Gregg Standridge | ALL CAPS!
Jul
11
to Jul 24

Gregg Standridge | ALL CAPS!

ALL CAPS! |  A Celebration in Art and Prose of Mushroom Folk and their Culture

      The Mushroom Folk are a group of characters from a Native American fantasy world  I created in 2012. In this world a natural disaster known as “The Great Fall” struck the Americas in the 1840’s just after the removal of First Americans of the southeastern tribes from their homelands and leaving the lands of the Great Plains as one of the few habitable areas on the continent. With this natural disaster came the strange effects of magic and magical creatures in the land. This included the appearance of the Mushroom Folk in the area once known as as New Orleans. The following is an excerpt written by Ebrnt Tendigrads, a half Cherokee half Irish shaman of the Cherokee tribe.

   Some tribes say the great fall was simply a natural occurrence. That the earth is in constant flux and that the layers of our Mother shifted in such a way that the Eastern and Western seaboards experienced massive earthquakes and tidal waves, leaving what we in our reality know as Southern and Western prairies to be the most inhabitable lands of North America. Others point to the Great Octopod that sleeps at the bottom of the ocean. The creature was so large that three of its tentacles are in the Great Eastern Ocean while the other five are in the Great Western Ocean. These tribes believe that the Great Octopod adjusted itself during his eternal sleep and caused the massive disaster. The lands mainly thought of as the Lands of the White Settlers were no more. Everything east of the Mississippi River was underwater. The lands that we know as Mississippi, Missouri, and Louisiana became unimaginable swampland where massive reptilian beasts roamed. All of California and half of Nevada fell into the sea. Much of Mexico also fell. The lands to the north were fairly intact. But the Continent of North America was unrecognizable. And the First Nation People, who had been pushed out of their homes and relocated to the center of of the land had mostly avoided the tragic end that fell on most of the colonialists.

   The land began to see monsters and magical creatures from the old legends of native lore. And the First People found that they were touched by magic, a very tangible magic that varied in power throughout the folk. They found they could alter the weather, create fire, heal the sick and wounded, and even repel the monstrosities that sometimes attacked their towns and villages.

    And in the Louisiana swamps the voodoo magic of New Orleans was amplified, causing other life forms to rise and form a society of spiritual creatures that begin to rebuild the city in a form that was true to their vision. The Mushroom People evolved from the combination of molded vegetation, magical anomalies and voodoo to claim the city.

   The Mushroom People are highly sentient magic users and use their magic to heal the land and creatures around their magnificent city. They also have the ability to reshape themselves  and even split their form into multiple sections. Mushroom folk have psionic abilities and are very creative with earth and water based magic. They became fascinated with the history of man and although they despise the actions and philosophies of the former human occupants of the city many of their styles in architecture and art are created as embellishments of the inherent French styles of New Orleans.

    The most notable aspect of Mushroom style is their use of ladies dresses. Although mushroom people are agender, they most commonly change their shape to fit the form of the beautiful dresses once worn by the elite women of New Orleans. And so it is that Mushroom People usually appear as female.

    The Mushroom community is peaceful and their ability to charm even the most intelligent beings is their primary defense against those who might cause harm to their community and beloved city. They primarily communicate with the People of The First Nation through telepathy but have been known to speak when it is deemed necessary. It is uncommon for Mushroom People to travel outside of their lands, and even then they will only travel during rainy, humid conditions. The only real enemy of the Mushroom folk is fire. The small elemental swamp drakes that are fire users can seriously damage a Mushroom person if they happen to surprise a fire drake.

     The mushroom folks are very small in number, only about 300 actually become sentient at a time. It is believed when the a Mushroom person reaches its end that its spirit simply transfers to a new fungal host and grows into a new mushroom body.

Ebrnt Tendigrads   The Mushroom People that have come to our version of the world have studied human behavior and history and find it unbelievable that we continue to try and hide our failings when we could learn so much from them. When they discovered that the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instructions policies concerning the non-education of the history, they offered a plan to tell the darker parts of the human struggle that would be more considerate of the superintendent’s fragile ego.

Gregg Standridge, renowned mushroom folk historian Felicia Highspore and many other poetic friends bring this exhibit of mushroom history to Resonator Institute in July of 2025.

