Art & Culture
What We Make Makes Us
Meet Ashley Showalter, the Queer Artist From OKC Who Paints to Understand Her Mind
Artist Ashley Showalter is an Oklahoma City–based painter whose work is rooted in mental health, identity and the process of translating internal experience into visual form.
In this mini doc, Ashley shares how that moment shaped her practice, what she recognized in her early work that made her continue, and how her process evolves alongside her emotional and psychological state.
Featured Artists
Dating With Intention: Seeking Love and Giving it Back to the Community
The assumption that “fun” requires alcohol still runs deep. The Sober Singles Social is a quiet pushback against that idea.
Honoring the Work that Moves Us: Inside Aimee Stevland’s Portraits of Excellence
Artist Aimee Stevland discusses her Portraits of Excellence series, honoring Black cultural icons through art, reflection and allyship—and how disability reshaped her creative process.
Rootwork: A Conversation with Nathalie Standingcloud
Through her practice of cultural revival tattooing, Nathalie Standingcloud helps clients reconnect to their heritage, honoring lineages interrupted by assimilation and silence.
In Her Paintings, Grief and Grace Share the Same Breath: The Artwork of Sueey Gutierrez
Healing and heritage in Sueey Gutierrez’s work.
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