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Mission

Our mission is to enrich lives through the visual arts.

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is one of the leading arts institutions in the region. The Museum presents a dynamic range of exhibitions organized from prestigious museums and collections throughout the world. The Museum’s own diverse collection features highlights from North America, Europe, and Asia, with particular strengths in American art and postwar abstraction. The permanent collection also boasts one of the world’s largest public collections of Dale Chihuly glass, a major collection of photography by Brett Weston, and the definitive museum collection of works by the Washington Color painter Paul Reed. The Museum’s renowned Samuel Roberts Noble Theater screens the finest international, independent, documentary, and classic films. Museum amenities include the Museum Store and the Roof Terrace. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. The Museum serves over 125,000 visitors annually from all fifty states and thirty foreign countries.

History

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The Museum’s 110,000 square foot facility, constructed in 2002, is located in the heart of downtown and is an anchor for a growing cultural district of the greater metropolitan area.

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s roots trace to early statehood efforts of the Oklahoma Art League and Art Renaissance Club, organizations concerned with art education for a young city. Over time, more formal efforts began with a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Experimental Gallery, which was open to the public. The Museum transitioned from a federally funded gallery to a private institution when it was incorporated on May 18, 1945.

The Museum today is the synthesis of two predecessors, the Oklahoma Art Center, itself an outgrowth of the WPA Experimental Gallery, and the Oklahoma Museum of Art. Although both institutions were committed to collecting,
public programs, and exhibitions, a depressed economy following the downturn in the energy industry during the 1980s challenged the city’s ability to support two institutions and led to a merger of the two museums in 1989.

Museum leaders seized the opportunity to bring a new Oklahoma City Museum of Art to maturation as a single, financially secure entity.

Led by a $14.5 million capital grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and by an extraordinary outpouring of support from more the 500 foundations, corporations, and individual donors, the $40 million goal was reached to build and endow the new museum, entirely with private funds. In March of 2002, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center, opened to critical acclaim. The Museum now attracts over 125,000 visitors each year with its permanent collection, cycle of temporary exhibitions, inventive education opportunities, international film program, and Museum Store.

Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center

Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center

Consisting of three floors of galleries, studio classrooms, Museum Store, Samuel Roberts Noble Theater, the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center is in the Arts District of downtown Oklahoma City between Hudson and Walker Avenues on Couch Drive. The Museum, designed by Allen Brown Architects, opened in its current location in 2002.

Samuel Roberts Noble Theater

Samuel Roberts Noble Theater

Incorporating the original 1947 Centre Theater as an adaptive reuse project, the 250-seat Samuel Roberts Noble Theater features a state-of-the-art projection system and is home to the Museum’s film program, which presents screenings every Thursday through Sunday.

Roof Terrace

OKCMOA Roof Terrace
The Roof Terrace is frequently open for special Museum events and can be booked for special occasions. Located atop the three-story Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center, the Roof Terrace offers a spectacular view of downtown Oklahoma City.

Lobbies

Oklahoma City Museum of Art Lobbies

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has two lobbies, one at the atrium entrance to the building’s west, near Walker Avenue, and the second at the theater box office to the building’s east, near Hudson Avenue. Each features large-scale glass installations by Dale Chihuly.

Atrium Lobby

The Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick Memorial Tower, created by Dale Chihuly, was commissioned by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in 1999. This monumental sculpture was created for the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center atrium entrance in memory of the late Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick, a Museum founder.

Theater Lobby

The Waterford Crystal Chandelier, one of two Chihuly Waterford Crystal Chandeliers in the world, is comprised of 203 individual blown lead crystal parts, each etched by Waterford artisans. The Chandelier is 9 feet, 7 inches in height, 5 feet, 5 inches in diameter, and weighs 2,000 pounds. It is mounted in the Noble Theater lobby. It may be viewed from the ground floor or from the mezzanine, which overlooks the theater lobby.

