Oklahoma City Museum of Art presenting American Indian film showcase today-Sunday
Sterlin Harjo
In celebration of American Indian Heritage Month, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum are presenting the “Native American Cinema Showcase” featuring new voices and new stories from Native America.
“Barking Water”
The weekend film series begins 7:30 tonight with “Barking Water” directed by Tulsa filmmaker Sterlin Harjo. Harjo’s second feature film is a heartwarming road trip across eastern Oklahoma with two people who have loved and lost over 40 years together.
Lead actor Richard Ray Whitman recently was awarded best actor for his role as Frankie at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and has screened at New Directors/New Films at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Venice Film Festival.
The film will have additional screenings at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art on at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, November. The Saturday screening includes a special appearance by Harjo and Whitman.
“Pearl”
Another feature film made in Oklahoma, with support from the Chickasaw nation, is “Pearl.” This is the biographical story of Pearl Carter Scott, a Chickasaw girl, who at 12 years old, became America’s youngest-ever pilot. Produced by David Rennke and directed by King Hollis, the film premiered at the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival and was the opening night gala film of the 2009 deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City.
“Pearl” will be screened twice, at 5:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
“Emerging Native Stories”
At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the series will include a special presentation titled “Emerging Native Stories.”
This program consists of short works by native filmmakers with Oklahoma ties: The Potawatomi Tribal Documentary Series, a preview of Julianna Brannum’s documentary “LaDonna Harris: Indian 101,” and OETA’s Stateline documentary “The People” that explores efforts in Oklahoma to preserve native languages and culture.
Film admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students and $5 for museum members.
For more information, call 278-8237 or go to www.okcmoa.com/film.
-BAM
Halloween events throughout Oklahoma offer tricks and treats
Dressed in a pink costume, Autumn Hibbert, 16 months, makes her way through the Oklahoma City Zoo’s walkways during last year’s Haunt the Zoo. (Photo By John Clanton, The Oklahoman Archives)
A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Scare up Halloween fun with these horrid Oklahoma happenings
From enchanted trick-or-treat trails to horrifying haunted houses, Halloween spawns an almost supernatural array of events across the state this weekend.
The 25th annual Bricktown Haunted Warehouse, the twisted masquerade ball Psychopomp and a ballet rendition of the Headless Horseman’s tale are just a few of the horrid highlights. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
HallOPOLIS, Norman: Hear Rainbows are Free, JP Inc., Crocodile and Shi- -y/Awesome at 9 tonight and Evangelicals, JP Inc. and GentleGhost at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Opolis, 113 N Crawford. Information: www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.
Bricktown Haunted Warehouse and Haunted Dungeon Dark Ride in 3-D: Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Haunted Warehouse, 101 E California Ave., opening at 7 p.m. today and Saturday. Information: 236-4143 or www.bricktownokc.com.
Frontier City’s Fright Fest
Frontier City’s Fright Fest: Brave a haunted asylum or take your tot through BooVille at from 6 to 11 p.m. today and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday at Frontier City, 11501 N I-35 Service Road. Information: 478-2140 or www.frontiercity.com.
Oklahoma City Ballet’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”: See the dance company’s retelling of Washington Irving’s classic spooky story at 7 tonight and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: 848-8637 or www.okcballet.com.
Psychopomp: Seven Gates of Hell: Check out seven theme stages, a huge dance floor and costume contest at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Oklahoma City Farmers Public Market, 311 S Klein Ave. Information: www.rampageartist.com.
Lyric Theatre’s “Sweeney Todd”
Lyric Theatre’s “Sweeney Todd”: Watch Lyric’s staging of the Stephen Sondheim favorite at 8 tonight, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Lyric at the Plaza, 1725 NW 16. Information: 524-9312 or www.lyrictheatreokc.com.
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Norman: Watch the cult classic shown with a live cast at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Sooner Theatre, 101 E Main. Information: 818-7238.
Haunt the Zoo for Halloween: Take in shining jack-o-lanterns and eco-friendly candy from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Oklahoma City Zoo, 2101 NE 50. Information: 424-3344 or www.okczoo.com.
