Modern Materials - Calendar of Events

Bullseye Bingo by Theresa M. Heaton

Calendar of Events

All events are free and open to the public unless indicated by **

A number of the exhibiting artists will be attending the opening weekend.
We welcome other artists and the public to join us for most of the planned activities.
We will be carpooling to the different locations, so be sure to speak up and ask for a ride if you need one!

July 10, 2009 Friday

5 - 8 pm - Opening public reception

** After reception - Private reception on second floor for gallery staff, exhibiting artists and sponsors.

July 11, 2009 Saturday

** 8 am - 9 am - Private breakfast on the second floor for the exhibiting artists and their guests.

9 am - 12 noon - Meet at the front door of Untitled. Visit outdoor portion of the Murrah memorial, then galleries in the Paseo Art District. The first studio we will visit is Studio Six at 3021 Paseo. Return to Untitled.

12:30 - 2 pm - Artist panel/moderated discussion at [ArtSpace] at Untitled. Brown bag lunch available for a fee for the public.

2:30 - 4:30 - Tour the Oklahoma City Museum of Art to see the Turner to Cézanne exhibit and the large Chihuly glass collection. Admission- Adults $12, Seniors (62+) $10.

4:30 - Dinner is available at the Museum Café, for those who want to eat early. All others can enjoy some quiet time. You are welcome to come back to the gallery.

6:30 pm -Public lecture by quilt artist Pam RuBert at Untitled.

Pam started making art quilts in 2004 and since then her work has been featured in national and international exhibits such as Quilt National and Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, in a 2006 PBS nationally televised documentary, and has won awards in the Husqvarna Viking Exhibition and International Quilt Festival. In 2009 her quilts will be featured in a museum exhibition in Holland and in books that will be published by Voyageur Press and North Light Books.

After the lecture - Walk or drive to the Bricktown area. There are lots of restaurants open for dinner. Walk along the canal.

July 12, 2009 Sunday

** 9 - 10 am - Private breakfast on the second floor for the exhibiting artists and their guests.

10 am - noon - Demonstration of mud painting by fiber artist Heather Clark Hilliard of Oklahoma City.

Mud and earth pigments were the first materials used by humans to color our walls and architecture, ceremoniously celebrate and cleanse our bodies, and pattern our cloth. Most colors today are derived from petrochemical substances, but the wide ranging eco-palette of yellows, browns, greens, violets, reds, and even blues holds many possibilities for the contemporary artist.

Come join us to learn about surface design using earth pigments as a contemporary medium for applying color to cloth. Using soy milk as the binder, the demonstration will show how to mix and apply earth and
mineral pigments to cloth. Discussion of the permanence and setting of earth color will be addressed. Various tools and techniques will be demonstrated as options for creating surface designs with unique marks and expressions. We will discuss the traditional designs and processes that are executed with exceptional artisan capabilities and still practiced today.

Whether it is a process steeped in cultural symbolism for each rite of passage or a modern application for surface designers, each mud and earth cloth tells a story. There will be examples of color palettes, books and other resources, examples of bogolan, and information about collecting your own local mud.

Afternoon - Travel home

August 29, 2009 Saturday

Last day of exhibit