TU-Gilcrease merger

Reposted from TU’s website:

Frequently Asked Questions about the Proposed TU/Gilcrease Partnership

Announcement:

Why is this agreement between TU and the City of Tulsa taking place?

The primary goal of the proposed TU and Gilcrease partnership is to consolidate management of the museum under a single entity in order to better preserve, enhance and strengthen the world class collection and legacy of Thomas Gilcrease.

Waste basket of America?

A good friend pointed out a very interesting little graphic to me yesterday. It comes from Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s latest anti-litter educational campaign. Take a look (push reload if it’s not moving on your screen):

 

But what is that thing to the left? It could be a very asymmetrical wastebasket, but it also bears a striking resemblance to this state: 

The icon in the Oklahoma slogan has clearly been gif-ified and all the little bumps and irregularities on the borders smoothed out.  But even more striking is the placement of this Arkansas-shaped icon: directly to the right of “Oklahoma” just as it would be on the map. And there’s no mistaking that lumpy little yellow ball is going straight from Oklahoma into the heart of Arkansas.

So what happened here? Was this intended? Oklahoma litter campaign = put trash in Arkansas. You’d think someone would have noticed by now and gotten the campaign graphic changed. Otherwise, Arkansas, start monitoring those Okie borders!

Tulsa art round-up #1!

This is the first installation of some pictures I’ve snapped of public art in Tulsa.

Tulsa Garden Center – The entrance to the small but cute botanical gardens
Labyrinth – A maze based on the one in Chartres Cathedral. I discovered this one on a serendipitous expedition to Squirrel Park in South Tulsa
La Storia della Terra – Six gigantic sculpted books, each made from the stone of a different continent. By far my favorite work
Red Flame – Placed appropriately in front of a fire station.
Inverted fountain – Down in a sunken courtyard of downtown Tulsa. Near the big spiky bronze sculpture, if that helps.

I want to see this!

Did anyone see Four Sheets to the Wind? It looks fascinating, if only because it was filmed in Tulsa and about present-day American Indians. It doesn’t seem to be playing anywhere anymore, and it’s not out on DVD. How frustrating.
A review is here!