N O R M A N

OPEN STUDIOS

A W E E K E N D O F F U N

SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2014See where Norman artists work & create!

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PRESENTS

Norman Open Studios allows artists in Norman to open their studios to the community to

explore the places where art is being made.

Open Studios Exhibit Reception6-9 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2014

MAINSITE Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main, NormanFree & Open to the Public!

Open Studios Tours11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, September 27, 2014

Free Self-Guided ToursFree Guided Bike Tour

$25 VIP Bus TourPick up Open Studios Passport & Map at MAINSITE!

Open Studios After-Party & BBQ5-8 p.m. Saturday, September 27, 2014

MAINSITE Contemporary Art$5 Admission (Free for participating artists & VIPs)

*Show Passport with at least 8 stamps and get entered for a prize basket!

Open Studios Artist Talks1-4 p.m. Sunday, September 28, 2014

MAINSITE Contemporary ArtFree & Open to the Public!

N O R M A N

OPEN STUDIOS

BILL BOETTCHERSculpture | 913 Flaming Oaks Drive

JOHN BRUCEMixed Media | 420 E. Main Street #1

John Bruce of Chickasha specializes in painting with acrylic and mixed media on canvas and wood. Bruce, who maintains studios in Norman and Chickasha, also assembles and paints altarpieces on wood panels. Bruce has exhibited in Norman, Albuquerque, and Jemez Springs, New Mexico, over the last several years. The driving force

behind Bruce’s work is using color and texture simultaneously to enhance contrasting elements. Bruce is also Professor of Language and Literature at University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha. He is a native of San Mateo, California, and holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from University of Glasgow.

All through my Catholic college preparatory education I was told that, although I had some talent, people really didn’t make a living doing art. I did as I was told. I got an education (B.A. Biology, Western New Mexico University; M.S. Vertebrate Zoology, Louisiana State University) and taught Biology for nearly thirty

years. I had a good career, but now I’m fulfilling my life long dream and I get to make art, full time, training with Jonathan Hils, Jesus Moroles and Richard McKown over the years. I taught a Chainsaw sculpture class at the FAC from 2003 to 2008. I am presently teaching an Introduction to Stone Carving class for the FAC.

PATTA L THand-Painted Silk | 814 N. Jones

GINNA DOWLINGPrintmaking | 3809 Shadowridge Drive

Ginna Dowling understands the diversity of printmaking as an art of layering and unpredictability. She uses a variety of techniques including relief, monotype, chine colle, collagraphs, and intaglio, to combine forms that range from subtle to strong and evoke a sense of shifting perception, depth and variation of meaning. Dowling, a native of

Oklahoma City, is the fifth woman artist within three consecutive generations. She grew up surrounded by the arts, and her lineage includes visual artists, sculptors, poets and musicians. After receiving her MFA at the University of Oklahoma, Ginna established INK DROP PRESS, a working and teaching studio for children and adults.

I have been creating art all of my life and have been selling my art professionally for over 30 years. Hand painted silk is the medium in which I express my art now. My formal education is in fashion design, clothing and textiles with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma and began my career

as a clothing designer. My mission has always been to create amazing wearable art pieces that the owner can enjoy for years and even decades. I am fascinated by the explosions of color created by mixing a very limited number of dyes. Art and wearable art shouldn’t be disposable — it should last, living with you year after year.

BARBARA RYAN GARTINPrintmaking | 2413 Hunting Horse Trail

TIM KENNEYOil on Canvas | 800 S. Ponca Avenue

Tim Kenney was exposed to the paintings of Pat Mathews in Santa Fe, New Mexico a few years ago. After seeing Pat's work Tim could not stop thinking about his use of color, shapes and his style. Six weeks later, Tim signed up for painting lessons at the Firehouse

Arts Center in Norman, Oklahoma. In May of 2014 Tim embarked on a 50 day tour with a goal of painting 50 Paintings in 50 States in 50 Days. Tim paints oils on stretched canvas with palette knives and heavy texture. Aspen trees, rivers, mountains, skies, lakes all fit in Tim's paintings.

Barbara Ryan Gartin is a printmaker, painter, jeweler and educator who grew up in northwestern New Jersey, received a B.F.A. from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and M.F.A. from Old Dominion University in Virginia. After graduate school, Ryan Gartin lived and worked in South Carolina, California and Florida. In 2011, she

relocated to Norman, Oklahoma and is currently working in her studio under the name Two Tables Press, an independent printmaking studio. She was awarded the Norman Arts Council Individual Artist Award in 2013. Her work has also been exhibited in across the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, Australia, Ireland and China.

ELLEN MOERSHELPainting | 1129 Canterbury Avenue

OU VISUAL ARTS ANNEXVarious Mediums | 3408 Bart Conner Drive

The OU Visual Arts Research Annex is currently home to five full-time art faculty, one adjunct instructor, and 11 graduate students. These artists work in various mediums including film and video, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, figurative and contemporary sculpture, and technology.

