| Art Crit Night is a free to attend art critique event featuring two local artists who present their work during a curator-led discussion. Artists, arts professionals, collectors, and anyone curious about joining the conversation can look forward to a relaxed evening of engaging discussion and mingling with art friends. |
The Event
When
November 12, 2026 | 5:30–8pm Where 1515 Lincoln Gallery
The Application Participating artists will have the opportunity to present their work, receive feedback, and connect with the community. The application for Art Crit Night is free and selected artists receive a $100 stipend. | The November Guest Curator Alexa Goetzinger
Arts Advocate and Freelance Development Consultant
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Alexa Goetzinger is an independent curator, nonprofit professional, development consultant and grant writer based in Oklahoma City. Goetzinger was born and raised in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and has degrees in fine art and art history from the University of Oklahoma. Goetzinger curated "ArtNow: Materials and Boundaries" with Oklahoma Contemporary in 2026. From 2019-2023, she co-curated the national annual print exchange, "Connect: Collect" and coinciding exhibition, "Print as Object", for Oklahoma City University’s Hulsey Gallery. Goetzinger was previously a development consultant for Sunny Dayz Mural Festival, Education Director for Artspace at Untitled, and Associate Director of Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. |
Questions?
Reach out to Administrative and Artist Relations Manager, Ariana Weir-Temoshok, at Ariana@Ovac-Ok.Org or (405) 879-2400 Ex. 5
The August Artists
Come back soon for the announcement of the November artists!
Tulsa, OK
Participating Artist
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Carle THE Artiste is an Afro-indigenous, gender-fluid artist based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has received: Associates of Fine arts (2019) and their Bachelors of Studio art (2023). They have been able to showcase their work and organize local community events to bring collectives of art enthusiasts in the Tulsa community together. Through their art they strive to stimulate healthy mental processing of topics such as love, queerness, trauma, and pain through bright, colorful, dream-like imagery. They currently work as a painting instructor for “Paint the Town” based in San Francisco and he plans to go back to school in Fall 2027. . | Oklahoma City, OK
Participating Artist
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Dylan Cale Jones is an Oklahoma-based artist and educator making art about community, conflict, and interconnectedness. Jones completed their BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011. In 2015 they earned their MFA through a funded fellowship at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, Texas. They co-founded Practice Practice with a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. Jones is artist in residence at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center. | Art Crit Night supports and strengthens the work of every artist that participates, and promotes critical dialogue among the community members that attend. All participants must be open to the critique process. The process will include presenting your work, receiving feedback from the curator framed in a spirit of positivity and desire to help you progress in your practice, and receiving comments from the audience as these events will be open to the art community in an effort to increase critical dialogue. |
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