OU School of Visual Arts

Join from May 5 through May 17 to experience creative works in the 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬: 𝐁𝐅𝐀 + 𝐁𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with focus areas being displayed in various locations of the Fred Jones Art Center. A reception will take place on May 8 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Locations include:
⟢Visual Communications | Room 103, 1st Floor
⟢Spotlight Gallery | 1st Floor
⟢Lightwell Gallery | 2nd Floor

Congratulations to Charlie Street, who was awarded the Michael S. Krawczyk Award for his piece “The Roads Most Travelled.”

The Road Most Travelled
Screenprint
20” x 15”

Congratulations to Cierra Roberts, who was awarded the Michael S. Krawczyk Award for her piece “You Found It.”

You Found It
Enameled Steel
5 x 3 x 1.5 inches

Congratulations to Lori Bacigalupi, who was selected by our juror to be awarded the Michael S. Krawczyk Award for her piece “Remnants” in the 112th Student Exhibition!

Remnants Paper
clay, hand-made paper and mixed media
20” x 20” x 3

Congratulations to Seph Trask who was selected by our juror to be awarded the John R. Potts Sculpture Award for his piece “Some Type of Skin” in the 112th Student Exhibition!

Some Type of Skin
Cast Iron, Bronze
9” x 7” x 7”

Congratulations to Ava Crismon, who was awarded the Michael S. Krawczyk Award for her piece “Life Goes On.”

Life Goes On
Video
Length: 1:54

Join us tomorrow, April 23rd, for the Closing Reception of the 112th Annual Student Exhibition. This year’s exhibition was juries by , Tulsa Artist Fellow and OU Alum.

The exhibition features work by current OU students enrolled in courses at SoVA in a variety of media including printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, video arts, and more.

Moooooooooom!: Works by Melissa Yes
The Lightwell Gallery presents Moooooooooom!, an exhibition of works by Melissa Yes, an American artist and educator working primarily in video. She is based in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, AL, where she works as the Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the University of Alabama.

“This exhibition emphasizes works in video and needlecraft: materials in which I see motherhood documented in so many sincere yet inadequate ways. I find legibility and resolution in these media to be full of meaning. Pixels and stitches express so much, but never the full picture”

Exhibition Run: November 13 – December 12, 2025

Reception: November 13th, 2025 from 4pm - 6pm

Now in the SPOTLIGHT GALLERY: What Plants Whisper

What do plants know, and how do they communicate it? What Plants Whisper is a group exhibition of student works from the Fall 2025 Olfactory Art class, exploring scent as a bridge between human and plant perception. Rooted in research on plant intelligence, the show invites viewers to engage their noses, ears, and intuition to acknowledge plants as active, responsive beings. Artworks reflect individual experiments with botanical materials and aromatic processes, using smell to express stories of memory, emotion, ecology, and reciprocity. From fragrant installations to subtle scent-based gestures, these works ask: If plants are talking, are we listening?

Spotlight Gallery Opening Reception: October 30, 2025 | 3:30-5:30 PM | Thursday afternoon classes welcome, and open to the public!

Exhibition Run: October 27th - November 7th, 2025

Reception TODAY: October 16th, 2025, 4pm - 6pm

Spotlight Exhibition | The Figure

Currently open in the Spotlight Gallery, this exhibition includes sculptures and drawings of the human figure created by students in figurative sculpture.

Exhibition Run: October 6th - October 17th, 2025

Location: Fred Jones Art Center, Spotlight Gallery, 1st Floor 520 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK