FINE ARTS NOTES
ARTISTS COLLABORATE FOR OKC SHOW
Longtime Oklahoma City artists Carl Shortt Jr. and Sue Hale are collaborating on the September show at In Your Eye Gallery, presenting artistic photographs and acrylic paintings depicting Oklahoma City from what inspires them.
The “As We OKC It” show opens from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday during Paseo’s First Friday walk.
In Your Eye is at 3005A Paseo Drive. The show will run from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Friday, through Sept. 24. To learn more, go to www.inyoureye gallery.com. GALLERY FEATURES ONE-WOMAN EXHIBIT
Carol Armstrong’s two-day/one-woman exhibit and sale will be Friday and Saturday at Summer Wine Art Gallery, 2928B Paseo. She will be in the gallery Friday for a meet-and-great and do a demonstration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The exhibit and sale is open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
Armstrong is an Oklahoma artist with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. She has been painting and teaching professionally for more than 35 years. She is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and has been featured in Norman Magazine, Norman Living Magazine and Art Gallery Magazine.
For more information, email inquiry@ summerwinegallery.com, go to summer winegallery.com or call 831-3279 MUSEUM HAS WESTERN MOVIE MATINEE
Join the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for a screening of the 1941 classic “They Died With Their Boots On,” the last of Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn’s eight films together, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 14. Raoul Walsh’s biopic of Gen. George Armstrong Custer has been described as a marvel of Hollywood’s skill for pseudo-history and adventurous storytelling. Popcorn is provided. The film is appropriate for ages 10 and older.
For more information, go to national cowboymuseum.org/event/westernmovie-matinee-died-boots, email info@nationalcowboymuseum.org or call 4782250.
The museum has free admission Wednesdays, courtesy of Oklahoma Ford Dealers.
OU ARTS DIRECTOR TO GIVE LECTURE
NORMAN — Bette Talvacchia, the new director of the University of Oklahoma School of Visual Arts, will give a public lecture, “Spiritual Expressions Through Carnal Imagery in the Art of the Two Michelangelos,” at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave.
Talvacchia holds a doctorate in art history from Stanford University. Her work focuses on the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance. She has been a fellow, guest scholar and Robert Lehman visiting professor at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
For more information, go to art.ou.edu.
EXHIBIT FEATURES BIOLOGY INSPIRED ART
EDMOND — The University of Central Oklahoma Melton Gallery will open “Lucem Ferre,” an exhibit featuring silicone artworks of professor Lopeeta Tawde, with a free public reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. UCO dance students will wear Tawde’s silicone artwork and move through the audience.
Tawde’s silicone jewelry draws on the relationship between art and biology. This exhibition of work particularly explores the process of bioluminescence, the emission of light by a living organism.
The exhibit will be on display through Sept. 22. For more information, go to cfad. uco.edu.
ADULTS CAN LEARN AT EDMOND FINE ARTS INSTITUTE
EDMOND — Edmond Fine Arts Institute has a variety of art classes for adults.
Gary Lennon is a professional artist who teaches evening adult classes all year. Reian Williams’ adult classes on Mondays and Wednesdays offer students the opportunity to hone their technical drawing and painting skills.
Native Oklahoma artist Thomas Stotts teaches how to create unique landscapes each Tuesday. Paint alongside Bert Seabourn as he creates masterpieces on paper and canvas on Wednesdays. John Martindale teaches classical oil techniques for all art levels on Thursdays.
Try a ceramics class with Tim Haller or a jewelry class with Stephanie Carel.
For more information on classes beginning Monday, call 340-4481 or go to edmondfinearts.com.