Artists include: Marwin Begaye, Chris Cotton, Jason Cytacki, Tom Davie, Kyle Duncan, Brian Dunn, Cathleen Faubert, Pete Froslie, Brittney Guest, Jiaxin Jiang, Zach Peters, Bryan Rapp, Erin Raux, Kim Rice, Lucas Simmons, Micah Tillier and Spencer Ulm.

Ellen Moershel is an artist native to Norman, Oklahoma. She attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with her BFA in Painting and Sculpture in May 2010. After graduating, she immediately moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Recently, she

returned to Oklahoma to work out of her studio in Norman. Ellen has worked in many mediums including sculpture, painting, and print making. She now works exclusively in painting. She has exhibited work in several shows in the Oklahoma and Canada.

RED DOTSculpture & College Portfolio | 406 W. Main Street

LAURA REESEPrintmaking | 4400 W. Main Street #111

Laura Reese is an artist, printmaker, and arts advocate in Norman. Also an active curator and writer, she ministers to the general public with art and education. She is the Events Coordinator with Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, a statewide non-profit arts organization. Laura maintains an active presence in the local art community and the national

printmaking community. In an effort to contain and chronicle her emotions, her work serves as self-analysis and a psychological barometer. Moving from self-portraits and textual prints to performances or abstracted paintings, she creates work that hopes to speak to our self-healing as a means of healing each other through humor and sincerity.

Red Dot is home to Douglas Shaw Elder and Richard McKown. The studio will also showcase work from the College Portfolio Program Students of the Firehouse Art Center. Elder is a working artist, primarily producing sculpture, and has exhibited in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas,

Oklahoma, and Australia. In 2007 he became Executive Director of the Firehouse Art Center (Norman, Oklahoma). Since then he has taken on the role of arts education and non-profit consultant and serves on the Norman Public Arts Board and committees for Creative Oklahoma, TEDxOU, and the Oklahoma Artists Network.

HUNTER ROTHMixed Media | 1103 S. Ponca Avenue

BILLIJO ZORN SNEEDMixed Media | 328 Rosewood Drive

Billijo Zorn Sneed has a BFA from the University of Oklahoma in printmaking and ceramics recently received an MFA in printmaking and painting from the University of Tulsa. She is currently and Adjunct Professor of Printmaking at Oklahoma City University. Billijo’s work may be described as hybrid art, which is a fusion of printmaking, painting,

textiles, needlework and soft sculpture. Her current work consists of small scale, soft sculptures with the addition of recycled goods. The sculptures are indicative of flayed animals, exposing discarded material. The work is constructed with litter in a collaged manner to represent the demise of the animal population.

Hunter Roth was born in New Orleans and raised mostly in Baton Rouge where he earned his BFA from Louisiana State University. He was hired shortly after graduating to manage the Design Shop, a woodshop lab for the College of Art & Design at LSU where he also instructed furniture design classes. In January of 2011, Roth was hired to manage the

Creating/Making Lab for the College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma and teach furniture design. He is multi-talented artist: a painter, drawer, sculptor, printmaker, furniture maker, digital fabricator and musician. More than ever, his talents as an artist and woodworker are merging to create a cohesive body of work with a totally unique ascetic.

ADAM STEWARTMixed Media | 621 E. Hughbert

TODD JENKINSBronze Sculpture | 621 E. Hughbert

How does an artist become so interested in astrophysics? Well, for the past 23 years, after my university graduation with an art degree, I worked as a bronze foundry expert. I use an induction furnace which uses a magnetic field (not fire) to heat and melt the metal. One cannot see the magnetic field or its structure,

but it certainly is there. For years, I have tried to picture the magnetic field in my mind as I am surrounded by it when I add metal to the crucible. It has been a mystery to me and very intriguing. Since then I have created a body of bronze artwork around the Neutron Star Merger (NSM) cosmic event.

Adam is an art-making, skateboarding, bike-riding, wife-loving, dog-keeping, music-listening, book-filling guy. He began creating art around 1977 as a natural part of being a kid and sold his first piece while in high school. Since then, he has filled over 100 sketchbooks documenting life and developing ideas; his sketchbook is typically within arm’s reach. He earned his BA in Fine Art from Oklahoma Christian

University in Oklahoma City and worked in graphic design for several years before tapping in to his desire to teach. He has lived in Norman since 2001. He has designed one of Norman’s ducks and one of Norman’s sculptural bike racks. He laughs pretty often because life is filled with funny stuff. He plays outside as often as possible because he believes sunshine should not be wasted.

studio1409Photography | 1409 Morland Avenue

MICHAEL J. WILSONPrintmaking, Mixed Media | 520 W. Lindsey Street

Michael Wilson grew up in southern Arizona and has lived in California, Louisiana, New York and Massachusetts in addition to Oklahoma. She studied at the Art Student’s League in New York, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and earned her MFA at the University of Oklahoma. Michael lives

and works in Norman, Oklahoma. Michael has shown work in various places around the country including New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, New Orleans and Oklahoma City. Her work reflects her love for the bizarre and the ambiguous nature of reality.

studio1409 is the sanctuary of the introverted artist Michael Studiofourteenohnine (at least until Facebook makes him change it).

