Native Artists featured during 'Artist Conversation " series
Three talended Oklahoma artists are featured at the Red Earth Museum in January and February as the "Artist Conversation" series resemes at the museum and gallery. The series is sponsored in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council.
In addition to the "Artist Conversation" series, the artists will participate with the Arts Council of Oklahoma City to provide free lunchtime arts programming to the downtown community through an initiative called Art Moves.
Red Earth artists Gordon Yellowman (Cheyenne), Patta LT (Choctaw), and Peggy Brennan (Cherokee) will demonstrate their artistic talents during the free lunchtime presentations. After their presentations, the artists will spend the afternoon at the Red Earth Museum, followed by an "Artist Conversation" with refreshments free to the public from 5-7 pm. 
Yellowman, featured Thursday, Jan 26 noon to 1 pm in the Chase Tower Lobby at 100 N. Broadway in downtown OKC. Gordon is from El Reno, OK, and was named 2010 Red Earth Honoroed One. He is an award-winning artist, photographer and storyteller.
Patta LT, from Norman, OK will share her artistic talents from noon to 1 pm Wednesday, Feb 
1 at Leadership Squre, 211 N. Robinson. She is an independent artist specializing in hand painted silk paintings, scarves, sarongs and other wearable art.
Brennan is a master weaver and historian of Cherokee basket traditions. Her demostration is from noon to 1 pm on Thursday, Feb. 23 at Leadership Square, She calls Edmond, OK home and is steeped in knowledge about how to gather and prepare plants for weaving and for making dyes. Her baskets are sought after as she turned her focus from art competition to teaching.
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light foot * strong heart on view through March 31
A series of Native American dancer portraits, mostly taken during the 2010 and 2011 Red Earth Festival dance competitions, are featured in a new exhibit by award-winning photographer John Jernigain on view through March 31 at Red Earth. The exhibit, titled "light foot * strong heart" includes 30 color portraits of American Indian dance competitors from throughout the US.
Jernigan is a contributing editor at OKLAHOMA TODAY magazine and owner of John Jernigan Point of View, a photography business based in Oklahoma City. With more than 30 years of experience in advertising, architectural and editorial photography, he continues to finesse and refine his art - creating visually stunning images. "light foot * strong heart" is the first exhibition scheduled for the new gallery space at the museum.
Jernigan has traveled the world capturing images through his lens. In 2011 he was recognized by the Tulsa Press Club with Great Plains Journalism Awards for 2011 Magazine Photographer of the Year and the 2011 Magazine Portrait Award. The awards are some of the most prestitious journalism awards in mid-America.
His images are part of numerous public collections including the International Photography Hall of Fame, National Endowment for the Arts, Oklahoma Arts Council and the Oklahoma State Capitol Permanent Collection.
Visit our downtown OKC Museum & Gallery
Red Earth, Inc., which operates the Red Earth Museum & Gallery and produces the annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival, is located in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City next to the historic Skirvin Hilton Hotel at the intersection of North Broadway Avenue and Park Avenue.
The Red Earth Museum & Gallery is open FREE OF CHARGE weekdays 10-5 pm and Saturday's by appointment. Call (405) 427-5228 for information.
From the Education Blog
Red Earth is multi-cultural resource
For more than 33 years Red Earth, Inc has been recognized as the primary multi-cultural resource in Oklahoma for advancing the understanding and continuation of Native American traditional and contemporary culture and art.
Our mission is to promote the rich traditions of American Indian arts and cultures through education, a premier festival, a museum and fine art markets.
The Red Earth Museum hosts a diverse and changing schedule of traveling exhibit
ions and is custodian of a permanent collection of more than 1,400 items of fine art, pottery, basketry, textiles and beadwork – including the Deupree Cradleboard Collection, one of the finest individual collections of its kind in North America.
The juried art competition and dance competition at the annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival has established Oklahoma City as a Native American art and cultural center, rivaling other southwestern cities as a showcase of Indian art.
Red Earth, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
A special thank you to our sponsors & friends
City of Oklahoma City * Citizen Potowatomi Cultural Center & Museum * Comanche National Museum & Cultural Center * DG Productions * Mark Heitz Chevrolet * Million Dollar Elm Casino * Renda Broadcasting * Phillips Murrah P.C. * Seminole Nation Museum * The Girlie Show * The Kerr Foundation * Tinker Federal Credit Union
Ardmore Schools - Indian Education Program * ASTEC Charter School * Automated Gasket * Joanna Champlin * Coop Ale * Cummings Oil Company * Dreamcatcher Magazine * Janet & David Dyke * Bobbye K. Reynolds Ferguson * Josephine Freede * Elbert Friday * Hyde & Company * J&J Resources * Lindstrom Company * Little Caesar's * Dee & Lynn Jerome * John Jernigan Photography * Jonna Kauger Kirschner * Oklahoma Mustang Car Club * Oklahoma City Community Foundation * William G. Paul * Betty & Norris Price * Reynolds Petroleum * Dick & Jeannette Sias * Sonic Corporation * Teri & Don Stanek * The Sovereignty Symposium * The Whole Enchilada * Ken Vanderslice
See our great selection of Children's Books!
You'll be amazed at the selection of beautiful Native American themed children's books available for sale in the Red Earth Gallery. Crossing Bok Chitto - A Tale of Friendship & Freedon by Tim Timgle and illustrated by Red Eart artist Jenne Rorex Bridges is a beautiful book full of colorful illustrations and an exciting story!
Some other children's titles available in the Gallery include:
- Gift Horse - A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson
- Circle of Wonder - A Native American Christmas Story by Pulitzer Prize winner and Native Oklahoman N. Scott Momaday
- Thirteen Moons on a Turtle's Back - A Native American Year of Moons by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London and
- The Girl Who Loved Horses, winner of The Caldecott Medal, by Paul Goble.
Remember, Red Earth Museum members receive a 10% off purchases in the Gallery. The Red Earth Museum is open FREE to the public Monday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm and Saturday's by appointment.
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