Departments

Michael J. Anderson, President & CEO

Curatorial Affairs & Audience Engagement

Rosie May, PhD, Director of Curatorial Affairs & Audience Engagement

Bryn Schockmel, PhD, Curator

Catherine Shotick, Curator

Bryon Chambers, Head of Public Programming and Partnerships

Amanda Harmer, Manager of Family and Access Programs

Neely Simms-Peters, Coordinator for Curatorial Affairs and Audience Engagement

Exhibitions & Registration

Ernesto Sánchez, Head of Exhibition Installation & Design

Maury Ford, Head of Exhibition & Collection Management

Trent Lawson, Chief Preparator

Randall Barnes, Preparator

Film

Lisa K. Broad, PhD, Head of Film Programming & Theatrical Operations

Dudley Marshall, Projectionist & Film Assistant

Resource Development

Kimberley Worrell, CMP, Director of Development

Cole Pettis, Membership and Donor Coordinator

Elizabeth Roewe, Member Engagement Manager

Becky Sowers, Development Officer

Katie Watts, Development Operations Manager

Marketing & Communications

Becky Weintz, Director of Marketing & Communications

Zac Fowler, Digital Communications Specialist

Administration & Finance

Rita Craig, Chief Financial Officer

Khristie Johnson, Human Resource Generalist

Jennifer Oliver, Accounting Manager

Jessica Johnson, Staff Accountant

Sarah Pruitt, Accounting Assistant

Museum Store

Richard Bruner, Museum Store Manager

Alex Barnes, Assistant Store Manager

Facility Operations

Jack Madden, Facility Operations Director

Robert Caldwell, Building Superintendent

Mark Ashurst, Facility Support Associate

Mike Rhoden, Facility Support Associate

Joe Sims, Facility Support Associate

Bert Boan, IT Manager

Noel Pendley, Desktop Support Technician

Visitor Services / Safety & Security

Steve Thompson, Chief of Safety and Security

Rhiyana Furniss, Assistant Chief of Safety and Security

Daniel Acuna, Assistant Chief of Safety and Security

Corrie Reagan, Admissions Coordinator

Leadership

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Officers

Cynda Ottaway, Chair

Meg Salyer, Chair-elect

Edward Barth, Immediate Past Chair

John Bozalis, Secretary

Chuck Wiggin, Treasurer

Bob Barnard, Vice-Chair

Jeremy Black, Vice-Chair

Hal Brown, Vice-Chair

Julie Hall, Vice-Chair

Suzette Hatfield, Vice-Chair

Frank Hill, Vice-Chair

Jerome Holmes, Vice-Chair

Leslie Hudson, Vice-Chair

Aaron Ketter, Vice-Chair

Duke Ligon, Vice-Chair

Penny McCaleb, Vice-Chair

Virginia Meade, Vice-Chair

Amalia Miranda Silverstein, Vice-Chair

Trustees

Amy Bankhead

Bob Barnard

Edward Barth

Elby Beal

Jeremy Black

John R. Bozalis, MD

Allen Brown

Hal J. Brown

Philip Busey, Jr.

William M. Cameron

Michael Coffman

Teresa L. Cooper

Liz Cromwell***

Karen Delaney

Nancy Payne Ellis*

Jim English

David T. Greenwell

Julia Hall

Kirk Hammons

Judy J. Hatfield

Suzette Hatfield

Frank D. Hill

The Hon. Jerome A. Holmes

Leslie S. Hudson

Steven Kerr

Aaron Ketter

Duke R. Ligon

Judy Love

Neal McCaleb

Penny McCaleb

James C. Meade*

Virginia A. Meade

Frank Merrick

Charles E. Nelson*

Xavier Niera

Cynda Ottaway

Caroline Patton

Joan Payne

Nikola Puffinbarger, MD

Jeff Records

Robert J. Ross

Meg Salyer

Amalia Silverstein, MD

Jeanne Hoffman Smith, PhD**

Miles Tolbert

Sean Trauschke

Chuck Wiggin

Max Weitzenhoffer

Wanda Otey Westheimer**

*Lifetime Trustee
** Trustee Emeritus
*** Moderns Board Chair, Ex-Officio

Annual Reports

OKCMOA Annual Report

2017-2018 / Download Here

OKCMOA Annual Report

2016-2017 / Download Here

Audit Report

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2019 Donor Privacy Policy

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