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Art After NoonTuesdays at 12:30 pm; Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart ClassroomGet acquainted with landscape paintings from the museum’s permanent collection in these 30-minute discussions. You are invited to bring your lunch; des-sert and drinks will be provided. Susan Baley, FJJMA Director of Education, will present the talks.

Jan 21 Maurice Prendergast (1859-1924) South Side Hills, c. 1912-13Feb 18 Oscar B. Jacobson (1882-1966) Winter Forest in Sweden, c. 1912-20 Mar 25 Thomas Moran (1837-1926) Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, 1905Apr 15 Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Suburb under Snow (Wintery Day), 1886 May 20 Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960), Rio Grande Gorge Near Taos (Strength of the Earth), 1944-1949June 17 Irving K. Manoir (1891-1982), Aspen and Snow, 1923

Tuesday Noon ConcertsTuesdays at noon, Jan 28-Apr 15; Sandy Bell GalleryThe Tuesday Noon Concerts series is a cooperative ef-fort between the OU School of Music and the FJJMA. Set aside part of your lunch hour for these 30-minute concerts performed by OU music students and faculty. Selected Tuesday Noon Concerts are followed by gallery talks or Art After Noon programs at 12:30 p.m. Please visit the museum’s website for a full list of dates and performers.

Art AdventuresTuesdays at 10:30 am, Jan 7-June 24; Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart ClassroomYoung artists are invited to experience art through books and related art projects for children ages 3 to 5 accompanied by an adult. Art Adventures are made possible by generous support from the Kimball Founda-tion. Please visit the museum’s website for a full list of dates and books.

Museum Hours/Admission10 am to 5 pm Tue through Sat 10 am to 9 pm Fridays 1 to 5 pm Sundays Closed on Mondays and University holidays.

Museum admission is ALWAYS FREE, thanks to the generous support of the OU Office of the President and the OU Athletic Department.

Group tours and rates are available by calling (405) 325-1660 at least two weeks in advance.

MuseLocated just within the front doors of the museum is a wonderful gift store called Muse that houses items for any occasion! Beautiful jewelry, exhibition catalogs, toys and many other unique items relating to art and the museum’s collection ensure that your visit is a truly memorable one. We invite you to visit Muse, the museum store, during the museum’s regular hours.

Please visit www.ou.edu/fjjma and click SHOP to view past and present exhibition catalogs for sale. Contact the store staff at (405) 325-5017 or jinjo@ou.edu. Muse offers discounts to OU students, faculty and staff (with a valid ID) of 10% and Museum Association members receive 20% off their purchases.ContactFred Jones Jr. Museum of ArtThe University of Oklahoma555 Elm AveNorman, OK 73019-3003(Southeast corner of Boyd St and Elm Ave)(405) 325-4938museuminfo@ou.eduwww.ou.edu/fjjma

Note: all museum events and/or dates are subject to change. Please check the museum’s website before visiting to ensure accuracy.

For information and accommodations on the basis of disability, please call (405) 325-4938.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo.

8,000 copies of this brochure have been printed at no cost to the taxpayers of the State of Oklahoma.

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Family DaysSundays, 1-4 pm; Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart ClassroomExplore art in the museum’s per-manent collection and temporary exhibitions, and enjoy a variety of hands-on art activities for the en-tire family. Family Days are made possible by generous support from MidFirst Bank.

Jan 26 Check out the 100th Annual School of Art & Art History Student Exhibition and be inspired by a new generation of artists.Mar 30 Experience modern and contemporary art from the permanent collection and create your own masterpiece.May 18 Draw inspiration for art of your own from Allan Houser Drawings: The Centennial Exhibition.

Art “à la Carte”Every second Friday of each month, 5-7 pmEach month, the FJJMA is the official pre-party for the Norman Arts Council’s 2nd Friday Circuit of Art, a citywide arts event connecting the Downtown Arts District, the OU Arts District and other local galleries and organizations. Additional information is available online at www.2ndFri-dayNorman.com. The museum offers independent films by deadCENTER Film Festival each month and live music and food from local restaurants on selected dates. Films should be considered for mature audiences only. Metro Arts Circle members and their guests also are invited to private events during certain Art “à la Carte” evenings. Please visit the museum’s website for a full list of MAC events, films, musicians and food offerings.

