It's Back! - Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

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Maps and tickets to the OVAC 2005 Art
Studio Tour are $10, $5 for students and
are available at Ziegler’s (6 N Lewis) or
Brookside Pottery (3710 S Peoria) in Tulsa
or online at www.ovac-ok.org. OVAC
members will receive a coupon good for
two tickets in the mail. Student or other
groups may make special arrangements for
discounted rates.
For the first time this year, visitors will
have the opportunity to preview the
artwork and meet the artists in advance at
a sample event at the Gilcrease Museum on
April 7. For $30 or $50 a couple, patrons
can view examples of each artist’s work
and enjoy great refreshments. Their patron
ticket will also be good for the tour the
following weekend.
Participating Artist
Information:
Rosalind Cook
Sculpture
Rosalind was born in Lima, Peru in 1946.
Living in an isolated community high
in the Andes until the age of seven was
conducive to creativity as well as a love
for varied cultures and people, which is
often evident in her bronze sculptures.
Sculpting was a hobby that began to grow
along with Rosalind’s children. She began
concentrated sculpting studies in the 1980s
and knew this was a calling on her life.
Soon after casting her first bronzes in 1989,
her professional career quickly began to
grow through select gallery representation
and shows. Notable commissions enlarged
the scope of her work, including works
at hospitals, parks, libraries, churches,
corporate headquarters as well as private
homes across the country. Rosalind said,
“My work is most recognized by the faces
and the flowing forms of my sculptures. My
goal is to capture the spirit of my subject,
be it joyful, peaceful, animated, etc. I see
my sculptures as a way to communicate
with a viewer and hopefully celebrate the
human spirit with them.”
Janet Duncan
Environmental artwork
“The last 3-4 years of my life have been
spent on a tract of land just north of Tulsa,
Oklahoma creating an environmental
earthwork. The original 10-acre plot
was covered with trash and debris,
overgrazed, and overgrown with vines.
While discovering the land, I’ve begun
to discover myself. What has evolved
includes pathways, seating areas, sculptures
and more. Additional expression through
electronic media and written works
document the many levels of my experience.
The primary goal is to provide a space that
shares my own experience with the viewer,
while providing a space for their own inner
reflections.”
Bob Hawks
Woodturning
After serving five years in the Army during
World War II, he attended the Art Center
College in Los Angeles and in 1948 started
his own commercial photography business.
Bob’s clients included several well-known
national magazines until 1987 when he
relinquished management of the business
and was able to devote most of his time
to woodturning. While still active as a
magazine photographer, he now has more
time to create one of a kind, hollow vessels
for sale and exhibit throughout the United
States. Bob’s pieces are included in the
permanent collections of The White House
Collection of American Crafts, Oklahoma
Governors Mansion, Glenbrook Hospital,
Forest Heritage Center Museum, Arrowmont
School of Arts & Crafts and more.
Jan Hawks
Fiber
Jan Hawks is a fiber artist who grew up
with adults who created clothing and
decorative items by knitting, crocheting
and sewing. Her interest in fibers started
very early as she hung on her mother’s back
as she sewed on a treadle sewing machine.
At age six she learned to knit, was sewing
all her own clothing by 15 and at 17 began
to learn to weave. Through the years she
has learned many crafts but currently is
working mostly with fibers and the sewing
machine. She started into quilting when
she saw a magazine article on Seminole
patchwork and much of her work contains
this technique. She has had several magazine
articles published showing her own designs
using this technique and has had wall
hangings and wearable art shown in juried
shows in Texas and Oklahoma including
Visionmakers and Fiberworks. She continues
to experiment with traditional techniques
using them in untraditional ways.
Cynthia Brown and Walt Kosty,
Brown Cat Studio
Ceramics, Mixed Media Assemblage
Each piece of artwork from the Brown
Cat Studio is hand built and a one-of-akind
ceramic sculpture. Cynthia works
in coil, slab, and pinch construction for
her whimsical and colorful creations. She
frequently creates animal series, most
recently on cats. Walt works in the studio
also, which was originally conceived as an
endeavor for Cynthia’s work. He is involved
with the commercial aspects of the business,
but also creates text pieces that he evolved
into performance expressions. Using
found and common artifacts, Walt builds
assemblages or installations.
Matt Moffett
Painting
Matt Moffett started oil painting because
his dog died in 2000. Since then, his life has
drastically changed from teaching Spanish
at the University of Tulsa, to teaching art
to public school kids at one of the poorest
public elementary schools in Tulsa. Moffett
paints pet portraits throughout the US and
parts of Europe; collectors include Barry
Switzer and President Gerald Ford.
Kate Kline
Fiber
Kate is a fiber artist and runs a textile
studio in Oklahoma, where she teaches
quilting, hand-dyeing and surface
design. In addition, she makes quilts and
garments, and does machine quilting for
other artists. “I have been working with
fabrics as long as I can remember, from