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