Yatika Starr Fields, Go West Young Man
ArtNow: Party with a Purpose
Thursday, June 22
The exhibition ArtNow: The Soul Is a Wanderer provides a snapshot of the visual arts created in Oklahoma today. The ArtNow party, which guests can experience in three different ways, brings together tastemakers and trendsetters for an exciting evening of art, cocktails and special performances supporting our mission. Learn more about each version below.
Party with a Purpose | 6-9 p.m.
General admission: $100
VIP: $250
7 p.m. performance | Dust to Dirge: An Earth Elegy | Ashanti Chaplin and Gabriel Royal
Open bar | passed hors d'oeuvres | cocktail attire encouraged | ages 21+
Includes entry to Late Night
ArtNow: Late Night on the Terrace | 9-11 p.m.
Admission: $40
Hosted by The Garde
Beer and wine | light bites | dancing | cocktail attire encouraged | ages 21+
Ticket proceeds help keep exhibitions at Oklahoma Contemporary free of charge, year-round.
ArtNow 2023 Committee
Merrick Coe Fitzgerald, Chair
Annie Bohanon, Honorary Chair
Jordan Ballard
Emily Fiaccone
Megan Fleischfresser
Aimee Harlow
Eli Hellman
Marshall Homra
Kate Howell
Maggie Humphreys
Emmi Kobs
Mollie McCurdy
Kindt Meyers
Whitney Rainbolt
Melissa Scaramucci
Emma Sherman
Jordan Von Netzer
ArtNow is supported by George Records, Richard and Glenna Tanenbaum, The Kanady Family, E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Annie Bohanon, Chickasaw Nation, Velocigo, Love’s Travel Stops, Flogistix, BancFirst/BancFirst Trust, Ad Astra, Scott Fischer, Joan S. Maguire, Margaret Freede, Kirkpatrick Oil Company, Delaware Resource Group, the Merrick Foundation, the Shirley and Bankhead Families, Volunteer Capital LLC, Pam and Bill Shdeed, Artform, G. David Neff and Suzanne Peck, Eli and Leslie Hellman, HumanKind Hospitality, NBC Oklahoma, Ryan Coe, Anonymous, Jane Harlow, O’Connor Family Foundation, Matt and Paula Thomas, Miles and Molly Tolbert, Jordan von Netzer, Lissa and John Blaschke, HSE Architects, David and Aimee Harlow, B.C. Clark Jewelers, United Mechanical, Billie Thrash, Lou C. Kerr/The Kerr Foundation, Cliff and Leslie Hudson, Robin and Brad Kreiger, Tinker Federal Credit Union, Virginia A. Meade, Amy Kirby, The Medallion Group, Jennifer and Dale Thurman, Lingo Construction, Charles L. Oppenheim, Mark and Julie Beffort, Inasmuch Foundation, Blair and Maggie Humphreys, Rand and Jeanette Elliott, Valerie Naifeh and George Catechis, Kam’s Kookery, Wander Folk Spirits and LALO Tequila.
Images:
The North Terrace. Photo: AJ Stegall.
Yatika Starr Fields, Go West Young Man, 2023. Video. Interview of Lisa Snell by Fields; visuals along Route 66 edited by Patrick McNicholas. © Yatika Starr Fields. Image courtesy of the artist
