In Search of Greener Pastures: Richard & Amy Janes
Movies often have an origin story — whether it’s Peter Parker being bitten by a radioactive spider or Charles Foster Kane leaving his boyhood sled behind, great narratives can stem from the simplest beginnings. Movie studios do, too. For Oklahoma’s Green Pastures Studio, its origin story began innocently enough with a date almost two decades ago in Los Angeles. That is when founders Amy and Richard Janes met for the first time.
ArtDesk at Art Basel Miami Beach
Something big happened in Florida last December. ArtDesk, the magnificent, mission-driven publication produced quarterly by Oklahoma’s Kirkpatrick Foundation — dreamt up by its chairman, Christian Keesee and helmed by executive director Louisa McCune — was celebrated as among the best in the world, along with six other arts publications, at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Heart, Hands and Stitch by Stitch: Sydnie Banks
Sydnie Peebles says she always felt “out of place at school” due to the excessive focus on rote learning. As a self-identified tactile learner, she was honest with herself about going to college just to check a box. All her lack of direction changed after watching one serendipitous YouTube video.
Stamp of Approval: Robert Peterson
In his short career as a painter of fine art, Robert Peterson has put together some major commissions. From the Oklahoma City Thunder to private owners across the coun-try, the Lawton native has an impressive portfolio. However, in terms of size and scope, it’s hard to imagine any other client having the reach of his latest employer, the United States Postal Service.
The Power of Literati Press
Literati Press Comics and Novels began in 2010 as the brainchild of founder and Creative Director Charles J. Martin, following years of enduring an artist’s worst nightmare: isolation. After suffering in silence for years and finding more artists in the same lonely boat, he and a group of Oklahoma creatives decided to make a “platform for writers doing innovative things with genre storytelling.”
‘Beyond the Frame’ Is Beyond Exceptional: OKCMOA & Abbas Kiarostami
Take heed: You’ve only got until April to experience Kiarostami: Beyond the Frame. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s multimedia retrospective exhibition of artworks and films by Abbas Kiarostami, the widely acclaimed Iranian photographer, filmmaker and visual artist, is ambitious, comprehensive and stunning — and you’re going to want to go more than once.
