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Allied Arts Quarterly Newsletter Volume 13, Issue 2, Winter 2020

2021 Campaign for the Arts

With the new year quickly approaching, Allied Arts is the Allied Arts gearing up for the 2021 campaign for the arts. As we entertainment also embark on the Allied Arts 50th anniversary in 2021, discount card, and a your continued support is more important than ever as 7-inch steel sculpture COVID-19 continues to have a devastating impact on our created by Allied art nonprofits. Between April and the end of July alone, Arts artist of the year, Oklahoma creative industries lost more than $606 million Joe Slack. You can and 19,500 jobs according to a recent study released by read more about the Brookings Institution. Additionally, our community has Slack on page 2 of lost two cultural nonprofits due to the effects of COVID-19. this e-newsletter. Your support can help ensure that we do not lose any more Companies that organizations that are making a difference. commit to hosting 1971-2021 an employee giving In this challenging year, your generosity and commitment campaign before to the arts have been critical in enabling the Allied Arts January 20 will receive special recognition as Headliners. network to meet pandemic-related challenges head-on To join them and the more than 100 companies that and to continue providing enlightening, educational and annually engage their employees in the arts, email inspiring programming. Their ability to pivot quickly has [email protected]. been incredible - from new digital youth-oriented web episodes to socially-distanced, outdoor performances. If you would like to make a personal or corporate donation before the end In addition to corporate giving, local businesses can partner with Allied Arts by hosting employee giving of the year, donate securely online at campaigns in 2021. Employee giving donors who AlliedArtsOKC.com, or call the Allied Arts contribute $150 or more receive the OKCityCard, office at (405) 278-8944. Thank you!

As part of their COVID-19 pivot, Oklahoma Contemporary has built a virtual and outdoor lineup for Studio School, from For a list of classes in fiber and ceramics upcoming to songwriting and animation. holiday Registration for casual Friday Night workshops includes programs materials that can be picked up from Allied from the arts center curbside or shipped to your home! For more Arts member information, visit okcontemp.org. agencies, flip to page 4. Special thanks to the following companies for committing as 2021 Headliners ADG Duncan Oil MacArthur Associated Scott’s Printing Alliance for Economic Dunlap Codding Consultants Simmons Bank Development Enable Midstream Partners Magill & Magill, P.L.L.C. Smith & Pickel Allied Arts Engel & Volkers Manhattan Construction Construction, Inc. American Bank Systems Epic Charter Schools McAfee & Taft Spirit HR American Fidelity Ernst & Young MidFirst Bank State Charitable Campaign Arvest Bank First Fidelity Bank Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Tall Oak Midstream ASTEC First United Bank Beffort and Robinson Park Teleflora Baker Hughes Flogistix Northrop Grumman Terracon Bank of Oklahoma Freestyle Creative OG&E Tronox Benham Grant Thornton OKIE811 UMB Bank Brad Willis Farmers Insurance Greater Oklahoma Oklahoma Center for United Way of Central Burns & McDonnell City Chamber Nonprofits Oklahoma Candor Hall Capital Oklahoma Hall of Fame UPS Clubhouse Trailer Co. Heart of the City Oklahoma Heart Hospital Valliance Bank CMS Willowbrook Heritage Trust W&W/AFCO Steel Commerce Bank HoganTaylor Olsson Why HR HSE Peters & Chandler P.C. Window World OKC CoreLogic i2E PricewaterhouseCoopers YMCA of Greater Cushman & Wakefield INSURICA Public Strategies Dell InterBank Rand Elliott Architects (as of December 17, 2020) Investrust REES Dignity Memorial Mabrey Bank Schnake Turnbo Frank

2021 Step-Up Artist Spotlight: Joe Slack Oklahoma native artist Joe Slack is inspired by primitive Slack is the Allied Arts featured artist for 2021. Donors art and mid-century modern design. He works with who contribute $150 or more through their company’s simplified forms and repetitive patterns influenced employee giving campaign can opt to receive the Step- by human observation and the effects of positive and Up Artwork, a seven-inch steel sculpture handcrafted by negative space. Slack encourages viewers to find their Slack entitled “Direction.” own meaning when it comes to his art. Slack attended art school at Oklahoma City University “I want people to walk away with their own perspective on and began his sculpting career working with wood, a the work,” explains Slack. “Once you create it and put it out material he’d been drawn to since he was a kid building there, you can’t control what people think. I want them to skateboard ramps in his backyard. Once he discovered see their version of my piece. And I hope people walk away the magnitude and the permanence of steel, he shifted his a little happier vision. than before they saw it.” “I like that with steel you can work on a monumental scale,” says Slack. “I like seeing people walk up to a piece and look up.”

Slack currently has 11 permanently placed pieces, plus four major installations each with eight to 10 sculptures on site. Slack works in a range of sizes from four-inch “micro- mini” pieces to pieces that stand up to 20 feet high or span 660 feet.

