Gallery America
Season 9
Gallery America is an Emmy-award winning monthly television series highlighting the stories and techniques of Oklahoma and American artists and craftspeople. The half-hour series, previously called Gallery, is produced by Oklahoma's OETA, country's most-watched PBS member station.
Where to Watch Gallery America • Season 9
9 Episodes
- Mary James Ketch: Inside the Cloud HouseE1
Mary James Ketch: Inside the Cloud HouseNorman, Oklahoma painter Mary James Ketch begins planning her portrait and landscape paintings with a walk in the woods with her dog. The results are dreamy, abstract, filled with negative space -- and they've become hits at regional art fairs. Some don't make it. Some she sets on fire. OETA's Gallery America finds out why she burns some paintings during a visit to Mary's "Cloud House" studio. - Autism Oklahoma's DuetsE2
Autism Oklahoma's DuetsGallery America goes behind the scenes with Autism Oklahoma's annual Duets program, which pairs a local artist with an artist on the spectrum - then shares the exciting results at an art gallery in the Paseo in Oklahoma City. We meet several artists, who collaborate in design and color on works depicting butterflies, ocean waves, AM radios, tornadoes and one certain PBS host from OETA. - The Deonna Marie ExperienceE3
The Deonna Marie ExperienceGallery America goes behind-the-scenes of the Deonna Marie Experience one-woman show at Oklahoma City's Factory Obscura. The world-known opera singer tells the tale of growing up in a house of neglect, abuse and addiction -- and how she overcame it earn multiple music degrees and tour the world. Deonna bravely shares every step with the hopes of making the world a better place. - Native American ArchivesE4
Native American ArchivesTo celebrate Native American Heritage Month, Gallery America returns to some its past stories on Native American artists and institutions in Oklahoma (including Allan Houser, Ben Harjo, Jr and Russell Bates' Emmy-winning Star Trek episode). The episode also drops by the historic Tall Chief Theater, built help the Osage recover from the Reign of Terror, as depicted in "The Killers of the Flower Moon. - The Puppet LadyE5
The Puppet LadyOklahoma-based puppeteer Joan McMillan has made puppets for several decades. On this episode of Gallery America on OETA, she shows off her Eufaula playhouse filled with hundreds of her creations, as well as discuss how she uses historic marionettes from Chandler's Museum of Pioneer History to teach Oklahoma history to students. The tradition began as a WPA project in the 1930s. - Oklahoma AntiquesE6
Oklahoma AntiquesOETA's Gallery America heads on an Oklahoma Antiques Roadtrip to discover the art of collecting and decorating your home. On the way, they go to estate sales and antiques stores, then meet Daniel Mathis, aka Not a Minimalist, whose house-filled collection looks like a museum, and furniture-flipper Clinton Avery Tharp, who creates hilarious how-to videos from his vintage shop in Purcell. - Cowgirl Artists of AmericaE7
Cowgirl Artists of AmericaTulsa-based artist Megan Wimberley noticed that fewer women Western artists were featured in Western art museums. So she created the Cowgirl Artists of America. She talks about her organization's mission and shows how she creates her own art, from photo shoots at horse ranches to mixing realism and bold colors for her paintings that have made her one of the leading contemporary Western artists. - ROMP: Become the PoemE8
ROMP: Become the PoemLocust Grove, Oklahoma's Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry, or ROMP, is one of only two US museums dedicated to poetry. Gallery America goes behind the scenes to find out how one local woman, Shaun Perkins, followed her passion for poetry to create a one-of-a-kind attraction dedicated to helping visitors "become the poem," with hand-made prompts, readings and contests. - Mike Larsen: Why We DanceE9
Mike Larsen: Why We DanceArtist Mike Larsen didn't grow up knowing about his heritage, until research when he was a teen unveiled his Chickasaw roots. It led to a life's work celebrating his tribe. Now, over 60 years later, he reflects of his storied career in art, his invaluable partnership with his wife, and how's he still feels that his best work is ahead of him.