I've been working on a plastic bottle cap art project for and with my son's class for the annual school auction. I've never done one of these before, so I had a lot to learn before getting the kids together to place the bottle caps on the design. I couldn't find a...
Last week, my kids celebrated the last day of school. I vacillate between gratitude and sadness. I'm grateful we made it safely through another year, but sadly it all goes so fast. I regret that I have to focus so much energy on making a living that I'm often not able...
August Reiger is still missing. As of July 28, 2021, August Reiger is still missing. Nixie Adams wrote about him in February 2021 in a post on Medium titled, "Valedictorian Disappears on Hike in Ecuador — The Mysterious Case of 18-Year-Old August Reiger." "The...
Bletchley Park and Code-Breaking In August 1938, a group of men showed up to a Victorian Gothic mansion in the town of Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire. It was a couple of weeks after the Glorious Twelfth, the start of hunting season in England. Ten bucks say they...
[KOSU Commentary] This commentary is about public funding for the arts. It aired on KOSU in 2012. One of the first songs I ever learned was This Land Is Your Land. My father taught it to me. His mother, Bethel, my grandma, was part of Woody Guthrie's family tree. She...
Meet me at the wrecking ball. Wear something pretty and white. --Neil Young Look at the glorious architectural rendering of the Oklahoma City Children's Museum, a proposal that if funded would ensure the preservation of architect's John Johansen's downtown...
Huge Disks on Lincoln Boulevard are Public Art There are four mammoth-size disk planted in soft green berms outside the Office of State Finance in Oklahoma City. They form a quartet of sculptures and serve as a monument to Oklahomans, past and present. Three of the...
I came across this graffiti in a local arts district in January 2012. The graffiti stencil of a little boy laughing appeared overnight on several buildings. The graff artist also included a special message, "Everything will be OK." It meant a lot to me then and I felt...
I attend a lot of festivals in Oklahoma City and it's interesting how markedly different the crowd is at each one. Today, I attended the Plaza District Festival and was so impressed at how many people from the surrounding neighborhoods seemed to be strolling down the...
Art by Juliette, December 2010 You are so talented, Juliette. Winner of the school science fair, spelling bee and speech contest, you can be anything you want to be! My father said this about me, but I didn't believe him. Believe me. Aim high!
What's not to love about a mixtape 80s musical? Just nothing! MiXtape: The Musical Journey Through the 80s is a journey of more than 70 tunes from the 1980s. I love that the X in miXtape is capitalized as a tribute to Generation X.. The musical, by Jon Lorenz (check...
Oh, to be in Sydney, Australia December 13 for the opening of Powerhouse Museum Science + Design's The 80s Are Back. One of the biggest exhibition's the public museum has ever featured, it promises to take people back to the era's toys, fads, video games, technology,...