative pieces are her main subjects.

Christopher Cunningham and Rodica Focseneanu Cunningham met and married during their graduate school education at the University of New Mexico, where they taught classes in Shop Foundations to both undergraduates and other graduate students. Each holds an MFA in sculpture. In recent years, Christopher and Rodica have worked together as professional artists and iconographers. Their work has become much smaller in scale. Christopher utilizes carving and wood-burning in the creation of the frames for their icons. Over the past few years, they have taught workshops at St. Gregory’s about Romanian reversed glass iconography, an old technique learned from Rodica’s great aunt in Romania.

Brother George Hubl is an accomplished photographer and serves as photographer for St. Gregory’s University and webmaster for St. Gregory’s Abbey. He is a member of the Professional Photographers of Oklahoma and has been instrumental in bringing their annual summer workshop to the campus of St. Gregory’s for the last six years. He assists with the university photography classes.

St. Gregory’s University photography instructor Carey Hughes obtained a bachelor of fine arts degree with an emphasis in photography/film at the University of Oklahoma. She later was accepted to the Savannah College of Art and Design where she earned a master of fine arts in photography. Hughes’ work has been published in the Oklahoma Today and selected for several group exhibitions. Her photos display Arabian horses. “I am entranced by the beauty, power, and vitality of the horse.” says Hughes.

Madeline Rugh holds a Ph.D. in adult and community education, an MA in Art Education and a BFA in Painting. Currently Dr. Rugh is a research advisor for Pratt Art Institute’s Creative Art Therapy program in New York City and an affiliate faculty member for St. Gregory’s University in Fine Arts. She continues to create her own paintings and work in a number of mixed media methods, from traditional collage and digital photography to “woven paintings”, “eco-portraits” and “ritual implements”.

Tim Sullivan holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in both printmaking and ceramics from the University of Dallas, has been a master printer for numerous artists, and worked as a teaching assistant with the late printmaker Dan Kiacz. Sullivan taught at North Lake College in Irving, Texas, for several years which led to his being invited to teach courses in Rome. Sullivan has presented printmaking workshops at several Oklahoma colleges and universities, the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.

Gallery and office hours are 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday through Friday. Visit pasnorman.org or phone 405-307-9320 for further information. Gallery exhibitions in the Performing Arts Studio Depot Gallery are made possible in part by a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council.

The University of Oklahoma School of Music presents the fourth annual Open House from 3-5 p.m., Sunday, May 6 at the American Organ Institute shop. Guests will have a chance to see the work of the organ program in restoration of pipe organs and components, meet the students, and enjoy light refreshments.

The tour will exhibit many different organ components from Opus 5819 in various stages of the restoration process. Schwandt says the open house will also showcase the rebuilding of one of the school’s practice organs, which is nearing completion.

The American Organ Institute restoration shop is located at 2101 W. Tecumseh Road, Suite C, just outside of the OU Arts District! This event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be provided.

For additional information on the Open House, please visit the AOI website at aoi.ou.edu.

The University of Oklahoma School of Art & Art History will host it’s 2012 Senior Capstone Exhibition from April 29 through May 12. A free, public reception will be held from 2-4 p.m., on Sunday, April 29.

The Capstone Exhibition features the work of graduating Seniors from all visual art programs offered at the School of Art & Art History. Work from students studying Studio Art (printmaking, painting, sculpture, and ceramics) and Media Art (photography, film and video) will be on display in the Lightwell Gallery on the second floor of the School of Art & Art History (Fred Jones Art Center – FJC.) Visual Communication students will exhibit their work on the first floor in room 111.

This exhibit is presented in conjunction with a Capstone class required for all graduating seniors receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma. The pieces displayed in this exhibition will be chosen from a body of work these students have created to represent the culmination of their studies at the School of Art & Art History. The students also organize and install the exhibit themselves, which provides them with valuable, hands-on experience for exhibiting their work post-graduation.

The University of Oklahoma’s Lightwell Gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and is located on the second floor of the School of Art & Art History in the Fred Jones Art Center, 520 Parrington Oval, in the OU Arts District.

Please visit art.ou.edu/ for a full calendar of exhibitions and lectures at the School of Art & Art History. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. For accommodations on the basis of disability, please call the School of Art & Art History office at (405) 325-2691.

Come out and see them when you visit.

Thursday, April 26 – Inside Michelangelo’s
6-7 pm ˆ Tom Crider
7-7:30 pm ˆ Bob Deupree
7:30-8 pm ˆ Andrew Cullen
8-9 pm ˆ Matthew Stratton
9-9:30 pm ˆ Tom Marshall
9:30-10 Craig Swan

Friday, April 27 – Inside Michelangelo’s
6-7 pm ˆ Nathan Brown
7-8 pm ˆ Farrel Droke
8-9 pm ˆ Darden Pierce + Cherri Brown
9-10 pm ˆ Tod Barrett
10-11 pm ˆ Jerry Brooks

Saturday, April 28 – Outside Michelangelo’s
12-12:30 pm ˆ The Consumed (Joey Walsh)
12:30-1 pm ˆ Tanner Miller
1-2 pm ˆ The Dizzy Pickers (Tracy Reed)
2-3 pm ˆ Michael Bendure + Friends
3-4 pm ˆ Jim Madsen & The Big Train String Quartet
4-5 pm ˆ Tim Jennings + Friends
5-6 pm ˆ Richard “Daddy” Love Band
6-7 pm ˆ Christophe & The Prairie Fire

More information on SWAN at www.normansongwriters.com. More information on NMF5 at www.normanmusicfestival.com.