2020 has been a whirlwind for every sector, and artists are no exception. Slack says that his clients have been Joe Slack next to his Birdwatching supportive through the unfamiliar circumstances. OKC Lightning Thunder Dance Joe Slack’s Party mural along Classen Blvd. Direction is the “I love the growing arts scene in Oklahoma City,” said between NW 7th and 9th, 2021 Campaign Slack. “It’s been an honor to be a part of the cultural commissioned by OKC Beautiful Step-Up Artwork. renaissance and watch it grow.” in partnership with The City of Oklahoma City’s Office of Employee Giving Campaigns are often held virtually! In order for your Arts and Cultural Affairs. coworkers to have a chance to receive one of Slack’s original works, email [email protected]. OPUS and ARTini Updates Although we cannot gather together in person now, Allied Arts continues to plan for next year’s events.

Postponed from 2020, the biennial OPUS event will be held in 2021 at The Criterion when it is safe to hold large Co-chaired by Cooper Tate and Steven Sylke, ARTini gatherings. New for 2021, the gala will include a virtual, 2021’s theme will be GOLDtini, celebrating the Allied at-home option in addition to the on-site fete. Chaired by Arts 50th golden anniversary. Scheduled for later in 2021 Celina and Russ Harrison, OPUS XI: Club Cabaret will at the OKC Farmers Market, ARTini will feature custom, feature a revue of live performances from Allied Arts hand-crafted martinis from the metro’s best known member agencies, grantees and other local talent. OPUS restaurants and lounges as well as a diverse collection tickets include exquisite fare and libations, as well as an of artwork by Oklahoma-affiliated artists for auction. auction of exclusive, one-of-a-kind items and experiences. Sponsorships with varying benefit levels are currently Available now, tickets are $300 per person. OPUS available. Visit ARTiniOKC.com for more information. sponsorships with varying benefit levels are also currently available. Visit OPUSOKC.com for more information. To learn more about either event, you can also email [email protected]. Leaving a Legacy for the Arts

With your support, Allied Arts raised $45,803 in support of our endowment and to further our ability to support central Oklahoma’s cultural community at sustained levels. As part of a matching challenge program, the Kirkpatrick Family Fund will contribute $12,000 toward our affiliated fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

Thank you to everyone who donated and helped Allied Arts surpass our goal! 2020 Endowment Supporters Angela Ables Krei Fund Brad & Robin Krieger Deborah McAuliffe Senner Ad Astra Foundation Carl & Susan Edwards B.J. Law & Scott Senner Mark & Julie Beffort Elizabeth K. Eickman Hilda Lewis Mary & John Seward Lance & Linda Benham & Marvin Quinn Mr. James Loftis Judy Shaw Tim & Jacquelyn Berney Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Ellis Patti & Dick Marshall Linda & Steve Slawson Robert & Sharon Bish Joan Gilmore Steve Mason D. Eileen Smith Mr. & Mrs. G.T. Blankenship Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Givens Mr. Travis Mason Chris & Myrna Speligene Ms. Deanna Bond Mr. David Gorham Laurie McCann-Hyde Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stakem Maj. Gen. W. P. Bowden Vicki Gourley David & Jean McLaughlin Mr. M. K. Stoughtenborough Bowen Foundation James C. Hammack, DDS Ingrid McNutt Lee & Suzie Symcox Drew Braum Suzette & S. Kim Hatfield Mrs. Eddie Monarch Teena Hicks Company Phillip D. Brockhaus Judy & John Havens Randy & Cara Nance Mr. Chuck Thompson Ms. Maggie Chaney Dr. William Hawk Jim Palmer & Billie Rodely Lonny & Sherry Towell Dr. & Mrs. James E. Joanne Hoch Richard & Gayle Parry Mr. & Mrs. Scott Usher Cheatham The Hon. Jerome A. Tom & Marilee Peryam Mr. Kitt Wakely Ms. Megan Clement Holmes Marvin & Sandra Peyton Leah & Larry Westmoreland Mr. & Mrs. Edward Clements Lois & Roger Hornbrook Jan & Jerry Plant Mr. John Winblad John & Mary Ann Coates Col. (Ret.) & Mrs. Dean R. Emery and Mary Lee Allen H. Wise Mrs. Henry Coffren, Jr. Jackson Smiser Fund Ms. Anne Wileman Barby Crabtree Dr. & Mrs. Mason Jett Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Raglow Workman Dr. & Mrs. Michael K. Charles & Sharon Johnson Laura & Luke Reese Mrs. William C. Wright Crawford The Kerr Foundation, Inc. Randy Roper Yoch Family Trust Ms. Marie Davis Michael & Linda Kerran Karen Ross & Dave Wilson Steve & Eileen Young Paul & Debby Dudman Laura Ketchum Mr. & Mrs. Mark Selvidge Edward A. & Barbara N. & Ryan Robinson Thank you Oklahoma City Community Foundation

At the November In addition to the OCCF affiliated fund, executive committee Allied Arts holds an endowment fund at meeting, Oklahoma BancFirst. Together, both endowments City Community total more than $4.2 million - the highest President Foundation in Allied Arts history. It is the goal of presented Nancy Anthony Allied Arts to build its endowments to a Allied Arts with an annal level that would enable the organization distribution from our to direct 100% of campaign proceeds to affiliated fund at the the cultural community. foundation. Member Agency December Calendar

Give the gift of art and cultural experiences this holiday season. Check out the amazing array of offerings by Allied Arts member agencies this month alone! Don’t forget to use your OKCityCard and keep up-to-date in the new year with the Allied Arts online cultural calendar, ArtAroundOKC.com.

