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Opening March 12 FREE Bright Golden Haze at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center (11 NW 11th St) features a group exhibition highlighting the use of light to create place, both geographic and conceptual. Highlights of the exhibition include Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson’s Black Glass Eclipse , Tavares Strachan’s neon installation I Belong Here (White) , Leo Villareal’s newest work Star Ceiling and Alica Eggert’s The Sun . Wednesday-Monday, 11am-6pm; Thursday, 11am-9pm. 951-0000, www.oklahomacontemporary.org
School Archive. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm; Thursday, until 9pm; Sunday, 1-5pm. 325-4938, www.ou.edu/fjjma Through November Until We Organize: The Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment at the Oklahoma History Center (800 Nazih Zuhdi) features 23 photographs, both local and national, from activists for and against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The exhibit focuses on the most tumultuous years of Oklahoma’s battle over the amendment, from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Adults, $7; kids (6-17), $5; kids (5 & under), free. Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. 522-0765, www.okhistory.org Opening March 19 The Art of Light at Oklahoma City Museum of Art (415 Couch Dr) features an exploration of light as a tool to create space and visual experiences. Adults, $12; kids (6-18), $10; kids (5 & under), free. Wednesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm; Third Thursdays, until 9pm. 236-3100, www.okcmoa.com Opening March 21 Storytellers and Sellers: Artist Illustrators at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1700 NE 63rd St) features commercial storytellers that influenced public opinion and consumerism through their illustrations. Adults, $12.50; kids (6-12), $5.57; kids (5 & under), free. Monday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm. 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org Opening March 28 Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend at Sam Noble Museum (2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman) features a full-scale narwhal model and engaging interactives that explore the elusive narwhal and the changing Arctic. Adults, $8; kids (4-17), $5; kids (3 & under) free. Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, 1-5pm. 325-4712, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu Find information about current museum exhibits at metrofamilymagazine.com/museums.
between the 1969 and 2009 versions of True Grit . Visitors will see a comparison of character development, cinematography, screenplays, actors’ performances, costumes and more. Adults, $12.50; kids (6-12), $5.57; kids (5 & under), free. Monday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm. 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1700 NE 63rd St) features Lange’s photography documenting major social issues of the 20th century. Adults, $12.50; kids (6-12), $5.57; kids (5 & under), free. Monday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm. 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org Find Your Western at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1700 NW 63rd St) features a collection of movie posters, film stills, comic books, pulp publications, novels, costumes and more, all exploring how different people have interpreted the West. Adults, $12.50; kids (6-12), $5.57; kids (5 & under), free. Monday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm. 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org Warhol and the West at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1700 NW 63rd St) explores Warhol’s love of the West represented in his art, movies, attire, travels and collecting. The portfolio includes 14 iconic images of Western subjects such as Custer, Geronimo, Annie Oakley and John Wayne. Adults, $12.50; kids (6-12), $5.57; kids (5 & under), free. Monday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm. 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org FREE Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (555 Elm Ave, Norman) features the practices that emerged from Oklahoma in the mid- century with more than 150 drawings, documents and objects, many of which are drawn from the newly created American
Through March 15 Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: Popular Art of the Northeast of Brazil at Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art (1900 W MacArthur, Shawnee) features photographs, sculptures, paintings, prints, religious objects and more highlighting the complex and vibrant culture of the northeast of Brazil. Adults, $5; kids (6-17), $3; kids (5 & under), free. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm. 878-5300, www.mgmoa.org Through March 23 In the Direction of the Sun at the Crystal Bridge Visitor Center (301 W Reno Ave) features one-of-a-kind works by local artists Kyndall Rainey and Danny Joe Rose III. Free to attend. Monday- Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm. 445-7080, www.myriadgardens.org Through April 30 Inclusion in Art – Spirit of Color at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame (1400 Classen Dr) features works by nine prolific artists of color living in Oklahoma, honoring their long- standing commitment to the arts, community, sacrifice and achievements. Adults, $7; kids (6-17), $5; kids (5 & under), free. Tuesday- Friday, 9am-5pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm. 235-4458, www.oklahomahof.com Through May 3 One Must See Many Things: Selections from Ben Shahn’s Rilke Portfolio at Oklahoma City Museum of Art (415 Couch Dr) features a selection of 20 lithographs by Ben Shahn, known for his linear and abstracted images of the human body. Adults, $12; kids (6-18), $10; kids (5 & under), free. Wednesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm; Third Thursdays, until 9pm. 236-3100, www.okcmoa.com Through May 10 Two Grits — A Peek Behind the Eyepatch at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1700 NE 63rd St) explores the similarities and differences
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