Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery

• October 15 - November 7, 2009

Moss & Rivers

Kate Rivers is an Assistant Professor of Art at East Central University in Ada. She received her BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design and MFA in Printmaking from the University of South Carolina. Rivers' work has been exhibited nationally and she has received awards in many juried exhibits. Kansas City based artist Barbara Robinette Moss received an MFA from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, and a BFA from Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, Florida. She has participated in over one hundred juried art exhibitions, including the Los Angeles Printmaking Society Contemporary American Printmakers and the Museum of American Art Drawing Midwest. The two person show will show several bodies of work in the areas of painting and printmaking by both artists.

• November 19 - December 23, 2009

              Donald Longcrier

Oklahoman mixed media artist and painter Donald G Longcrier will transform the Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery through large-scale installations, sculpture and mixed media works. Donald is currently instructing drawing classes at Oklahoma City University. Recent solo exhibitions include “Native Trout of the American West” at the Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery at Oklahoma City University (2007) and “Facing the Desert” at Untitled [Artspace] now Artspace at Untitled, Oklahoma City (2002).

• December 3 - December 19, 2009

UCO Design Graduating Student Show

City Arts Center and the College of Arts, Media and Design at the University of Central Oklahoma present the future of graphic design.

• January 29 - February 27, 2010

17th Annual Cafe City Arts Invitational

An annual invitational exhibit that displays the work of Oklahoma and regional artists working in a wide variety of media. The annual exhibition kicks off with a gala fundraising party combining the best of Oklahoma's artwork and food. Proceeds from the event benefit year-round exhibits in the Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery.

• March 11 - April 10, 2010

Andrew Polk

Working in digital and mixed media, painting, drawing, and printmaking, artist Andrew Polk will be exhibiting an array of abstract work. Though non-representational, Polk’s work inspires the imagination and challenges the intellect. Combining traditional pigments with metallic paints, Polk juxtaposes what could be static forms with reflective surfaces which can change upon the viewer’s perspective. The artist’s use of varying media allows him to present the suggestion of an image or event that could never be seen but only imagined. The work of Andrew Polk has been exhibited across the United States as well as several galleries in Europe. His work most recently has been exhibited at the Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson Arizona. His work is included in the collections of the Denver Museum of Art and Tucson Museum of Art. Andrew Polk is currently a professor at the University of Arizona.

• April 22 -  May 22, 2010

Jason Hackenwerth

New York artist Jason Hackenwerth creates colorful sumptuous sculptures that at once seem alien, botanical and reminiscent of sea creatures. As some sculptors seek media with a sense of permanence like stone and metal, Hackenwerth chooses to instead work with media that is filled with breath and is changes with time until ultimately it shrinks and shrivels away. Hackenwerth creates his sculptures with balloons.  The artist states “I'm filling them. The air inside is slipping out. It's a great metaphor for our own lives." His sculptures change over the course of their exhibition morphing from hearty and voluptuous to shrunken and aged, "a perfect combination of sadness and joy."

Circle Gallery

• October 15 - November 7, 2009

Narciso Argüelles and Cassandra Wozniak

Narciso Argüelles grew up on both sides of the Mexican and U.S. border. While still an undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego, Narciso started collaborating with the internationally known Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo and soon became a full member. Narciso has exhibited at the the 9th Biennale of Sydney, The First Johannesburg Biennale in South Africa, The Alternative Biennale in Tucuman Argentine, and all over the United States, including New York City, New Haven, and Los Angeles. In this exhibition Argüelles and Wozniak will explore the culture of modified bicycles and automotive culture as it relates to the south side of Oklahoma City.

• November 19 - December 23, 2009

Annual Pottery Sale

Pottery sale featuring one-of-a-kind gifts created by hand in the City Arts Center Ceramics Studio. Each year, CAC instructors and students create a diverse group of pottery including: mixing bowls, vases, candle holders, platter and much more.

• March 11 -  April 10, 2010

“Music Builds a Life” by Asia Scudder

“My life as a child was filled with a wide array of music - music that for me formed a deep appreciation of the expression of the soul through music. I recognize that as there are people of great variety of backgrounds so too are there many creative journeys and expression available to communicate our individual experiences. As a visual artist my expression through wire is simple, clear and whimsical. . .” Norman artist Asia Scudder demonstrates her interaction with music from her childhood through the creation of wire sculptures. The artist combines these sculptures with brief musical notes describing the historical background of various chosen music types along with accompanying audio clips.