Eight NOC students and three sponsors visited three Arkansas museums this summer. Pictured (L-R): Brad Matson, Angel Garcia, Trystyn Estes, Audrey Schmitz, Neally Lantz, Kris McDaniels, Samantha Hill, Danikka Hardy, Sunday Reynolds, Delaney Fox, Jason McNaughton.
NOC Tonkawa art students visit Arkansas museums
Eight students from the Northern Oklahoma College Fine Arts Division joined faculty members Audrey Schmitz, Brad Matson and Jason McNaughton on an overnight trip to tour three fine art museums in Bentonville, Arkansas: Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, The Momentary, and 21C Hotel Museum. Highlights of the trip included James Turrell’s Skyspace: The Way of Color, 2009; Marisol Escobar’s The Bathers, 1961-62 and Anita Field’s The Elements of Being, 1997.
The participating students were Neally Lantz, Stillwater; Angel Garcia, Ponca City; Samantha Hill, Ponca City; Kris McDaniels, Ponca City; Trystyn Estes, Newkirk; Delaney Fox, Tonkawa; Sunday Reynolds, Tulsa; and Danikka Hardy, Ponca City.
Along with touring the diversity of art held permanently at each museum, temporary exhibits such as Keith Haring in 3-D, America 250 Common Threads, The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press and The Greatest Wildlife Photographs were experienced. Additionally, students enjoyed exploring outdoor art trails on the extensive Crystal Bridges Museum campus nestled in the Ozarks.
The overnight art experience made possible with the financial support of Masonic and Presidential Partners grants.
“None of the students had been to the Bentonville before, and for many it was their first time to view high caliber American art “in the flesh,” said NOC Visual Arts Instructor Audrey Schmitz. “Our only regret was that we unable to see everything, but more than one student remarked that they were anxious to return on their own – accompanied by family and friends.”
