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SINGER DEONNA MARIE HAS HAD TO OVERCOME MANY STRUGGLES TO BE WHERE SHE IS TODAY. WE HEAD TO OKLAHOMA TO GET AN INSIDE LOOK AT HER SHOW “THE DEONNA MARIE EXPERIENCE,” WHICH TAKES VIEWERS ON AN INSPIRING JOURNEY THROUGH HER LIFE.

WE HEAD TO MIAMI, OKLAHOMA, TO EXPERIENCE “MURAL FEST SIXTY-SIX.” SINCE 2017, THIS MURAL FESTIVAL HAS GIVEN ARTISTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A BIG WAY…AND IT HAS REINVIGORATED A SMALL TOWN IN THE PROCESS.

OKLAHOMA ARTIST MATT GOAD HAS BEEN CREATING FOR YEARS. HIS GEOMETRIC APPROACH TO ART IS BELOVED ACROSS THE STATE—SO MUCH SO THAT HE WAS CHOSEN TO PRODUCE AN ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR THE WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

WE TAKE A TRIP TO EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, TO MEET JAMES COPLIN. ONCE A BODYBUILDER CHAMP, HE IS NOW AN ARTIST AND TEACHER. WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIS LIFE, CAREER, AND HOW HE MAKES HIS PAINTINGS.

IN 2022, THE BOB DYLAN CENTER OPENED ITS DOORS IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, LECTURES, AND MORE, THIS ENGAGING SPACE HIGHLIGHTS SINGER-SONGWRITER BOB DYLAN AND THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS HE’S MADE TO THE WORLD.

WE TRAVEL TO OKLAHOMA TO MEET JASON WILSON WHO IS A PAINTER OF QUILTS. INSPIRED BY THE QUILTS HIS GRANDMOTHER USED TO MAKE, HE RETHINKS AND REVIVES THIS TRADITIONAL ART FORM.

Tulsa-based artist Joel Daniel Phillips believes a return to realism could help people believe each other again in this era of misinformation. Armed with a pencil, he creates life-size drawings of censored WPA-era photograph negatives documenting the Great Depression. His series "Killing the Negative" recently won him honors from the Smithsonian. OETA's Gallery America goes inside Joel's studio.

FOR OVER 30 YEARS, ARTIST MARK SISSON HAS TAUGHT PRINTMAKING AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA. DURING HIS CLASSES, STUDENTS ARE SHOWN THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS ARTISTIC PROCESS AND ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN WORKS OF ART.

CHOREOGRAPHER ARI CHRISTOPHER CREATED “THIS CAR UP,” A DANCE FILM AND ART INSTALLATION THAT EXAMINES AND REINTERPRETS THE CATALYZING EVENT OF THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

WITH WOOD AS HER MEDIUM, OKLAHOMA-BASED ARTIST EBONY IMAN DALLAS CREATED THE MURAL “GREENWOOD IMAGINE.” BASED OFF A POEM, THE WORK IMAGINES A WORLD IN WHICH THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE NEVER HAPPENED.

ARTIST KELLY PENNINGTON WORKS OUTDOORS. BASED IN ADA, OKLAHOMA, SHE FOCUSES ON NATURAL LANDSCAPES, PAINTING THE FIELDS, MOUNTAINS, AND TREES THAT SURROUND HER.

Tyson Meade is an Oklahoma-based \\\"action painter\\\" who spent the 1990s traveling the world with the grunge-era band Chainsaw Kittens. After living abroad in China, he\\\'s back in Oklahoma -- getting physical with art.

Katherine Reynolds is a neon glass artist in Oklahoma City. She is the founder of Reynolds and Son Neon where she and her son Dustin create stunning signs that light up the city as well as works of art that are on display at art galleries.