Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It's time now for our community connection right here on
Speaker 1: K one, the one you trust, and it's being brought
Speaker 1: to you by our good friends at Arnold Morning Camp
Speaker 1: be you Mahome, Wesley and Kiddey College also called Grass Motors,
Speaker 1: and Janet Odden is in with this today's as the
Speaker 1: president of the Bartlesville Art Association. It's a beautiful morning.
Speaker 2: It is a beautiful morning, a little bit of rain, sunshine,
Speaker 2: a wonderful day.
Speaker 3: There we go.
Speaker 1: We're going to have a little bit more beauty entering
Speaker 1: into the area here pretty soon because we've got something
Speaker 1: big coming up November ninth us a little.
Speaker 3: Bit about it.
Speaker 2: We have our inaugural six by six fundraiser for the
Speaker 2: Bartlesville Art Association and it's going to be held over
Speaker 2: at Cooper and Mill and we're looking forward to having
Speaker 2: a really, really good time.
Speaker 1: Now when we talk six by six, now, the six
Speaker 1: and six Phillip sixty six, that's kind of rings get
Speaker 1: some people's attention around here, but six by six means
Speaker 1: something a little bit different in this case.
Speaker 2: Well, it's a there is a connection there because.
Speaker 3: A little bit yeah Phillip.
Speaker 2: Sixty six was generous enough to help sponsor this inaugural event.
Speaker 2: And we are doing some artwork that is six by
Speaker 2: six and so this one is a portrait type and
Speaker 2: we have a landscape.
Speaker 3: Oh beautiful, there you got water color.
Speaker 2: We have some eclectic, will have some still life type things,
Speaker 2: and we also have whimsical type things.
Speaker 3: Oh who doesn't like a little whimsy.
Speaker 2: Right, And so we're really concentrating on trying to make
Speaker 2: this a fun event, making art more accessible to people
Speaker 2: in our community. The price point for all of these
Speaker 2: pieces will be only sixty six dollars, so it gives
Speaker 2: our younger family is an opportunity to get involved with
Speaker 2: the arts community, to maybe find a gift or start
Speaker 2: their own private collection.
Speaker 1: That's a great way to start here in your hometown.
Speaker 1: And we are so blessed in our region to have
Speaker 1: so many talented artists and they seem to know where
Speaker 1: to congregate pretty much right across the street, yes, the
Speaker 1: Art Association, But my goodness, this is a this is great.
Speaker 3: I hope this event goes on for a long time.
Speaker 2: Well, we're hoping that this first event will be a
Speaker 2: great kickoff and then we'll try and evaluate when we're done, sure,
Speaker 2: and look at doing it again in the future. We
Speaker 2: have invited, you know, our favorite artists here, and our
Speaker 2: artists have invited their favorite artists that they like to
Speaker 2: collect to contribute. So we have artists from.
Speaker 3: All our region.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Tulsa, Cleveland, Bartlesville, Claire Moore, We also have Oklahoma City.
Speaker 2: We also have artists that have contributed from New Mexico
Speaker 2: from now I can't think.
Speaker 1: All covered quite a region that that's a good swath
Speaker 1: of folks.
Speaker 3: Yes, coming in from Wow, this is going to be
Speaker 3: a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: And we've got a lot of space there because Cooper
Speaker 1: and Mill they do have a little bit of space there.
Speaker 3: They've got some real estate.
Speaker 2: Yes, so we kind of are thinking of this as
Speaker 2: an art block party. Come on, come on down and
Speaker 2: look at all the artwork. You know, have some refreshments
Speaker 2: and visit with your fans. Pick out a piece of
Speaker 2: artwork that you just can't live without, and it's going
Speaker 2: to be a great time.
Speaker 1: Well, this really sounds wonderful, and we've got the poster prominently.
Speaker 1: It's played here at the radio station. And if you
Speaker 1: see the thing that looks like six x six but
Speaker 1: it's don real cleverly read it, folks, because you can
Speaker 1: find out everything that's going on there and you can
Speaker 1: get all the details. But this is really going to
Speaker 1: be a funny event. I'm looking forward to this weather.
Speaker 1: It's going to be perfect. You have to worry about it.
Speaker 2: The weather will be great.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: And we're our tagline is art is anything but Square,
Speaker 2: and so that's what we're hoping that people will find
Speaker 2: it more approachable. A lot of times, going into a
Speaker 2: gallery and looking for a piece of art, you think, wow,
Speaker 2: this really isn't for me. This event is for everyone.
