Sydney Endsley & Samantha Friday Summer 2022 Exhibition, May 12 - August 8, 2022

The Art Hall and The Visual Arts Program at Northwestern Oklahoma State University are pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings by Visual Arts students Sydney Endsley and Samantha Friday. This exhibition represents the culmination of a semester-long exploration of individual themes and methods within Associate Professor of Art Kyle Larson’s Advanced Studio course. The exhibition was made possible through a collaboration with The Art Hall Director and independent curator, Helen Opper. Opening in the third week of May, the exhibition will continue to be on view through the summer, closing in August.

Sydney Endsley is a senior Speech/Theatre Major and Visual Arts Minor at NWOSU, graduating in May, 2022. She was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and was raised in Drummond, Enid, and Ringwood, Oklahoma. Sydney recently completed her Theatrical Senior Capstone which required her to design most aspects of a production of Pat Cook’s “Clockwork,” in addition to her duties as director. Sydney has also been involved in cosplay, which includes costume and makeup design. Sydney’s multi-media, heavily layered paintings explore horror, the grotesque, and notions of anguish and struggle.

Samantha Friday is a junior Psychology Major and Visual Arts Minor at NWOSU. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and was raised in Lake Dallas, Texas. Her paintings utilize humor and exaggerations of color to depict figures immersed in precarious environments and psychological predicaments. Samantha has exhibited her work in Oklahoma and was recently featured in the OVAC Momentum 2022 Exhibition in Oklahoma City.

Read this wonderful press release from Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

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