BILL WILLIAMSPainting, Photography | 122 E. Main Street

JUANITA WILLIAMSOil on Canvas | 122 E. Main Street

Since retiring from York International, I have centered my interests in fiber arts. And for the past 10 years, I have enjoyed working from my studio above the MAINSITE Contemporary Art. In the fabric world, my first project was handbags, made from fabric purchased throughout the United States and South America.

Other projects included “Mommy & Me” aprons, decorated jean jackets, memory quilts and hats. Hats are knit and some felted. I work with my daughter on other knit and crochet items including shawls, jewelry and scarves. Our goal is to develop new, exciting items that meets our ever-changing world.

Bill Williams has a BFA degree from the University of Tulsa and has studied painting from Oklahoma's own Charles Banks Wilson and with internationally known watercolor artist Milford Zornes of California. He credits both of these teachers for inspiring him with the advice that to be the best painter you can be, "It's important to

have a design that conveys a message, and that every work of art convey a feeling or emotion." Williams paints images with a conscious regard for the principles of design and feels a sense of duty to portray a positive statement in a traditional style. He operates a photography, painting and studio gallery in Norman.

MOHAMMAD JAVAHERIOil on Canvas | 122 E. Main Street

ELISE DERINGERMixed Media | 122 E. Main Street

Elise Deringer was born next to the sea, raised on the edge of the prairie, and followed the sunset west to study in the desert. She received her BFA from the University of Oklahoma, her

MFA from Arizona State University, and has been awarded residencies at the Quimby Colony in Maine, School of Visual Arts in New York City, and the Vermont Studio Center.

Mohammad Javaheri was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. He holds a BS in chemistry from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, and received an MFA in drawing and MS in chemistry

from Arizona State University. His work is exhibited nationally and internationally, and he has been awarded residencies from Columbia University and the Vermont Studio Center.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS1. Bill Boettcher

913 Flaming Oaks Drive Take Lindsey far east just past 60th.

Turn east on Flaming Oaks.

2. John Bruce420 E. Main Street

On E. Main, just east of Porter.Mural on west wall.

3. Patta L T814 N. Jones Avenue

Take N. Porter and turn west on E. Rich. Located west of Wilson Elementary. Enter alley between

Frank (on south) & Rich (on north). Studio is garage conversion.

4. Ginna Dowling3809 Shadowridge Drive

Drive west on Lindsey, past I-35 and Ed Noble Parkway. Turn west on Shadowridge into the housing

edition. Located towards the back.

5. Barbara Ryan Garten2413 Hunting Horse Trail

Take N.E. 12th Avenue north of Robinson. Make a left on E. Rock Creek and quick right on Hunting

Horse Trail.

6. Tim Kenney800 S. Ponca

Between Boyd & Alameda, just north of Lincoln Elementary

7. Ellen Moershel1129 Canterbury Avenue

Just south of Robinson, west of Berry near Airport.

8. OU Visual Arts Research Annex3408 Bart Conner Drive

Just north of Rock Creek Road and just east of N.W. 36th. North of

Walmart Neighborhood Market.

9. Red Dot Sculpture406 W. Main Street

On Main across from Republic Bank. Look for the large heads!

10. Laura Reese4400 W. Main Street #111

West of Sooner Mall, east of 48th. Turn south at Canadian Shore. House

is third left from entrance, towards the end of the block.

11. Hunter Roth1103 S. Ponca Avenue

Take Boyd east of The Mont. North on Ponca on corner of Eastwood Park

12. Billijo Zorn Sneed328 Rosewood Drive

Take W. Main to N.W. 24th. East on Crestmont. Neighborhood behind

Big Lots.

13. Adam Stewart & Todd Jenkins

621 E. Hughbert Take N. Porter and turn east on E. Hughbert. Located northwest of

Longfellow Middle School.

14. Studio 14091409 Moreland Avenue

Take Boyd east of The Mont. South on Moreland.

15. Michael Wilson520 W. Lindsey Street

Between JJ's Pizza and red duplex. The studio is in back behind the

house.

16. Elise Deringer, Mohammad Javaheri and

Bill & Juanita Williams122 E. Main Street

Located directly above MAINSITE

1. Bill Boettcher2. John Bruce3. Patta L T

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6. Tim Kenney7. Ellen Moershel8. OU Visual Arts Research Annex

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