 Gregg Standridge - Artist Statement

   I think of myself as a multidiscipline artist. I work primarily in wood veneer creating marquetry pieces ranging in size from 4” to as large as 10’ x 16’. I am also a working singer/songwriter/guitarist for hire. I write stories and make stop animation videos too! I love projects that are theme based or conceptual oriented. I don’t mind using my art as a tool to bring awareness to unfairness in our world. My themes include Native American, fantasy, social justice, and nature.

Gregg Standridge Bio

 Oklahoma based Choctaw/Cherokee artist, Gregg Standridge, has been creating since 1979.  A polymath who has made over 4000 wood art pieces, 14 original music albums, written/produced a full length musical and a novel, Gregg is constantly finding new ways to create. His themes include indigenous subject matter, fantasy and social justice. His current technique of hand cut wood marquetry is influenced by his love of the old Japanese wood block masters such as Katsushika Hokusai. Gregg was a 2023 Thrive Grant recipient through the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and The Andy Warhol Foundation.

 Education

OCCC Associates Fine Arts

USAO Music Performance/Music Education

OCU Masters Music Performance

Private Study with Sheryl Cozad

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Epic Art Escape (kids class!)
Jul
7
to Jul 10

Epic Art Escape (kids class!)

Resonator is proud to host a pair of dynamic kids classes taught by Tracy Gibson, a local artist/educator who has taught Art in Norman Public Schools for over three decades.

Epic Art Escape is a four day class that combines art and problem solving. It is filled with fun escape room challenges and games that keeps kids entertained and engaged while they learn about and create art!

  • Students need to bring a lunch and water bottle each day

  • Wear clothes that you don't mind getting a little messy for art activities

  • Session Cost: $215 per participant (price includes snacks and art supplies

  • Sibling discount: $25 off for each additional child

  • Enrollment cap: 12 students

Day 1:  Escape Room Theme: "The Starry Night Has Been Stolen!"

Day 2:  Escape Room Theme: "The Color Caper"

Day 3:  Escape Room Theme: "The Mysterious Art Inventor"

Day 4:  Art Games Day: Encourages creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving

  • Art Gallery Walk at 2:30 pm on day 4 - all are welcome to join us!

First class will be June 23 -26, Second one will be July 7 - 10.

Space is limited. Sign up soon!

To register, visit: https://sites.google.com/normanps.org/epicartescape/camp-registration-page

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Free Art Therapy Classes
Jun
30
7:00 PM19:00

Free Art Therapy Classes

Join Resonator and registered Art Therapist Soni Parsons for free weekly Art Therapy classes.

You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy the benefits of art therapy. Therapeutic artwork doesn’t have to be beautiful. Express your feelings through art!

  • All supplies provided!

  • Judgement-free zone!

  • No sign up needed!

Groups are facilitated by professionals.

Questions, contact Soni Parsons: 405-364-2008

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Spice Freighter, Clint Niosi, and Jonathan Ashley White
Jun
28
8:00 PM20:00

Spice Freighter, Clint Niosi, and Jonathan Ashley White

Resonator is super excited to welcome back our old friend, Clint Niosi— a singer songwriter of the highest order from Ft. Worth, TX.

Joining Clint will be incredible locals Jonathan Ashley White and Spice Freighter.

If you’re a fan of thoughtfully crafted music, this show is not to be missed.

Doors at 8:00 | $10 cover | BYOB if you like

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The Muffled Siren -- Wall Scabs
Jun
13
to Jun 26

The Muffled Siren -- Wall Scabs

Join Resonator as we welcome local emerging artist Gavin Taylor (The Muffled Siren) for his first ever Second Friday solo exhibition.

“The Walls Can Speak, and this is what they have to say.” -The Muffled Siren

Wall Scabs is a collection of works created by The Muffled Siren while writing his rock musical, The Nursing Home Milkshake. Both the musical and the paintings explore the idea of narrative conveyed through interiors. The musical is narrated by a character named Carambola Crest, who is the human embodiment of the nursing home. To tap into the psyche of such an unconventional character, The Muffled Siren began creating pieces that resembled fragments of walls.