HallowZOOeen, Tulsa: Tour the Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E 36 Street N, with your treat-or-treaters from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday. Information: (918) 669-6600 or www.tulsazoo.org.
Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s “Eurydice”
Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s “Eurydice”: Make a trip to the Underworld with the company’s staging of the Greek myth at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: 812-7737 or www.okctheatrecompany.org.
Fuego Friday: Halloween Iron Pour and OU Student Costume Contest, Norman: See University of Oklahoma students cast molten iron, show off their costumes and unveil a new artwork at 5:30 p.m. today outside of the Fred Jones Art Center, 520 Parrington Oval. Information: 325-2691 or http://art.ou.edu.
Sonic Spooky Saturday, Norman: Get free admission, courtesy of Sonic, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Information: 325-4712 or www.snomnh.ou.edu.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s fright films: Watch “I Sell the Dead” at 5:30 and 8 p.m. today and Saturday and the double-feature “Frankenstein” and “The Invisible Man” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the museum, 415 Couch Drive. Information: 236-3100 or www.okcmoa.com/film.
Trail of Terror, El Reno: Get spooked along the trail or in the new Haunted Barn from 6:30 to 11 p.m. today and Saturday at 2701 W 10. Information: www.trailofterror.org.
35th Annual Freakers Ball, Tulsa: Participate in a costume contest and hear Pitbulls on Crack, Billy Joe Winghead and more at 7 p.m. Saturday at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Information: (918) 584-2306 or www.cainsballroom.com.
Haunted Castle Halloween Festival, Muskogee: Find thrills for the whole family from 6 to 10 p.m. today and Saturday inside and outside the Castle of Muskogee, 3400 Fern Mountain Rd. Information: (800) 439-0658 or www.okcastle.com.
Scream Country Haunted Forest, Drumright: Take in three fearsome attractions from 7:30 to 11 p.m. today and Saturday at 15853 W 101 Street S. Information: (918) 607-3327 or www.screamcountry.com.
HallowMarine, Jenks: Celebrate the season with trick-or-treating, pirates and mermaids from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today and Saturday at the Oklahoma Aquarium, Information: (918) 296-3474 or www.okaquarium.org.
The Hex House, Tulsa: Explore more than 20,000 square feet of horrors at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the southeast corner of 71 and Memorial. Information: www.thehexhouse.com.
Terror on 10th Street Haunted House: Get spooked from 7 to 11 p.m. today-Sunday during a guided tour telling the ghostly history of the actual house at 2005 NW 10. Information: 232-1816.
Families enter Arcadia Lake’s Storybook Forest in 2008. (Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman Archives)
Arcadia Lake’s Storybook Forest, Edmond: Families can take a hayride, roast marshmallows and collect goodies from storybook characters from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday at Spring Creek Park. Information: www.edmondok.com.
“Frankenstein”: See Oklahoma Children’s Theatre and Theatre OCU’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. today, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Oklahoma City University’s Burg Theatre, 2501 N Blackwelder Ave. The play is recommended for children older than 12 years of age. Information: 951-0011 or www.oklahomachildrenstheatre.org.
Oklahoma City University’s “Bat Boy: The Musical”: Watch OCU stage the musical based on a tabloid tale at 10:30 tonight, 3 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday at OCU’s Burg Theatre, 2501 N Blackwelder. Information: 208-5227 or www.okcu.edu.
“A Ghostly Affair”: Hear indie duo Mont Lyons play a pre-Halloween show at 8 tonight at the Sauced Annex, 2912 Paseo. Information: 521-9801 or www.yoursauced.com.
-BAM
UPDATED: Oklahoma City Museum of Art puts Art on Tap
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
UPDATE: According to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Web site (www.okcmoa.com), Art on Tap has sold out for tonight. In addition, the museum is reporting via Twitter (@OKCMOA) that because of the cold and rainy weather, the Stella Artois Rooftop Beer Garden has moved from the museum’s roof terrace to the Museum Cafe. However, the roof terrace still will be open for those unafraid of braving the elements.
