Oklahoma in the Spotlight: Sunrise Tippeconnie on the Art of Okie Films
Oklahoma filmmaker Sunrise Tippeconnie has, throughout his decades-long filmmaking career, only had one job on a set that he’s truly disliked. “I was a drapist on one commercial once — putting up curtains. You don’t think about how they get up,” Tippeconnie says. “They look nice, they work as curtains, but they’re very heavy and terrible to work with. That’s a department I do not want to have anything to do with.”
An Artisan Empire: Tracia Forrest
Many people play sports up until college, and then, when the realization sets in that they aren’t good enough to play at the next level, they start watching sports instead, perhaps continuing to play in work and church leagues. Tracia Forrest did play sports after college — for USA Volleyball, which, at the time, had several divisions below the national team — but hadn’t played until then.
A Little Bit of Everything: Saint Paloma Vintage owner Brittany Phillips
If you asked Brittany Phillips what she did for a living, “photographer” used to be the answer — but now she has amassed a creative portfolio that has stretched beyond just one category. Phillips is the face behind Saint Paloma Vintage, co-creator of the OK Vintage Market, photographer, stylist and overall creative powerhouse.
Rule Number One: CEO & founder Mauricio Umansky
New York City, Beverly Hills, Amsterdam, Maui, Panama City — this is just a short excerpt of the list of 100 locations that The Agency, one of Inman’s Top Luxury Brokerages, calls home. This year, Oklahoma gets added to that list.
A Space & A Community: Fulton Street Books
Onikah Asamoa-Caesar had a decision to make. After moving to Denver for a year, the former Tulsa teacher was looking to settle down and set up shop. She had spent two years in Oklahoma working for the nonprofit Teach for America, and wasn’t sure she wanted to plant roots back in Tulsa. She could rattle off a number of reasons why she believed it wouldn’t be good for her or her future child.
Simple Done Well
Depending on your sense of humor, the title of Miss Choctaw 1997 is the best place to start this story, especially if you know Jamie Winteroth nee Fritts. “I’m going to find a picture, but just know the whole idea of pageants hurts my feminist heart; I did it for scholarship money,” said the operating partner and co-founder of Shared Plate Hospitality. Houston-born Fritts moved to Oklahoma with her family when she was 5 years old, and she became Winteroth in 2009, when she married her now husband and business partner Jordan Winteroth.
The Savvy Approach
Over a year ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Jamie Spann, and from our first conversation, I was interested in learning more about how she built a successful consulting practice by targeting physicians and medical spa owners exclusively.