Upcoming Exhibitions
Cimarron National Works on Paper (Juried Exhibition)
August 19 - December 19, 2025
Reception | October 16, 2025
Guest Juror & Curator | Amanda Lee, Amanda Lee, Assistant Professor in Painting, Drawing & Printmaking at the University of Washington School of Art, Art History & Design
Founded in 1987, the Oklahoma State University’s Cimarron National Works on Paper
is a juried exhibition that has been held biennially in the Department of Art, Graphic
Design, and Art History’s Gardiner Gallery of Art from 1987 to 1995, with resurgences
in 2019 and 2021.
2025 marks the first year the exhibition will be hosted by the Oklahoma State University
Museum of Art. The Cimarron National Works on Paper is a testament to the history
of printmaking at OSU, our current educational initiatives, the diverse holdings of
works on paper in the OSU Museum of Art’s collection, and an expression of OSU's enduring
commitment to works on paper and contemporary practice.
step across this line
September 2 – November 7, 2024
Reception | September 4, 2025
Curator | Karen Greenwalt, Assistant Professor, Art History, OSU
step across this line brings together artists exploring how borders shape lives, identities, and histories. Through powerful imagery, the exhibition reflects on migration as both a personal journey and a global condition, highlighting stories of movement, displacement, and resilience from around the world. It asks us to consider how crossing a border, whether physical or emotional, can transform both people and places.
Robert Cottingham: An American Alphabet
November 18, 2025 – February 14, 2026
Curator | Carla Shelton, Associate Director, Museum Collection and Chief Registrar, OSU Museum of Art
Robert Cottingham (American, b. 1935) is renowned for his depictions of American life through his work featuring building facades, neon signs, movie marquees, and storefronts. In 1974, supported by a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Cottingham traveled by Greyhound across the Northeast, photographing 27 cities and collecting thousands of slides. These images became the foundation for An American Alphabet, a 15-year project exploring the beauty of disappearing signage and American typography.