Current Art Exhibitions
Max Chambers Library - First Floor
Honoring Native American Women
These artists credit their work to their indigenous heritage, while many shared their talents as art educators and expanded creativity among generations. The artworks pay homage to the cultures, histories, and memories of indigenous women. The epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women is part of the spectrum of violence experienced by women in the Native community. This crisis can be attributed to the lack of legal protections from the systematic erosion of tribal sovereignty.
Murrah Federal Building Artwork
Nineteen artworks that survived the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building are exhibited on 1st floor. The library website also has an online exhibit that includes video commentary about many of the pieces.
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Rubye McCann Exhibit
Rubye McCann (1908-2005) taught in the Oklahoma City Public Schools for 27 years before retiring to focus on photographing and painting Oklahoma history. As a published photographer and an accomplished artist, her work was exhibited around the state and in the State Capitol numerous times. She was also a founding member of the OKC Watercolor Society.
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Max Chambers Library - Second Floor Display Cases
Pre-1940s Taos Artist Colony
Taos was New Mexico's premier art colony and the first significant art colony in the American West. Founders were Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Phillips who were on a painting expedition together when their carriage broke down in the vicinity of Taos in 1898. Several artists included in Melton Legacy Collection are currently on display.
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Celebrating Modern Hispanic Masters & Their Influencers
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this display features works of Hispanic artists in reproductions from the Melton Art Reference Library Collection.
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Old North - Third Floor
Native American Art in the UCO Collections
Rubye McCann Exhibit
Rubye McCann (1908-2005) taught in the Oklahoma City Public Schools for 27 years before retiring to focus on photographing and painting Oklahoma history. As a published photographer and an accomplished artist, her work was exhibited around the state and in the State Capitol numerous times. She was also a founding member of the OKC Watercolor Society.
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Old North - Fourth Floor
100+ Years of Women's Athletics at UCO
After a century of fighting for gender equality on many fronts and the passage of new legislation toward the end of the 20th century, the playing field for women's athletics in higher education began to level out. While there is still room for growth and improvement, UCO has continued to develop and evolve women’s athletics on campus. Many of Central's noted female athletes have gone on to win regional conference and national championships. Go Lady Bronchos!!!
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