Museum to host sixth annual Art on Tap beer-tasting event
Along with celebrating the opening of a new exhibit, Oklahoma City Museum of Art will present its sixth annual Art on Tap beer-tasting event from 7 to 10 tonight throughout the museum’s ground-floor lobbies and on its roof terrace.
Art on Tap will feature about 80 domestic and imported beers from around the world. Hors d’oeuvres from local restaurants, including the Museum Cafe, Abobe Adobe Grill Gourmet Mexicano, McNellie’s Public House and Old Germany Restaurant, will offer an assortment of flavors to complement any beer.
Bruce Benson will provide live music on the roof terrace at the Stella Artois Rooftop Beer Garden, sponsored by Premium Beers of Oklahoma.
The museum’s galleries will be open for viewing, including the first-floor special exhibitions gallery, where “The Dutch Italianates: 17-century Masterpieces From Dulwich Picture Gallery, London” opened Thursday.
The annual event has been growing in popularity; last year’s Art on Tap sold out.
Tickets are available in advance only and can be bought before 5 p.m. today at the museum’s admissions desk. Tickets cost $45 for museum members or $50 for nonmembers.
For more information, call 236-3100, ext. 237, or go online to www.okcmoa.com.
-BAM
Video: “Dutch Italianates” at Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Intrepid NewsOK host Angi Bruss and one of our talented videographers ventured out to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art to film this video of the new exhibit “The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces From the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.” The video features interviews with Jennifer Klos, the museum’s associate curator, and Ian Dejardin, director of Dulwich Picture Gallery along with shots of the wonderful artwork.
-BAM
Slideshow: “Dutch Italianates” at Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Adam Pynacker, “Landscape with Sportsmen and Game,” 1665, from the special exhibition “The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London,” on view at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. (Photo courtesy the Dulwich Picture Gallery)
Catch a sneak peek of the artwork and hear Oklahoma City Museum of Art associate curator Jennifer Klos talk about the museum’s new special exhibition “The Dutch Italianates” in a NewsOK slideshow.
Check out the slideshow, put together by The Oklahoman’s talented photo chief Doug Hoke, by clicking here.
“The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London” features 39 incredible paintings from the England’s oldest public art gallery. It is on view at the museum through Jan. 3, and art lovers won’t want to miss it.
-BAM
Oklahoma City Museum of Art opens special exhibit “The Dutch Italianates”
Jan Both, “Road by the Edge of a Lake,” 1637-1642, from the special exhibition “The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London,” on view at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. (Photo courtesy the Dulwich Picture Gallery)
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Going Dutch
“Italianates” exhibit features masterful 17th-century oil paintings
Along with masterful 17th-century European landscape paintings, the newest special exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art offers a fascinating lesson in how shifting styles have a lasting effect on art history.
“The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London,” which opened Thursday, features 39 oil paintings by Dutch artists such as Adam Pynacker, Nicolaes Berchem and Aelbert Cuyp, whose work captured the golden-lit, ruins-strewn landscapes of Italy.
While no longer household names, they were highly-regarded contemporaries of their still-revered countrymen Rembrandt Van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer.
“What’s so interesting about art is it’s ever-evolving,” said Jennifer Klos, associate curator for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. “Collecting is just as much about the history of taste as it is about a preference for art and artists.”
Inspired by Italy
The 17th century in the Netherlands is called the Dutch Golden Age, when the Dutch East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in the world and the economy, arts and sciences were all flourishing. The trade boom created a wealthy merchant class and strong Dutch art market.
The Dutch Italianates, as they were later dubbed by art historians, specialized in landscapes inspired by Italy, the epicenter of the Renaissance and home of so many master painters, sculptors and architects, Klos said.
Throughout the century, Dutch artists took the arduous trek to Italy, either over the Alps or by sea. They congregated at the Spanish Steps in Rome and filled sketchbooks with scenes of the Italian countryside, or campagna. Most waited until they had returned to Holland to create their paintings; others never actually traveled to Italy but took inspiration from other the work of artists who had.
They filled their canvases with Italy’s warm light, ancient ruins and rugged mountains, quite a change of scene from the Netherlands’ cloudy skies and flat lands. The Dutch Italianates found a niche with their landscapes, since the newly rich merchants wanted them for their homes.
“These paintings were somewhat exotic to the Holland market,” Klos said. “The Dutch were traveling the world and controlling the trade … so this idea of exoticism in a way is a form of nationalism, because they’re proud to buy these landscapes depicting other worldly places.”
But the paintings also retained a certain element of their homeland, with the artists portraying peasants, hunters and shepherds, usually dressed in Dutch clothing. In Jan Lapp’s “Italian Landscapes with Figures and Cattle,” livestock and their tenders rest near classical statues, while in Jan Weenix’s “Landscape with Shepherd Boy,” a child cares for puppies in the midst of ruined columns.
“Instead of depicting these idealized figures, you really are seeing a little bit of an everyday scene,” Klos said. “The landscapes tend to look a little bit more Italian, but if you look closely at the figures and sometimes the animals, they will actually appear much more Dutch,” she said.
Falling out of favor
When Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, a painter and art dealer, and Noel Desenfans, his business partner, received a commission in 1790 from the king of Poland to put together a great art collection, the Dutch Italianate painters were famous names.
In 1795, Poland was partitioned between Russia and Prussia, and the king was exiled. When Dulwich Picture Gallery, the first public art gallery in England, was founded in 1811 through Bourgeois’ bequest, the collection included the Dutch Italianate works.
While the images remain, their popularity proved less enduring.
“Nicolaes Berchem was one of the great gods of art, and nowadays people haven’t heard of him. That always fascinates me. I think it’s one of the most interesting things, the history of taste, because things go in and out of fashion. They are seen as million-pound paintings one minute, and nobody wants them the next,” Ian Dejardin, director of Dulwich Picture Gallery, said in an interview with Klos.
Framed in history
Oklahoma City is the final stop for the first touring exhibit of the London gallery’s Dutch Italianates collection. Not only are the paintings stylish for their time, they are still surrounded by the ornately carved and gilded wooden frames the gallery founders had made back in the late 18th century.
“They would have commissioned a frame maker in London to make the frames for the pictures in the current taste and fashion of the time,” said Tom Proctor, the gallery’s frame conservator, in a phone interview. “They’re a perfect example of framing in England of that period.”
ON EXHIBIT
“The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London”
When: Through Jan. 3.
Where: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.
Information: 236-3100 or www.okcmoa.com.
-BAM
Weekend Warmup for Oct. 9-11, 2009
Kevin Welch
Here is a list of events happening in Oklahoma this weekend (Oct. 9-11). For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
- Hear singer-songwriter Kevin Welch at 9 tonight at the Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley. Information: Information: 524-0738 or www.bluedoorokc.com.
- Shop for gourmet foods, clothing, gifts and more at the Junior League of Oklahoma City’s annual Mistletoe Market at the Travel and Transportation Building at State Fair Park. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information: 843-5668 or www.jloc.org.
- Check out the Student Film CD release show featuring The Pretty Black Chains, Mayola and Cameron Buchholtz at 8 p.m. Saturday at VZD’s, 4200 N Western. Information: 524-4203 or www.vzds.com.
“The Wizard of Oz”
- See a free screening of the classic movie “Wizard of Oz” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the activity plaza at Myriad Botanical Gardens in downtown. The film concludes this season of the Myriad Gardens Foundation’s Screen on the Green film series. Information: 297-3995 or www.myriadgardens.com.
- Watch Ghostlight Theatre Club staging of Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig” at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the club’s Paseo theater space, 3110 N Walker Ave., Suite A. Information: 286-9412 or www.ghostlightokc.com.
- View the new special exhibit “The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London” at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. Information: www.okcmoa.com. (See my feature on the exhibit Friday.)
Joss Stone (Associated Press photo)
- TULSA – Hear Grammy winner Joss Stone at 9 p.m. Saturday at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver. The concert will cap the inaugural River Rush event celebrating Tulsa’s River Parks. Information: www.bokcenter.com.
- See Reduxion Theatre Company’s production of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at City Arts Center, 300 General Pershing Blvd., Oklahoma State Fair Park. Performances continue Thursdays-Saturdays through Oct. 24. Information: www.reduxiontheatre.com.
