Event Dates

December 1, 2023 - January 28, 2024

108|Contemporary is proud to represent our innovative members by hosting a survey exhibition of their newest artwork. The State of Craft, is open to all 108|Contemporary members and features the broad media utilized by our members such as fiber, wood, ceramics, glass, metal, installations, and more. This exhibition presents the diverse work of the contemporary artistic talent in Oklahoma.

Exhibition Dates: December 1, 2023 – January 28, 2024
*We will be closed Thursday, January 18 – Sunday, January 21, 2024*

Exhibition Opening: Friday, December 1, 2023 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm

About the Juror:
Mary Anne Jordan is an artist/quilt-maker and professor in the Textiles/Fibers Program at University of Kansas in the Department of Visual Art. She has exhibited artwork nationally in the US and internationally in Japan, Korea, Poland, South America, France, Canada. Jordan teaches at KU with specialty in printed and dyed textiles, quilting, and textile design. She received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, and BFA from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Exhibiting Artists:
Nancy Andrasko
Marilyn Artus
Dorris Brinkley Levasheff
Caryn Brown
Angela Browning
Timothy Clement
Lizzie DiSilvestro
Jean Ann Fausser
Thomas Fry
Cassidy Frye
Penni Gage
Irmgard Geul
Ruth Hesse
Terri Higgs
Jolie Hossack
Mark Hustis
Molly Kaderka
Clayton Keyes
Joe Kissinger
Mark Lewis
Cynthia Marcoux
Susan Michael
Nicole Moan
Molly Murphy Adams
Taylor Painter-Wolfe
Cristiana A Prado
Elizabeth Richards
Sarah Robl
Steven Schmidt
Byron Shen
Gayle Singer
Jessica Teckenmeyer
Cathryn Thomas

This exhibition is presented by the Hardesty Family Foundation who have helped make artist awards possible. This project is sponsored by the VISION Arts Grant from the City of Tulsa. This project is also supported in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Oklahoma and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Congratulations to our award winners!

 

Mark Lewis
Juror’s Choice Award

Clayton Keyes
Craft + Art Dialogue Award

Joe Kissinger
Craftsmanship Award

Sarah Robl
Innovation Award

Steven Schmidt
Contemporary Design Award

 

Watch the exhibition virtual tour below:

Watch the Juror Talk with Mary Anne Jordan below:

 

Read more in Independent Review Crew’s Article by Alicia Chesser here