Call to artists: Cranked

This from Live4This/Loose Leaf Co.:

We're having a group show coming up during the Tulsa Tough bike race. The show is called Cranked and will feature all bike themed art.

If you are interested in submitting work the guidelines are as follows -

+ All art must be bicycle themed / related.

+ One piece per artist not to exceed 18x24.

+ If you are submitting a print you can submit as many as you would like to sell but at least one needs to be framed for display.

+ All work MUST be in by May 22 at the very latest and ready to hang.

+ The gallery takes 30% of sales.

+ Artist pays for shipping (if applicable). If any work is unsold we will cover return shipping.

+ Send work to 1402 S Quincy Ave. Tulsa, OK 74120 along with the following info - your name, title, medium, website, and the total price of the piece (including the 30% commission). Or drop off work at 328 E 1st Street, Tulsa, OK 74120, Mon-Turs 11-3.

+ If you plan on participating in the show please send an email to aaron at looseleafco dot com with your name, website and a few samples of work.

Thanks for your interest!!
-LL

Colonizing Pawhuska

In interviewing Lee Roy Chapman for last week's Urban Tulsa Weekly cover story, I learned that some pretty creative things are happening in the little town of Pawhuska, the capital of the Osage Nation, just an hour and a half northwest of Tulsa.

Chapman and a few others have a mind to turn the little town into an arts colony, similar to the Taos and Santa Fe colonies of New Mexico. Chapman and Oak Tree Books owner Scott Dingman have set up shop in a large, open space called the Woodul Gallery (above) on Sixth Street in downtown Pawhuska where, last weekend, they hosted an opening reception for an exhibit of famed, Tulsa-bred photographer Gaylord Herron. Also on display were some of Black Mesa and Live4This's works from the Public Secrets exhibit at Living Arts last winter.

Chapman said the exhibit will likely hang through April and May, and he'll host a second opening in May, which he hope will attract more travelers from Tulsa. He's leasing his Pawhuska space for a fraction of what something like that would cost him in Tulsa, and he sees the possibilities for artists in that town boundless.

The Lloyd Gallery, just down the street from Woodul, owned and operated by Roger Lloyd (above, center), also hosted an opening reception Saturday for an exhibition by photographer John Margolies. Margolies shoots roadside curiosities and other destination oddities. Last month, the Lloyd Gallery showed paintings by Tulsa artist (and memorable Mazeppa character) Gailard Sartain.

I'll be writing an in-depth piece on the possibility of Pawhuska as an arts colony sometime this summer for UTW, so stay tuned.