FJJMA AssociationBe a patron of the arts! Members enjoy exclusive exhibition opening receptions, a 20% discount at Muse, discounts on other special programs and more. For additional information and a list of all of the upcoming membership events, please visit the museum website or contact Chelsea Julian at 405-325-2297 or chelseajulian@ou.edu.

FJJMAFred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

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OU Arts District The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is located in the OU Arts District.

Visit www.ou.edu/finearts/events for all of OU’s performing arts!

100th School of Art and Art History Student ExhibitionNancy Johnston Records GalleryJan 14 – Feb 16The annual OU student art show turns 100! This competitive juried show is held each spring and highlights the diverse works of art created by art and art history students from the University of Okla-homa. Multiple cash awards are presented to students, including the top award, the T.G. Mays Purchase Award, offered to a student whose artwork becomes a part of the museum’s permanent collection. This year’s guest juror is American painter Michael Ray Charles, Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. A public opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17; awards will be announced at the reception at 8 p.m. In honor of the centennial anniversary, an exhibition of alumni work will be held in the Lightwell Gallery inside the OU School of Art & Art History through Friday, Feb. 14.

Exhibition Programs:LectureThu Jan 16, 7 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Michael Ray Charles, Guest Juror

LectureThu Jan 23, 6 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones AuditoriumSterling Gates, OU School of Art & Art History Alum

Gallery TalkTue Jan 28, 12:30 pmNancy Johnston Records Gallery100th Annual School of Art & Art History Student ExhibitionTodd Stewart, Co-Interim Director and Associate Professor of Art, Technology and Culture, OU School of Art & Art History

Student Film ScreeningThu Feb 13, 7 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium

Spring 2014 ExhibitionsAllan Houser Drawings: The Centennial ExhibitionNancy Johnston Records GalleryMarch 8 – May 18This spring, the museum celebrates the centennial of Allan Houser, the distinguished Chiricahua Apache artist, with a special exhibition featuring 100 of his inimitable drawings. Ninety-nine percent of the drawings are being lent to the museum by the estate of the artist in Santa Fe, and the vast majority of the drawings have never been exhibited or published before. The exhibition, organized by guest curator W. Jackson Rushing III, empha-sizes the creative process, connoisseurship and aesthetic experience. Houser’s work, including paintings, sculptures and drawings for book illustrations, embodied history and ethnicity, even as it transcended such categories to speak with clarity, subtlety and power to audiences around the world. Because of the intimacy and accessibility of the drawings, the exhibition will offer a fresh perspective on this renowned American Master. Museum Association members and their guests are invited to a private opening reception Friday, March 7, 7-9 p.m. This exhibition is presented as part of Celebrating Allan Houser: An Oklahoma Perspective. This first-ever, statewide collaboration of Oklahoma museums and cultur-al institutions, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Museums Association, is honoring his memory, works and legacy. Visit www.OKHouser.org for more information.

Exhibition Programs:Student Opening PartyThu Mar 6, 7 pmSandy Bell Gallery

LectureFri Mar 7, 6 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones AuditoriumAllan Houser Drawings: The Centennial ExhibitionW. Jackson Rushing III, Adkins Presidential Professor of Art History and Mary Lou Milner Carver Chair in Native American Art, OU School of Art & Art History

SymposiumSat Mar 8, 10 am–4 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones AuditoriumSpeakers TBA

Film ScreeningSat Mar 29, 1–4 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones AuditoriumApache filmmaker Dustinn Craig will introduce his short films A Snapshot in Time (2009, 10 min.), Home (2005, 7 min.) and I Belong to This (2003, 15 min.), and his feature film We Shall Remain: Geronimo (2008, 84 min.).

