Events

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman
General Public Information: 405-325-3272, www.ou.edu/fjjma
Media Contact: Michael Bendure, FJJMOA, 405-325-3178
Info: Opening reception is Wednesday, June 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. In the summer of 2007, Dr. Rennard Strickland, an Oklahoma citizen of Osage and Cherokee heritage and a passionate collector of Indian art, announced that he wished to give his remarkable collection of more than 200 works of Native American art to the museum in memory of his mother Adell Tucker Strickland. In conjunction with the Red Earth festival opening, his collection appears in this new exhibition, which includes paintings, baskets, pottery, textiles and sculpture, representing some of the most acclaimed artists of the 20th century to the present. Strickland's vision and knowledge about Native arts makes this one of the more remarkable contemporary collections to be donated to the museum.