Patrons peruse art during the monthly Pancakes & Booze art show March 18 at the Farmer's Market in OKC. (Josh McBee)
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]arch was a warm month, with little to remind that most of it is winter time. Plants and creatures warmed to the south winds and sunshine. There were no ice storms keeping audiences away from music and art venues.
A big “fun folk” band from Australia called The Soorleys came through Norman as well as prodigal Oklahoma son Watermelon Slim. He lived in Pushmataha County for years but now resides in Clarksdale, Miss.
An OU student pow wow reminded of the richness that our first Americans contribute to Oklahoma culture. Family-centered lives and reverence for tradition are an inspiration. Graffiti culture on Campus Corner is constantly being renewed and obliterated. Meaning of the images may be cryptic, but the creative impulse behind them is not.
Accordion accompanies piano during a March fundraiser at the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. (Doug Hill)
Ladies spend lunch time outside on a sunny winter day at an OU women’s reproductive justice conference. (Doug Hill)
Feast your eyes on this fried chicken dinner at Kevin Durant’s restaurant in Bricktown. (Doug Hill)
Watermelon Slim performs March 6 at The Depot in Norman. (Doug Hill)
Norman DJ Jon Mooneyham spins tunes on Leap Day. (Doug Hill)
Norman metalsmith’s arsenal of hammers hangs at the ready. (Doug Hill)
Koi fish swim in a residential pond. (Doug Hill)
Although several days of winter remained, this iris blossom appeared in mid March. (Doug Hill)
A wanderer sits on a bench at the Santa Fe Depot in Norman. (Doug Hill)
Australian folk outfit The Soorleys playing March 20 in Norman. (Doug Hill)
The Off-Whites’ hold a mid-day rehearsal March 26 at The Deli in Norman. (Doug Hill)
Graffiti as seen March 26 on Norman’s Campus Corner. (Doug Hill)
More graffiti on Norman’s Campus Corner. (Doug Hill)
Crypto-poetic graffiti on Campus Corner in Norman. (Doug Hill)
Boy gourd dancers perform at OU’ s American Indian Student Association pow wow March 26 in Lloyd Noble Center. (Doug Hill)
Pancakes & Booze
The Oklahoma City Farmer’s Market hosts its own monthly installment of Pancakes and Booze, an art show for local and regional talents to display their works. As the title implies, pancakes are served, and they are free. Admission to the event, however, is $5. For more information, visit their website.
One of many pieces featuring erotic themes. (Josh McBee)
More female subjects. (Josh McBee)
Laugh Clown Laugh, by Justin Magee. (Josh McBee)
Darth Vader and two stormtroopers as corporate overlords, by Justin Mage. This piece sold. (Josh McBee)
OKC artist Kris Kanaly had a booth. (Josh McBee)
This guy was doing live pencil drawings for a growing crowd around his booth. (Josh McBee)
Mandatory Oklahoma-themed artwork. (Josh McBee)
Upcycled mannequin parts received new life with the help of some adhesive. (Josh McBee)
Just in time for the arrival of the Dylan Archives in Tulsa, this skateboard deck featured the man as graphic. (Josh McBee)
I asked the artist if this was David Lynch, but he replied it was just some guy. (Josh McBee)
Doug Hill earned a double-major undergraduate degree in English and East Asian Studies from the University of Kansas and a master's in human relations from the University of Oklahoma. He's been a freelance journalist and photographer in central Oklahoma since 1997.
Josh McBee served as NonDoc's managing editor from September 2015 through January 2019. He earned a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. He has reported and edited for newspapers and other media in Oklahoma, Colorado and California.
