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UL Adds Four New Student Works to Art Collection

Bizzell Memorial Library

University Libraries added four new student works of art this summer.

The pieces hang in the Bizzell Memorial Library main stairwell, with other works by OU student artists.

Curated by Government Documents Librarian and Associate Professor of Bibliography Jeffrey Wilhite, the pieces join the libraries’ permanent collections.

The new artwork with location includes:

Ariana Alarcon, Familiar Decisions

Ariana Alarcon, Familiar Decisions (Acrylic on Canvas, 2022). Main Floor Stairwell. This is a painting that depicts the action of time. The artist’s attention is always drawn to the movement of time when it comes to the mundane parts of life, as sometimes they mark the passage of time better than hours and days and seconds.

Mia Vinson, Metamorphosis

Mia Vinson, Metamorphosis (Linoleum Relief Print, 2021). Third Floor Stairwell. This work is a self-portrait representing fragments of the artist’s life and experiences. As people, we are constantly growing and evolving, molded by the experiences we have. 

Cody Wilson, Fritz Fits the Demo & the Model Sits Politely: A Blindfolded Lesson On Looking

Cody Wilson, Fritz Fits the Demo & the Model Sits Politely: A Blindfolded Lesson On Looking (Acrylic on Canvas, 2022). Third Floor Stairwell. In this piece, Fritz Scholder performs a painting demo for the students of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain in 2001. It was the first time I witnessed magic.

Hannah Harper, Blueberry Breakfast

Hannah Harper, Blueberry Breakfast (Acrylic on birch panel, 2022). Fourth Floor Stairwell. Harper’s work is informed by a combination of field study and storytelling with childlike wonder. The artist uses a color palette inspired by places visited, along with descriptive titles to encourage a narrative.

For questions, please contact libpr@ou.edu.