The 2024 OVAC Members Show featured a stunning array of 2D and 3D artworks that celebrated the vibrant artistic community across the state. Visitors were captivated by the diverse range of mediums and the remarkable artistic talent representing both bustling cities and rural towns. Each artist’s unique expression conveyed compelling stories of family, belonging, history, and more. This event is in partnership with The Oklahoma Hall of Fame | Gaylord-Pickens Museum. Stay tuned for more info about the 2025 event! |
THE 2024 ARTISTS
Gina Alusi, Maria Do Anderson, Marilyn Artus, Michael Bendure, Teran Brown, Tammy Brummell, Gray Carter, Jennifer Casey, Karis Chambers, Marika Christofides, Carlos Colin, Eve Cornejo, Bryan L. Dahlvang, Leslie Waugh Dallam, Sage Edsall, Anna Beth Ferguson, Cassidy Frye, Penni Gage, Noureen Imran, Jasmine Jones, Jenny Kellum Lee, Lauren Kelly, Lilly Klontz, Nathan Kring, Tania Landers, Gentry Leach, Darci Lenker, Debra Martin-Barber, Thomas Martinez, Joseph P. McGlon III, Aztrid Moan, Nicole Moan, Nichole Montgomery, Lawrence Naff, Paige Nguyen, Laurel Payne, Bryon Perdue, David Phelps, Michele Pierce, Cristiana A. Prado, Elizabeth Richards, Jessica Roberts, Lauren Rucker, Diane Salamon, Amy Sanders de Melo, Cassa Shafer, Tamara Sigler, Ann Solinski, Krystal Solis, Agnes Stadler, Jim Terrell, Jim Weaver, Jason Wilson
Applications for the OVAC Members Show will open in the Spring of 2025.
Enhancing Accessibility, Advocacy, and
Economic Viability for the Arts Panel Discussion
Featuring Amy Sanders de Melo, Maria Anderson, Diane Salamon and Carlos Colín, the conversation explored topics such as balancing creative work with business management, successful advocacy efforts, and strategies for making the arts more accessible.
Amy Sanders de Melo
Panelist
Tulsa, Oklahoma + BIO
Amy Sanders de Melo is a Colombian-American artist and educator living and working in Oklahoma. As a multidisciplinary artist with visual impairments, she utilizes Braille on ceramics as a way of telling stories, encouraging meditation, and creating space for grieving and healing. Sanders de Melo resides in Tulsa and is a resident at Red Heat Ceramics, an artist-run, community ceramics studio. She has exhibited her work nationally and she is a recipient of the inaugural Emerging Artist Cohort from the American Craft Council in 2021 and The Color Network + Arrowmont Fellowship in 2023. | Carlos Colín
Panelist
Norman, Oklahoma + BIO
Carlos Colín is a contemporary artist whose paintings bring to life scenes that blur the lines between reality and the whispers of another world. Born in Mexico City, resident of Norman, Oklahoma since 2021, Carlos' artistic journey began since he was a child, experimenting with colors and techniques, self-taught, his artistic vision extends beyond mere representation. Although his work has been personal, Carlos' true objective lies in the pursue to ignite the imagination, and to allow viewers to experience events in a new and captivating light. |
Maria Đỗ Anderson
Panelist
Norman, Oklahoma + BIO
Maria Đỗ Anderson is a Vietnamese-American artist from Muskogee, Oklahoma. She formally began studying art in high school and continued in the BFA program at The University of Miami. Due to traumatic events, she moved back to Oklahoma and stopped creating art. Her life led to professions in anthropology, computer aided drafting and design, and engineering management. After fifteen years of non-practice, Maria returned to her first love. She currently resides in Norman and holds a Certificate in Painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. | Diane Salamon
Panelist
Tulsa, Oklahoma + BIO
Diane was born in Mankato, Minnesota and lives in Tulsa. Diane has been curated into numerous national exhibits, and her work is in many collections. Diane was a Centennial Artist for the State of Oklahoma and exhibited 26 paintings at the State Capitol. Her work is included in the Official State Collection of Oklahoma. She is listed in the Clara database in the National Museum of Women in the Arts and is a member of the National Association of Women Artists, New York City. In 1997 Diane had a featured article about her work in “Watercolor” magazine. |
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