Speaker 3: Well, it sounds like it.
Speaker 1: It sounds so welcoming and it's very fun and you
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about really much of anything but
Speaker 1: bringing yourself a smile and maybe a little bit of cash, yeah,
Speaker 1: and coming home with really something that's going to be
Speaker 1: very nice for your home or for someone that you
Speaker 1: know and love.
Speaker 2: Yes, And great gift and they're all very unique. And
Speaker 2: we'll have the art inside, we'll have food outside, and
Speaker 2: plus you know, Cooper and Mill has a large range
Speaker 2: of items that you can purchase there. And we start
Speaker 2: at three o'clock, so we'll be open from three until eight,
Speaker 2: so that gives a little more flexibility for people.
Speaker 1: Now, do you have a website or a Facebook page
Speaker 1: where people can consult case to kind of forget.
Speaker 2: Yes, both, but you can't pre folks, so yes, and
Speaker 2: it's Bartleville Art Association dot org or dot com you
Speaker 2: can get us either way or bevl Art dot com
Speaker 2: you can get us that way. There's several options for searching,
Speaker 2: so yeah, check us out. We've got a lot of
Speaker 2: other things going on over at the communities are over
Speaker 2: at our our art studio. We have classes and we
Speaker 2: have a big workshop coming up on the twelfth, thirteenth,
Speaker 2: and fourteenth featuring Sonya Turpining, who is an Oklahoma artist
Speaker 2: now living in Texas, and she has a piece in
Speaker 2: our six by six. She's been a professional artist for
Speaker 2: many years, so she's now living in Texas, but she's
Speaker 2: an Oklahoma girl.
Speaker 1: Now you're over here in the command she center got
Speaker 1: a caddy corner here from the radio station. And you
Speaker 1: got a lot of sunlight coming in these days.
Speaker 2: Yes, it's beautiful. We have really a great light, great
Speaker 2: for painting and drawing, and lots of room we can
Speaker 2: accommodate fifteen to twenty artists at a time. And you
Speaker 2: don't have to be an artist to participate in the
Speaker 2: Art Association. You can just be an art lover or
Speaker 2: enthusiast or support or whatever. We encourage everybody to get involved.
Speaker 1: Well, this really sounds like a lot of fun. Once again,
Speaker 1: the big event is coming up on November ninth, from
Speaker 1: three to eight. That's going to be at Cooper Mill.
Speaker 1: It's called the six by six and it is going
Speaker 1: to be fabulous. And of course once again we've got
Speaker 1: the special class coming up with the date again with.
Speaker 2: Our November twelve, thirteen and fourteen. It's a watercolor workshop
Speaker 2: and it's almost full. We've only got one or two spots.
Speaker 1: Left, okay, so check online or make a phone call
Speaker 1: folks a little bit later on this morning and see
Speaker 1: how that goes. And we'll try to accommodate as many
Speaker 1: people as we can.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, you do have some room?
Speaker 2: Oh yes, oh yes, yeah.
Speaker 3: Well this is great.
Speaker 1: You know, Janet, I really appreciate you coming in here
Speaker 1: and kind of sharing some of this unique artwork on
Speaker 1: the six by six canvases that you've provided here. Old
Speaker 1: Ben Franklin, there never looked more colorful. Yes, I really
Speaker 1: like that one a lot who did that one?
Speaker 2: John Lenn Bloom did this one. There you go, And
Speaker 2: and this is Montyton. He's from Cleveland and he's also
Speaker 2: a professional artist.
Speaker 3: Money's got a lot of works around.
Speaker 2: Yes he does. He does beautiful work.
Speaker 1: Watercolor is a one of those things they can get
Speaker 1: away from you if you're not careful.
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, a little a little too much water and
Speaker 2: things all go awry.
Speaker 3: That's why it's an art folks.
Speaker 2: That's yes, sir, it is.
Speaker 3: And who's you know what?
Speaker 2: The artists that did this cute little cat painting did
Speaker 2: not sign it. Oh so this is going to be no, yes,
Speaker 2: our mystery person and hopefully they'll come and and see
Speaker 2: all the activities and we can meet him when they're there.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, artists to be named later.
Speaker 2: Yes, there you go.
Speaker 3: Well, thank you for coming in today.
Speaker 2: Hey, you're welcome.
Speaker 1: All appreciate it once again. Bartlesville Art Association. Jenet Ouden, President,
Speaker 1: in with us today on our community connection