The catalyst for this collection started with a piece titled Prison Scab. This piece was created during the early writing process of the musical when The Muffled Siren was still in secondary school. Here The Muffled Siren recounts the creation of this piece: “I took a tile from the school’s supply closet and began attaching various artifacts to its surface: a piece of wire fence, plaster cloth, and half of a pair of rusted scissors which resembled a shank. I then extemporaneously wrote the word "Igloo" in charcoal on the attached plaster cloth. The result evoked sensibilities reminiscent of the primitive work of Jean Dubuffet.”

Like Dubuffet, The Muffled Siren aims to provoke a primitive and visceral reaction within the viewer. After the creation of “Prison Scab,” He set out to create multiple pieces based on different interiors. Each piece insinuates complete narratives provided by the titled setting and placement of the wall wounds. The mold, burns, holes, and “scabs” add a haunting history to each piece. It is up to the interpreter to create backstories for each interior by reflecting on their own experiences. The Muffled Siren hopes that his Wall Scabs can evoke a state of regression that allows each spectator to travel internally.

About The Muffled Siren:

The Muffled Siren is the stage name of rock 'n' roll musician, performer, songwriter, and visual artist, Gavin Taylor. His shows are high-energy theatrical spectacles with glam rock sensibilities. The Muffled Siren began painting during a four-year period of depersonalization. This strange period of time was a direct result of the back-to-back deaths of his beloved aunt and muse of a grandmother. He set out to write a rock 'n' roll fantasia about what could've been, the outcome was a rock musical entitled The Nursing Home Milkshake. During its conception, Taylor painted as a way to escape writer's block. After the completion of the initial writing for The Nursing Home Milkshake, Taylor's depersonalization quickly subsided. He hopes to bring the same sort of closure and comfort that his work gave him to the masses.

The opening reception will be Friday, June 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 and the exhibition will stay up until Thursday, June 26.

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Sunday Scaries presents Velvet Goldmine
May
18
7:00 PM19:00

Sunday Scaries presents Velvet Goldmine

Join your host Maura McAndrew for a screening of the 1998 Todd Haynes cult classic Velvet Goldmine.

Velvet Goldmine is an ode to the Glam Rock era. It follows a journalist (Christian Bale) as he investigates the mysterious and reclusive former superstar Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Myers).

From Stephen Dalton for the British Film Institute: “A glam rock concept album in film form… Velvet Goldmine will never be a definitive final statement about Bowie or glam rock generally. But it still stands up as gloriously ambitious response to both, a dazzling tapestry of lies that reveals a deeper truth. It remains a kaleidoscopic cult classic, a gateway drug to a liberating polysexual wonderland of the imagination, a crash course for the ravers.”

Screening starts at 7:00 | 100% free | BYO food an beverage if you like

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Ceramic Pipe Making Workshop
May
10
1:00 PM13:00

Ceramic Pipe Making Workshop

Join us for a fun, laid-back ceramic pipe making workshop on Saturday, May 10 from 1-4 pm! Perfect for beginners, this hands-on workshop will teach you how to design and create your very own one-of-a-kind functional pipe. Pipes will be fired in the kiln and will be ready for pick up 2-3 weeks after class. 

Hosted by the Norman-based queen of clay Anna McQuown! @sophisticatedmudceramics

All materials and tools will be provided.

Register here

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Olfactory Mammalia
May
9
6:00 PM18:00

Olfactory Mammalia

Join us this Art Walk for an exhibition to delight more than just your eyes.

Olfactory Mammalia is a scent-based exhibition that invites you to step into the sensory world of non-human mammals.. Through carefully curated aromas, visitors will experience a series of evocative stories, revealing how different mammals perceive and interact with their environment through smell

Closing Reception: Friday, May 9 from 6:00 to 9:00

Free!

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Scent Making Workshop with Cathleen Faubert
May
3
1:00 PM13:00

Scent Making Workshop with Cathleen Faubert

Join us on Saturday, May 3 at Resonator Institute for a hands-on scent-making workshop. Participants will explore the basics of perfumery and work with a variety of natural fragrance materials to craft a custom aromatic blend. No prior experience is necessary, just curiosity and a willingness to think creatively with scent. Each attendee will leave with their own unique olfactory artwork.

Taught by OU Professor of Art (Art, Technology and Culture) Cathleen Faubert, the workshop will be followed that evening by a pop-up olfactory art exhibition put on by her students in our gallery.