Arts Council Oklahoma City OKC’s New Year’s Eve celebration, Opening Night will stream live from Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark! Visit www.artscouncilokc.com/opening-night/# to stay updated on how you can ring in the New Year from home.

Canterbury Voices Digital stream the Canterbury Christmas concert as you sip on Eggnog and trim your tree! Tickets can be purchased at www.canterburyokc.com/canterbury-christmas for viewing until December 31.

deadCenter Film The new “deadCenter Delivers the Arts” program kicks off with the dance film Finding Carlos, directed by former deadCenter Executive Director Lance McDaniel. The film will be available via deadCenter’s virtual platform through December 31 at no cost. Access at https://watch.eventive.org/deadcentercontinuum.

Firehouse Art Center Visit the Firehouse Holiday Gift Gallery in Norman through December 24 to gift local art to the art-lovers on your list. The gallery is open from 10 am - 4 pm on Thursdays and by appointment only on all other weekdays. Call (405) 329-4523 to make your appointment today.

Lyric Theatre Go on a magical journey with Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Through December 23, Lyric Theatre presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Harn! with an all-new outdoor production, whisking audiences away to a magical holiday village at the historic Harn Homestead. For more information, visit www.lyrictheatreokc.com/shows/lyrics-a-christmas-carol-2020/.

Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art Through February 14, Blessed Virgin: Images of the Virgin Mary includes works from Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art’s permanent collection featuring the Virgin Mary from Medieval to Modern. The works vary in medium, style and country of origin to showcase the different ways that the Virgin Mary has been portrayed. For more information, visit www.mgmoa.org/elementor-3368. (Continued next page) Member Agency December Calendar (con’t)

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum From December 21 to 31, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum offers fun for the kiddos with winter break art activities including 3D snowmen, handprint reindeer cards and jingle bell sticks. Activities are free with museum admission. Learn more at www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/all-events/.

OK City Chorus This year, send a holiday card with the award-winning OK City Chorus singing in the background. Visit www.okcity.org/ecard to order your customized e-card by December 20 – available with a $25 fee.

Oklahoma City Ballet This year’s production of The Nutcracker will be shortened to one act, but will still include all of the favorite characters from the dancing snowflakes to the Kingdom of Sweets. The Nutcracker: Short & Sweet performances run until December 20. Access to a virtual performance is available on demand. For more information, visit www.okcballet.org/performance/the-nutcracker/.

Oklahoma Children’s Theatre Oklahoma Children’s Theater offers a number of holiday activities including free digital access to a family-friendly mini-series and a virtual experience with Santa Claus. For more information visit www.oklahomachildrenstheatre.org/content/holiday-events.

Oklahoma City Philharmonic This year’s Philharmonic Christmas performance is a classic yet elegant blend of sentimental favorites and fun Christmas standards. Tickets to view the digital concert until December 25 can be purchased at www.okcphil.org/concerts/aclassicchristmas/.

Oklahoma Youth Orchestras Support the students of Oklahoma Youth Orchestras by sending a holiday musicgram to someone on your list. Visit www.oyomusic.org/musicgrams/ to customize your musicgram, ranging in price from $20 to $30.

Opry Heritage Foundation On December 19, log on at www.rodeoopry.com to view the Rodeo Opry Virtual Christmas Show as a fun and safe way to celebrate the holidays with family.

Sooner Theatre In time for the holidays, Sooner Theatre presents its production of Annie, one of the best-loved musicals. Tickets are available for both social-distanced live performances through December 20 and virtual viewing. For more information visit www.soonertheatre.org/tickets. Select Allied Arts as your Non-Profit U.S. Postage Amazon Charity of Choice PAID Oklahoma City If you’re doing any holiday shopping online, Permit #581 please visit smile.amazon.com and select 1015 N. Broadway, Ste. 200 Allied Arts of Oklahoma, Inc. as your charitable Oklahoma City, OK 73102 organization of choice. By doing so, Amazon will 405.278.8944 www.AlliedArtsOKC.com donate a portion of your purchases to Allied Arts every time you shop!

IN THIS ISSUE: • 2021 Campaign for the Arts • Featured artist: Joe Slack • Endowment Match • OPUS XI and ARTini Updates • Member Agency Holiday Programs

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