Momentum: New Oklahoma visual art exhibit features young local artists

A new exhibit curated by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) has been announced featuring young local artists from around the state from April 4-5.

The Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch crew sits down with Exhibit Guest Curator Narciso Argüelles and Spotlight Artist Michele Pierce about the new event, and how it can take a hobby and make it into a profession.

Q: What is Momentum?

A: It is a yearly art show put on by OVAC. It features emerging artists from 18 to 30 years old, and it’s artists from all over the state. This year it’s going to be in the Yale Theater, on the south side of the metro. The opening is tonight, from 7 to 10 pm, and there we’re going to have a little curator-led tour as well. So it’s going to be an amazing time.

Q: What kind of art will it be?

A: Artists will have a chance to experience exhibiting and selling their artwork. These include a lot of large-scale narrative portraits, we’re going to have a performance art piece, photography, painting, sculpture.

Q: How important is it to celebrate artists and art here in Oklahoma?

A: Artists, I believe, are like the record keepers of culture. Sometimes people don’t see it this way, but as you walk through life, we experience art in many different ways, whether it be photography in advertising or graphic design, but not just murals and things like that. But it’s everywhere around us. So that’s why it’s so important to kind of nurture artists and the creative side because it’s literally everywhere around us.

Tickets for the OVAC Momentum Exhibit can be found on their website.