- Laugh along and take some Oklahoma-Texas rivalry when Oklahoma City’s Red Dirt Improv engages Texas rival ComedySportz Austin in comedic battles at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday at IAO Gallery, 706 W Sheridan. Information: www.reddirtimprov.com.
Reckless Kelly
- Hear Reckless Kelly at 11 p.m. Saturday at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan. Information: www.wormydog.com. The band also will play at 8 p.m. Friday at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami. Information: www.buffalorun.com.
- THACKERVILLE – Listen to country singer Clay Walker at 8 p.m. Saturday at WinStar World Casino. Information: www.winstarworldcasino.com.
- Take in “Radiant Music” when the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and violinist Corey Cerovsek perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Also, the Philharmonic will play a family concert titled “Something Spooky at the Symphony” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Civic Center. Information: www.okcphilharmonic.com.
Creed
- TULSA – Hear the reunited Creed with Staind at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver. Information: www.bokcenter.com.
- NORMAN – Catch Johnny Rivers in concert at 8 p.m. Friday at Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9. Information: 322-6464 or www.riverwind.com.
- NORMAN – Get in the swing of things when Asleep at the Wheel performs at 8 p.m. Friday at Sooner Theatre, 101 E Main Street. Information: www.soonertheatre.com.
-BAM
What to do in Oklahoma on Oct. 8, 2009
Nicholaes P. Berchem, “Roman Fountain with Cattle and Figures,” from “The Dutch Italianates” (Photo courtesy the Dulwich Picture Gallery)
Today’s featured event:
See the special exhibition “The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London” opening today at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.
The exhibit features 39 paintings from the collection of Dulwich Picture Gallery, England’s oldest purpose-built public art gallery.
The exhibit includes amazing oil paintings by Dutch artists such as Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594/5-1667), Adam Pynacker (1620/1-1673), Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683), Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) and others who were contemporaries of their revered countrymen Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) and Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675).
The Dutch Italianates chose to capture views of the Italian landscape of the 17th century as seen through their own eyes or imaginations. The exhibit will be on view through Jan. 3.
For more information on the exhibit, go to www.okcmoa.com. And you can read more about the exhibit Friday here on BAM’s Blog.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
Oklahoma City Museum of Art to exhibit “Dutch Italianates” starting Thursday
Aelbert Cuyp’s “Herdsman with Cows,” mid 1640, is included in the special exhibit “The Dutch Italianates,” opening Thursday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. (Photo courtesy the Dulwich Picture Gallery)
The special exhibition “The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London” is opening Thursday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.
The exhibit features 39 paintings from the collection of Dulwich Picture Gallery, England’s oldest purpose-built public art gallery. The Oklahoma City exhibition is the rare and final opportunity to see these 17th-century masterpieces, which have never been shown as a group in the United States prior to this traveling exhibit.
The exhibit includes amazing oil paintings by Dutch artists such as Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594/5-1667), Adam Pynacker (1620/1-1673), Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683), Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) and others who were contemporaries of their revered countrymen Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) and Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675).
The Dutch Italianates chose to capture views of the Italian landscape of the 17th century as seen through their own eyes or imaginations.
The exhibit will be on view through Jan. 3.
For more information on the exhibit, go to www.okcmoa.com. And you can read more about the exhibit Friday here on the blog.
-BAM
Oklahoma City Museum of Art to show “The Maltese Falcon” Thursday
Humphrey Bogart plays Sam Spade in “The Maltese Falcon,” showing Thursday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, is presenting a special one-time showing of the film noir classic “The Maltese Falcon” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel of the same name, this film was John Huston’s directorial debut, starring the excellent Humphrey Bogart as the private investigator Sam Spade. The San Francisco-set film noir centers on Spade’s frantic search for the jeweled falcon of Malta and his partner’s killer. His pursuit leads him to a group of desperate individuals who also want the peregrine statuette. The film co-stars Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. The snappy hard-boiled dialogue owes much to the original novel published in 1930.
In 1989, the film was selected to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.
For more information, go to www.okcmoa.com/film.
-BAM
