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Made You Look - Oklahoma graffiti culture


The 2nd annual Made You Look graffiti art show was great Saturday night. I was surprised to see such a diverse turn out for the show.
I talked with a couple of the graffiti artists about their work and their thoughts on art vs. vandalism.

Some of these guys are really fighting the good fight in their […]

Istvan Gallery at Urban Art


Anyone else surprised at the number of art galleries here in the metro area? It seems like I hear about a new one every couple weeks. Just goes to show that you need to get out of the house more and explore where you live. There’s much more to do in OKC than hit the […]

Made You Look 2008


Oklahoma City’s IAO Gallery is hosting Made You Look 2008 this Saturday night, August 9th. The night will featuring graffiti art, live installations, music, drinks, b-boys and prizes.
Check wimgo.com for more details on Made You Look 2008

DFEST 2008


I made the drive to Tulsa for DFEST this weekend. It was blazing hot the entire time, but that was easy to get over considering all the great music (I also had my share of snow cones).
DFEST is considered the most comprehensive music conference and festival in the Midwest. This year featured 150 artists and […]

Midsummer Nights’ Fair


If I’d only known about this before, I would’ve made a bigger deal out of it.
I got a video assignment to head out to Norman and shoot a video about Midsummer Nights Fair. I’d never heard of it and honestly planned to get there, do a couple interviews and get some basic shots, then head […]

Lyric Theatre - Swing!


I’ve made a couple different stops by Lyric Theatre in the last couple months and they really are doing some cool things. I shot a project with Dave and Angi talking about some of the renovations made recently to their location off 16th street in NW Oklahoma City. They also talked about some of this […]

deadCENTER Film Festival - day 2


The night started off with another All-Access party at the Oklahoma City Art Museum.
I left with a few friends to head out to catch the Whimsical Shorts at the IAO Gallery off 8th & Broadway downtown. We got there late so we weren’t able to see all of the short films, but our favorite one […]

deadCENTER Film Festival - day 1


Day one of the deadCENTER Film Festival was great. The kick off party for the All-Access pass holders started around 7:30 at the Film Exchange Building off Sheridan just west of downtown. Filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike were on hand for the food and/or to promote their film. I talked with several of the filmmakers […]

Canvas Art Show


So the Canvas Art Show was this past Friday night and I had a blast. After talking with some of the guys responsible for the show, they said they had a great turn out. Something like 1,400 people were there for the event.
If you weren’t there, you missed out on the customized Van’s, food from […]

Canvas Art Show update


While I was at an event Wednesday night for the upcoming deadCENTER film festival, I was able to stop in for some of set-up for the Canvas Art Show taking place this Friday night.
I saw a few of the shoes that had already been painted and set up for display and I’m looking forward to […]