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MSA Confab 2023 Schedule


Wednesday, October 4
OU School of Visual Arts 
520 Parrington Oval, Norman, Oklahoma  73019

9am-5pm
SoVA Galleries Lightwell and Spotlight OPEN

10am-5pm 
Fred Jones Jr. Art Museum OPEN

1:30pm Visiting Artist Lecture in room 205
Visiting Artist Lecture by Dylan Collins 
Dylan will be working in the OU Sculpture studios alongside the students October 2-5


Thursday, October 5
OU School of Visual Arts 
520 Parrington Oval, Norman, Oklahoma  73019

9am-5pm
SoVA Galleries Lightwell and Spotlight OPEN

10am-5pm 
Fred Jones Jr. Art Museum OPEN

All day
Furnace set up in Sculpture Yard
Tiny Monuments  Outdoor Exhibition installation 
MSA Open Indoor Exhibition installation

1-4pm Workshop
in Sculpture Studios
Direct Carving Molds for Iron Pour with Visiting Artist Dylan Collins.
(workshop pre-registration required)

6pm Confab Kick-off
Tiny Monuments Outdoor Pop-up exhibition reception with open studio in Figure Sculpture studios in the 
Charles M. Russell Center, 409 West Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73069

Friday, October 6
OU School of Visual Arts 
520 Parrington Oval, Norman, Oklahoma  73019

9am-5pm
SoVA Galleries Lightwell and Spotlight OPEN

10am-5pm 
Fred Jones Jr. Art Museum OPEN All 9am-4pm

8:30am-5pm
Registration and dine around sign-ups at the Iron Pour site outside the Art Building
520 Parrington Oval, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019

10am-4pm Iron Pour

noon-3pm Tours (of the School of Visual Arts and  the Fred Jones Jr. Art  Museum starting on the hour leaving from the Registration table)

10am-noon Workshop Clay 3d printing design and production with Jordan Lawson
in Sculpture Studios
(workshop pre-registration required)

9am-noon - Workshop
OU Library Emerging Technologies workshops - morning group with Bobby Reed and Kristi Wyatt
at the Edge Lab in the OU Library
(workshop pre-registration required)

10am-1pm - Workshop
Figure Sculpture in clay with Jamie Bates Slone
in the Figure Sculpture studios in the Charles M. Russell Center
(workshop pre-registration required)

1-4pm - Workshop
OU Library Emerging Technologies workshop - afternoon group with Bobby Reed and Kristi Wyatt
at the Edge Lab
(workshop pre-registration required)

5-7pm - Gallery Receptions
for Of the Land and 2023 MSA Scholarship Exhibition
with Juror's talk by MSA Keynote Speaker Anna Tsouhlarakis and awards in the Lightwell Gallery at 5:30pm

7 pm Dine Arounds (see in-person sign-ups at registration table)

Saturday, October 7
OU Gaylord College of Journalism and Communication 
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Auditorium,
Gaylord Hall room 1140
395 W. Lindsey Street,
 Norman, Oklahoma  73019

8am Registration with coffee
395 W. Lindsey Street, Norman, Oklahoma  73019

9am Welcome

9:15am Art Burst 1

9:30am 2023 Scholarship Presentations

10:35am Art Burst 2

10:45-11am Break

11-12:30 Keynote Speaker Presentation - Anna Tsouhlarakis 

12:30 lunch and MSA Open exhibition 
at Gibbs College Architecture building next door to Gaylord Hall 
(pick-up box lunches ordered online)

1 pm members’ meeting during lunch 1:30pm Exhibition – Juror’s talk by Garry Holstein in the Jayne and Joe Buskuhl Gallery before returning to Gaylord Hall

2:15pm Art Burst 3

2:30pm Panel Talk Go Figure with moderator Jamie Bates Slone and panel speakers Holly Wilson and Jason Kimes

4pm Breakout discussion groups

5pm Art Burst 4

5:15pm– Closing statement and Reflections.
Artists can deinstall pieces indoor and outdoor pop-up shows  

7pm – Dinner and 2023 Masters Award
at Cross Cannons Brewery
333 W. Boyd St., Norman
(online registration to rsvp and purchase) 

9pm - Exhibition Reception and Closing Confab Celebration
at the Resonator
Featuring artworks by the MSA members of the Board of Directors
325 E. Main Street, Norman, OK 73069


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