Department of Art
Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery

OVERVIEW

The Nona Jean Hulsey Art Gallery, located in the Norick Art Center, provides a teaching/learning space for the direct use of faculty and students in the Oklahoma City University Art Department and to further the overall mission of Oklahoma City University. The Hulsey Gallery also provides a link between the University and the community with scheduled exhibitions that are open to the public and free of charge. It has 2800 square feet and 290 linear feet of exhibition space.

To support its mission the Hulsey Gallery shows the work of artist and designers from Oklahoma and the region, as well as work by Oklahoma City University students. There are between eight and ten scheduled exhibitions during the academic year, with one show for graduating seniors at the end of each semester. A juried exhibition of student work, open to all Oklahoma City University students, is held each spring.

Artists interested in showing at the Hulsey Gallery are encouraged to send 35mm slides of your work, or Mac-compatible disks, to Burt Harbison, Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University, 2501 N Blackwelder, Oklahoma City, OK 73106.

HOURS OF OPERATION
10am – 4pm Monday through Friday
2pm - 5pm on Sunday
(Closed Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Semester Breaks)
P: 405.208.5230

Admission is free for all events.


Summer 2009 – Spring 2010 Exhibition Schedule

Aug. 30 - Oct. 9, 2009
Jennifer Cocoma Hustis
Recent Work



Nov. 1 – 13, 2009
High School Print & Drawing Exhibition

Nov. 29 – Dec. 11, 2009
Graduating Seniors Exhibition

Jan. 8 – Feb. 19, 2010
OCU will host a photography exhibit called “Forgotten Time: Edward Curtis’ Visit to Oklahoma” with an opening reception. The exhibit will be on display until Feb. 19. OCU student Jacquelyn Sparks, the Curtis exhibit curator, will give a talk during the opening reception. The reception is free to the public. Curtis is best known for “The North American Indian,” a 20-volume portfolio of photographic records created between 1907 and 1930 of Native American culture. Sparks said OCU will present the entirety of Volume 19, which was photographed in Oklahoma during the mid-1920s and is probably the least studied of Curtis’ works. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Feb. 28 – Mar. 5, 2010
Private and Parochial Arts

March 26 - April 16, 2010
Spring Student Exhibition

April 26 - May 14, 2010
Graduating Seniors Exhibition - InSun Hong, Kat Adams, Jacquelyn Sparks, and Jeremy Coon





*An Opening reception will be on the first Sunday of the exhibition, from 2 – 5 pm.

Schedule subject to change with out notice.