Last Updated on January 11, 2024, 12:20 PM | Published: January 11, 2024
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art sends this information as posted below:
OKLAHOMA CITY (January 9, 2024) – The Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) will kick off its monthly free admission days on January 14. Thanks to the generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program, visitors of all ages will receive access to Museum galleries at no cost on the second Sunday of each month for the next three years.
“Access for All will allow us to share the wonderful things happening at the Museum with many more people,” said Bryon Chambers, the Museum’s head of education. “We welcome our community to enjoy the first Access for All free admission day on Sunday and experience a robust set of traveling and permanent collection galleries, including Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight and First Look: New to the Museum.”
The first Access for All day will also mark the opening of the Museum’s new family space, located between Admissions and the theater lobby in the area that the Museum Store originally occupied.
One side of the space will focus on art-related activities developed by Museum educators, and the other will function as a free-play space for crawling and newly walking visitors and respite for their grownups.
The free admission days schedule through June 2024 is as follows:
- January 14
- February 11
- March 10
- April 28
- Moved to the last Sunday in April to coincide with the closing date of Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight as well as to offer another free art-focused experience during Festival of the Arts
- May 12
- June 9
Children 17 and under always receive free admission to OKCMOA. Access for All will provide adults—including college students, seniors, and others—this benefit once a month. In addition to the other exhibitions mentioned, visitors will be able to view Chihuly Then and Now: The Collection at Twenty, Paul Reed: Works on Paper, Cynthia Daignault: Oklahoma, and a wide array of permanent collection galleries with focuses on studio glass and the Museum’s WPA collection, all at no cost.
In addition to offsetting revenue in order to provide free admission, the grant will eventually support Spanish translation labels, new touchable artworks in the Museum’s permanent collection, and other avenues of accessibility in the Museum.
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art was one of 64 museums nationwide and the only Oklahoma institution to receive funding from Art Bridges Foundation, the national arts nonprofit founded by philanthropist Alice Walton. The initiative aims to increase access to museums across the country and foster engagement with local communities.
Visitors can reserve tickets ahead of time in person, over the phone, or online by visiting www.okcmoa.com/buytickets and entering discount code AFAJAN24. For more information about Access for All, please visit www.okcmoa.com.
About Art Bridges Foundation
Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. The mission of Art Bridges is to expand access to American art in all regions across the United States. Since 2017, Art Bridges has been creating and supporting programs that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of over 220 museums of all sizes and locations on nearly 700 projects across the nation, impacting over 4.1 million people, to provide financial and strategic support for exhibition development, loans from the Art Bridges Collection, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local audiences. The Art Bridges Collection represents an expanding vision of American art from the 19th century to present day and encompasses multiple media and voices. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.
About the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
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. 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.
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