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.

STILLWATER — Cowboy fans will need a roster handy when the team takes the field next fall to learn all their new players, but there are also going to be a ton of new guys dressed in polos with headsets on along the OSU sideline.

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy just about cleaned house when it came to his coaching staff after last season’s 3-9 finish. He hired two new coordinators (OC Doug Meacham and DC Todd Grantham) and allowed those guys to fill out their position coaches.

Among the 15 guys listed on OSU’s coaching staff page, only three are in the same role this season as they were the last: Gundy himself, specialists coach Sean Snyder, and strength and conditioning coach Rob Glass. Safeties coach Greg Brown was on OSU’s staff last season as a defensive analyst, but outside of that, every one is new.

In talking with players during the first two weeks of spring ball, the word “intensity” has been said in reference to just about everyone. Gundy mentioned Tuesday how there is more colorful language being said around the practice fields this spring, particularly from the defensive coaches.

Returning defensive tackle Iman Oates said new defensive line coach Ryan Osborn, formerly the defensive coordinator at Charlotte, brings that intensity, and it helps bring the intensity out of his guys. But Oates also heaped praise on Osborn’s teaching ability.

“He’s all over the place, man,” Oates said. “He’s relatable, but he also can teach like no coach I’ve had before. The knowledge of the game, the way he gives the information, it makes it hard to not be able to learn it.”

Jules Montinar takes over coaching the Cowboys’ cornerbacks. He was at East Carolina the past two seasons as the Pirates defensive pass game coordinator and corners coach. He’s also been on staffs at Florida, Georgia and Alabama throughout his career.

Corner Cam Smith is entering his fifth year with the program. He’s started in all 26 of the Cowboys’ games the past two seasons. Smith spoke highly of Montinar’s ability to teach and noted that coaches from all over the staff are holding guys accountable.

“Coach Jules is big on technique, knowing what to do and how to do it and knowing why it’s important,” Cam Smith said. “So I feel like that’s definitely big from a corner standpoint. All the coaching staff holds everybody accountable. The D-line coach can yell at the corners if he see they not really doing what they supposed to be doing. So I just love that everybody’s held to the same standard.”

On the offensive side, there probably isn’t a position coach more under a microscope this offseason than quarterbacks coach Kevin Johns. With all the new players, every position coach will have to work through position battles this spring, but Johns’ four-quarterback battle among Garret Rangel, Zane Flores, Maealiuaki Smith and Hauss Hejny will have the most eyeballs on it.

“Coach Johns, he’s very big time with the mental side of the game — the IQ, the game slowing down,” Smith said. “I feel like I’m understanding the game a lot more with Coach Johns.

“Coach Meacham, he’s really fun because the offense is really quarterback friendly. We like to throw the ball down the field, and that’s what he likes to do, get the ball to his receivers.”

OSU brought in three new tight ends from the transfer portal to compete alongside returners Josh Ford and Quinton Stewart. That group’s new coach is DJ Tialavea, who had been at Utah State (his alma mater) since 2020. When speaking about Tialavea, Ford brought up that word again: intensity.

“Man, Coach DJ, I’d say just everything we do, the intensity is up,” Ford said. “I love that. Say it’s a Thursday morning run, we’re in here at 6 a.m. running 200s, that’s basically game day for us. He gets us all in the right mindset, like we’re gonna dominate this. He encourages us to be the first in everything. If there’s a line across the field and we end a drill over here on this corner, he’s expecting us to be the first there, be the first in line in every single line.”

Florida State enters April on the hunt for a quarterback to lead its #Tribe26 class. Earlier this year, the Seminoles and four-star signal-caller Brady Smigiel parted ways, sending head coach Mike Norvell and his staff back in the open market.

Since then, FSU has been evaluating multiple options, including extending scholarship offers to five-star Keisean Henderson, four-star Bowe Bentley, and four-star Landon Duckworth. Bentley has since eliminated the Seminoles while Henderson still seems firm in his commitment to local Houston. Ole Miss appears to hold the edge for Duckworth at this stage.

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That means it’s time to expand the board as Norvell, quarterbacks coach Tony Tokarz, and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn continue to scour the country. Their search has led them back to a prospect the Seminoles are already familiar with.

According to On3’s Steve Wiltfong, four-star quarterback and Oklahoma pledge, Jaden O’Neal, is set to unofficially visit Florida State beginning on Thursday. He’ll have an opportunity to learn more about the coaching staff while viewing spring practice as well.

O’Neal has been committed to the Sooners since June 24 of last year but his status could be in question with Oklahoma still recruiting other quarterbacks. The aforementioned Bentley recently included OU in his top three.

Florida State could end up being the beneficiary as O’Neal was an option for the program last summer prior to Smigiel’s commitment. He was in Tallahassee for a summer camp where he threw in front of the coaching staff.

A California native, O’Neal moved to Oklahoma to be closer to his future home this offseason. During his junior year at Narbonne High School, he completed 88/124 passes for 1,798 yards with 16 touchdowns to one interception. O’Neal also rushed 21 times for 122 yards and four more scores.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound quarterback is regarded as the No. 138 overall prospect, the No. 11 QB, and the No. 1 recruit in Oklahoma in the 2026 class according to 247Sports.

Florida State holds eight verbal commitments in its 2026 class which ranks No. 14 in the country.

Four-Star WR Efrem White

Four-Star WR Darryon Williams

Four-Star DB Darryl Bell III

Four-Star RB Amari Thomas

Four-Star DB Tedarius Hughes

Three-Star LB Karon Maycock

Three-Star OL Xavier Payne

Three-Star OL Michael Ionata

Senior Thomas Castellanos

Redshirt Sophomore Brock Glenn

Redshirt Sophomore Michael Grant

Redshirt Freshman Trever Jackson

True Freshman Kevin Sperry

True Freshman Gavin Markey

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