This article by Morgan Edwards appeared in the Oct. 15 edition of OC’s campus newspaper, The Talon.
“This art has been dormant for 11 years, and I was kind of waiting for someone to ask to display the art,” cartoonist David Miller said.
Oklahoma Christian University’s art gallery in the Garvey Center is currently featuring Miller’s cartoons through the month of October.
Many Oklahoma Christian students went to the art show’s grand opening on Oct. 1, where...
OC’s Jeff Price, an art and design faculty member, has secured access for students to use $170,000 worth of special effects software known as Houdini. The high quality, 3-D animation effects package was developed by Side Effects Software out of Canada. It is highly regarded in the film and television industry and was used heavily in the “Transformers” movies.
According to Price, the program costs about $6,500 per seat for professionals.
“We now have 26 copies,”...
The Council for Interior Design Accreditation has granted a six-year accreditation to the interior design program at Oklahoma Christian University. The Council accredits more than 150 programs across the country. This makes Oklahoma Christian only the third school in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities to have an accredited interior design program as well as one of a just a few accredited programs in Oklahoma.
“Receiving accreditation really benefits our students,” ...
Students from 78 high schools and universities across the country competed in the 24th Brass Ring Awards Art and Design Student Competition at Oklahoma Christian University. At the April 3 ceremony 126 Oklahoma students received awards in 40 categories. Twelve of the awards went to Oklahoma Christian students.
The Brass Ring Awards competition was created to motivate and reward students for excellence in art and design. Award-winning professional designers and artists judged all work. ...
Only School in Oklahoma To Make The List
For students interested in a career in video game design, there is only one school in Oklahoma among the top 50 in the country. Oklahoma Christian University was selected as one of the top undergraduate gaming design programs by The Princeton Review and GamePro magazine.
The full list is published in both April issues. Approximately 500 game design programs in the United States and Canada were evaluated.
“The final choice for the top 50 ...
We received this note from Jeff Price, Professor of New Media.
I wanted to announce that three of my students in ‘Technology for Graphics’ had their posters accepted in a poster competition at OU. The competition was to celebrate the opening of a show regarding the New Deal at the OU Museum. It was open to both professionals and students. For all three students it was the first competition they entered as design students.
Their posters will be on display at Michelangelo’s ...
Nine Oklahoma Christian University Art and Design students took several top places, in multiple categories, at the 5th Annual Oklahoma State University Creative Lightning Competition. Their work was competing against 155 entries from several higher education schools in Oklahoma.
Kirsten Jones, Brian Brewer, Rachel Burgess, Austin St. Aubin, Luke Gaither, Dylan Conklin, Amanda Hoddy, Jay Brumhall and Rebecca Vaughan all received awards in the competition ranging from 3d animation, interactive, ...
Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Oklahoma Educational Television Authority will highlight a joint art gallery between Oklahoma Christian digital photography students and UCO digital printmaking students. Both groups are taught by adjunct art professor Narciso Arguelles, who was interviewed for OETA’s show Oklahoma News Report. The 30-minute program can be seen locally on channel 13.
The joint art gallery will have an opening reception Friday, April 3 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the IAO Gallery in ...
Oklahoma Christian University (OC) students plan to honor the memory of Dr. Tony Alley by creating the Tony Alley Memorial Garden, just outside the building where he taught and mentored students. Alley, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2006, died in January 2008. He was Chair of the Department of Art and Design at the time of his death.
The students, who hope to raise $175,000 for the project, are holding a silent auction November 5-8 in the gallery in the university’s Garvey ...
Be sure to eat at any of the 7 Johnnie’s location on Sunday, September 21. All locations are donation a portion of proceeds to the Tony Alley Memorial Garden if you mention that you are from OC or with the Tony Alley group.
Click here to find out more information about the Tony Alley Memorial Garden.
OC alumna Jennifer Ma is the chief designer of visual and special effects for the opening and closing ceremonies at this year’s Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Click here to view photos from the ceremonies.
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Every four years, the world comes together for the Summer Olympics.
Billions of people tune in to watch the opening ceremonies – the parade of countries, the lighting of the torch and, at this year’s games, the work of a ...
Lacye Russell, adjunct professor of Art and Design at Oklahoma Christian University, was recently honored by Oklahoma A+ Schools. The “Spark Creativity” award recognizes and rewards teachers’ outstanding examples of creative teaching and learning moments.
Russell submitted a life-size self portrait assignment given to her Figure Drawing students at OC in the spring semester.
Through the sponsorship of the Creativity Project and with the generous donation of ...
Dr. David Lowry, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announces the recipients of this year’s Dean’s Award. The Dean’s Award is given at the end of the school year to recognize outstanding students from each department. A small reception for faculty, family, and friends was held on Friday, April 11, at 4:00 p.m. to honor these students.
Art & Design
The Art & Design Department has selected two recipients to receive the 2008 Dean’s Award.&...
By Dawn Marks, staff writer for The Oklahoman
With each stroke of their paintbrushes, the students are working to raise money for The Wishing Well Project, an organization created to help find clean water for African nations. The project also gives students a chance to showcase their pieces and work for a cause.
“Art is something that I think is really powerful. It’s a really powerful form of communication that goes across language barriers. It’s just not used enough,”...
Friday, March 28, Oklahoma Christian University hosted the Brass Ring Awards in Judd Theater. Approximately 300 people attended the presentation, including out of state participants.
The Brass Ring Awards began in 1985 with 85 entries from 7 universities. 2008 proved to be the 2nd largest show in its 23 year history. A total of 22 universities and 17 high schools from 18 states for a total of 949 entries participated.
The Brass Ring Awards were created to give ...
