2023 Oklahoma Arts Conference

"Promise in the Road Ahead"

Sterling Hayes
Sterling Hayes is the Director of Art in Public Places for the Oklahoma Arts Council. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, with a minor in Art History, from Oklahoma State University in 2016. Prior to joining the Oklahoma Arts Council in 2021 initially as a part-time Art in Public Places Program Assistant, Hayes served as the Programs and Events Manager for the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. In her role at the Oklahoma Arts Council, she employs her passion for both Oklahoma and the visual arts in overseeing a wide range of administrative and financial functions specific to the Oklahoma Art in Public Places program. Hayes is also a practicing potter, working primarily on the wheel to create functional pieces.

Sterling Hayes's Schedule

Connecting with Community for Engaged Public Art
Date: Thursday – October, 19 2023 Time: 3:15pm - 4:30pm Room: Great Plains Ballroom C
During this session, Oklahoma Arts Council staff will explain how new works of art recently commissioned and installed in the Oklahoma State Capitol expand the history of the state told through the artwork in The People's House. A six-year renovation of the Capitol building allowed for an overhaul of the curatorial plan by which art is displayed in the historic building. And for the first time, museum standards were introduced for the Capitol art collections. Learn how the Oklahoma Arts Council's curatorial team used the new commissions to connect with Oklahomans and broaden community investment.

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