New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Community
Find your people, because #FridayFilms is back with plenty of backup. Community is in the eye of the beholder, and as we know from our digital lives, it does not have to be a physical place. As Ron Tarver and Ebony Iman Dallas’ work testifies in our current exhibition, We…
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Black Horror
Autumn Brown, instructor for this spring’s Black History in Black Horror course, delves into films that use horror as a metaphor for one of society's biggest sins
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Ed Ruscha
Four short documentaries on the life and work of the contemporary art icon ahead of his upcoming Oklahoma Contemporary exhibition
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: ArtNow 2023
Future-facing films … from the past
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Halloween Favorites
Movies that go bump in the night, selected by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Staff Picks
Streaming video about art and artists, handpicked by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries FridayFilms: Future Freakouts
Experimental films from the "endangered present" imagine worlds to come
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Contemporary Native Filmmakers
Behind the camera with Oklahoma's leading Indigenous directors
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Short and Sweet
Streaming selections from the PBS Short Film Festival 2020
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Portraying Black Lives
A playlist of Art21 documentaries about Black artists in the United States
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Women in the Arts
Streaming video about art, selected by Curatorial and Exhibitions Director Jennifer Scanlan
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Okie Cinema, Part 1
Cinematic selections from Oklahoma, picked by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Literary Adaptations, Part 1
Streaming movies based on books, selected by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: ArtNow 2023 Pt. 2
From The Shire and Spain to Ingary and Tuscany
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Black History in Motion
Explore the depth and diversity of Black experiences in the United States with these streaming cinematic selections
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: The Art of Food
Tasty views just for you
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: The Art of Cuisine
Five food-forward flicks to stimulate your brain and your appetite
New Light - Entries #StudioinPlace #FridayFilms: Movies about Painters
Calvin Pressley offers up a few cinematic brushes with greatness
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Ceramics Cinema, Part 2
Documentary picks from Ceramics Program and Studio Manager David Stevens
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: The Art of Family
Let's liven up the end of another week in self isolation with a round of #FridayFilms. Each week, we're bringing you a themed selection of streaming art-related video handpicked by me, Oklahoma Contemporary Exhibitions and Curatorial Director Jennifer Scanlan, along with other members of our staff. Some of you may…
New Light - Entries #StudioInPlace #FridayFilms: How-to Boogaloo
Do it yourself with five instructional art videos, selected by Virginia Sitzes
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Literary Adaptations, Part 2
More streaming movies based on books, selected by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Halloween Favorites, Part 2
More fright-inducing flicks selected by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Literary Adaptations, Part 3
Our final roundup of movies based on books, selected by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Ceramics Cinema, Part 1
Documentary picks from Ceramics Program and Studio Manager David Stevens
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Okie Cinema, Part 2
More homegrown movies picked by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: The Art of Food 2
Round two of delicious views
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Road Trip Movies, Part 1
Hit the open asphalt with Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Movies about Music, Part 3
Oklahoma Contemporary staff on their favorite films with a beat
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Movies About Music, Part 2
Films with a beat, selected by Oklahoma Contemporary staff
New Light - Entries #StudioInPlace #FridayFilms: Out of This World
David Stevens on the movies inspiring his August digital residency project
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Road Trip Movies, Part 2
Cinematic selections to get your wheels turning, inspired by Ed Ruscha
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Movies About Music, Part 1
From documentaries and concert films to animations and musicals, Oklahoma Contemporary share their favorites
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: From New York with Love
Art21 digital film series explores a new wave of trailblazing NYC artists
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Women Filmmakers, Past and Present (Part 1)
Exploring the work of Alice Guy Blanché and Lulu Wang with Oklahoma Contemporary Artistic Director Jeremiah Matthew Davis
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Women Filmmakers, Past and Present (Part 3)
Exploring the work of Frances Marion and Chloé Zhao
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Women Filmmakers, Past and Present (Part 2)
Exploring the work of Lois Weber and Mati Diop with Oklahoma Contemporary Artistic Director Jeremiah Matthew Davis
New Light - Entries #FridayFilms: Summer of Soul explores the modern problem of public secrets
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's documentary pulls the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival out of the memory hole
Watch & Read Read
The Oklahoma Contemporary blog, New Light, is your source for dynamic, original content surrounding the exhibitions, public programming and educational initiatives of your new arts center. Now we're making it easier for you to find the best of this content in one place with our new Read page, designed to…
New Light - Entries Sightlines
Oklahoma Contemporary's new Read page helps you explore stories from your new arts center
New Light - Entries #StudioinPlace: Fired Up
Studio-in-Place artist David Stevens forges his first ceramic stories in the flame
New Light - Entries Contemporary Heart
Valentine's Day ideas from Oklahoma Contemporary
New Light - Entries Native Art Now
Meet the Indigenous artists lighting up Oklahoma Contemporary's inaugural exhibitions
Watch & Read New & Now
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