LectureThu Apr 3, 6 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones AuditoriumApache Arts: Varied Mediums, Many MasterworksCécile Ganteaume, Curator, National Museum of the American Indian, NY

Gallery Talk: Students’ ChoiceTue Apr 8, 12:30 pmNancy Johnston Records GalleryFeaturing students from the OU School of Art & Art History

Houser Birthday CelebrationSat June 28, 2–4 pm

On Assignment: the Photojournalism of Horace BristolEllen and Richard L. Sandor Photography GalleryThrough Mar 16Horace Bristol achieved critical and popular acclaim in 1938 for his photographs of migrant workers in California during the Great Depression. Accompanied by writer John Steinbeck, Bristol attempted to draw attention to the plight of the dispossessed, and Steinbeck later drew upon the experience for his seminal novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Bristol continued to use the camera as a tool for cultural and social awareness over the next decade and created an impressive body of work that includes images of the American West, Bali, World War II and postwar Japan.

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Logo designed by Hoang Truong, Visual Communications Junior, OU School of Art & Art History.

Allan Houser (U.S., Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994)Apache Ga’an Dancer, 1939Pen and ink, 13½ x 11¾ in.Courtesy of Allan Houser, Inc.

Horace Bristol (U.S., 1908-1997)Young Balinese Djanger Dancer Performs, 1939Silver gelatin print, 20 x 16 in.The Horace and Masako Bristol Trust

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (U.S., Seminole/Muscogee/Diné, b. 1954)This is not a Commercial, this is my homeland, 1998Platinum lambda print, 33 x 28 in.Courtesy the artist. ©Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

Helen Frankenthaler (U.S., 1928-2011)Head of the Meadow, 1967Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 124 ¼ in.Private collection

Exhibition Program: FREDTalksFri Feb 28, 7 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones AuditoriumMigrationDavid Wrobel, Professor, Merrick Chair of Western History, OU Department of History, and other speakers TBA Our People, Our Land, Our ImagesEllen and Richard L. Sandor Photography GalleryApril 4 – May 25

Our People, Our Land, Our Images represents the work of indigenous photographers from North America, South America, the Middle East and New Zealand. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view indigenous peoples

through the eyes of indigenous photographers. The images presented in the exhibition explore their creators’ connections to their land, community and traditions. The various photographic approaches of the artists challenge audiences to examine the stereotypes, politics and histo-ries associated with indigenous peoples. This exhibition is organized by guest curator Veronica Passalacqua of the C. N. Gorman Museum at the University of California, Da-vis, and is a program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance, with the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Exhibition Program:Gallery TalkFri Apr 11, 6:30 pmEllen and Richard L. Sandor Photography GalleryShan Goshorn, Native American artist and activist, Tulsa

Oil and Wood: George Bogart and Jim HenkleNancy Johnston Records GalleryJune 7 – Sep 14

This exhibition pairs the work of two distinguished profes-sors emeriti of the OU School of Art & Art History: George Bogart and James Henkle. Bogart, who joined the faculty in 1970, experimented rest-lessly with oil paint, and the exhibition offers a retrospec-tive of his career. The furniture designs of James Henkle offer

a sculptural counterpoint to the paintings of Bogart. Henkle taught design at OU for nearly 40 years and, although he worked in a variety of media, he excelled in the artful design of modernist furniture. Museum Association members and their guests are invited to a private opening reception Friday, June 6, 7-9 p.m.

Exhibition Program:LectureJune 6, 6 pmMary Eddy and Fred Jones AuditoriumOil and Wood: George Bogart and Jim HenkleSusan Havens Caldwell, Professor Emeritus, Art History, OU School of Art & Art History

Helen Frankenthaler’s Head of the MeadowSandy Bell GalleryThrough Oct 12, 2014Museum visitors have the chance to view Helen Frankenthaler’s Head of the Meadow for a limited time, on loan from a private collector. Frankenthaler (1928-2011) was an influential American Abstract Expressionist painter. Her method of painting popularized a new style known as Color Field, where large areas of flat, solid colors are stained into the canvas. Head of the Meadow, painted in 1967, reflects a sense of impulsiveness with vibrant colors and expresses Frankenthaler’s desire to pursue her own path within the male-dominated realm of Abstract Expressionism.

Cover:Allan Houser (U.S., Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994)Apache Father and Son, c. 1992Oil stick, 23¾ x 18 in.Courtesy of Allan Houser, Inc.

George Bogart (U.S., 1933-2005)Chocolate Brown for David Whitney, 1970-73Acrylic, 96 x 72 in.Purchased with funds from the Charles Merrill Trust, and the National Endowment for the Arts