All workshop materials are provided.

To register, sign up here

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NMF Thursday Night
Apr
24
6:00 PM18:00

NMF Thursday Night

Join us for a night of pop, rock, rap, and metal as we host a lineup of amazing local artists to kick off this year’s Norman Music Festival.

This year’s lineup is:

6:00- The Soft Heavy

7:00- Tilt Largo

8:00- Prom Mom

9:00- Kat Lock

10:00- BUGNOG

11:00- S. Reidy and Friends f/ Latroy, Metra, Crew Jordan, i am samara, and ihatexero

100% free! Come out and support local music!

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NMFlix
Apr
24
3:00 PM15:00

NMFlix

As part of this year’s Norman Music Festival, we will be hosting an afternoon of short film screenings featuring the work of local filmmakers Jeremy Charles, Julianna Brannum, Loren Waters, and Cindi Finneran.

Also featured will be music videos by The Technicolors, Warren Burns, and Stepmom

100% free, byo food and beverage if you like.

See you at the festival!

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Pewter Casting Workshop
Apr
19
1:00 PM13:00

Pewter Casting Workshop

Learn the basics of metal casting with this fun and approachable workshop taught by local artist Jody Farmer.

Workshop Overview:

This hands-on workshop introduces participants to pewter casting using high-heat silicone molds. Because pewter melts at a low temperature (~450°F), it allows for safe and accessible metal casting without needing a full foundry setup.

Since high-heat silicone molds require 24 hours to cure, participants will learn how to make a mold, but for casting, they will select from various pre-made molds prepared in advance. This ensures everyone can complete a finished pewter piece within the session.

Participants will learn:

· The basics of pewter casting and safety protocols

· How to prepare and pour high-heat silicone molds (demonstration only)

· Safe melting and pouring techniques for pewter

· Finishing techniques including filing, polishing, and optional patinas

Each participant will cast their pewter object and leave with hands-on knowledge of small-scale metal casting.

To register, sign up here

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Sunday Scaries presents: Rumble Fish
Apr
13
7:00 PM19:00

Sunday Scaries presents: Rumble Fish

Join yuor host Maura McAndrew for another installment of her cult-classic cinema series “Sunday Scaries”.

This month’s feature is Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 epic, “Rumble Fish”

“Rumble Fish” is the cult classic that Coppola called his personal favorite, and “an art film for teenagers.” Filmed in Tulsa and based on a novel by S.E. Hinton, the film stars Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, and a host of familiar faces.

From Criterion: “In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconcilliation between two rebellious brothers, set in a dreamlike and timeless Tulsa, Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate painful emotions.”

Screening starts at 7:00 | 100% Free! | BYO snacks and drink

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The Wizard's Rabble, Chapter 1
Apr
11
to Apr 23

The Wizard's Rabble, Chapter 1

Join us second Friday for a truly fantastic sculpture experience courtesy of Oklahoma’s own Nick Lillard.

The Wizard’s Rabble brings together life lessons through familiar animals and recognizable mythical characters. Some of these figures are grounded in the tangible, such as cats and jackrabbits, while others—wizards, dragons, and aliens—allow for more stylized, abstract interpretations. Regardless of the subject, all the characters emerge from the presence of voids and are defined by directional, expressive metal lines that detail and energize each form.

Themes of anxiety, fear, and calmness surface through these figures, engaging with concepts like redemption, violence, and the very act of existence. Each piece leaves much of the narrative to the viewer’s imagination, yet hints of meaning are embedded in the context surrounding each character. Ultimately, it is through their interaction with space that these beings define their own existence.

— Nick Lillard, 2025

Opening runs 6:00 to 9:00 on April 11 | Show is free to the public

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Unlikely Roll with Shed Club, Sandalwood McKenzie, and Cointoss
Apr
4
7:00 PM19:00

Unlikely Roll with Shed Club, Sandalwood McKenzie, and Cointoss

Let the groove carry you away.

Join us for an evening of live local music courtesy of Unlikely Roll and a few of their friends.

Unlikey Roll does a a mix of covers and originals. Their covers range from the Beatles to Blur but primarily stick to 90s and 2000s alternative music. Their originals are heavily inspired by that same 90s and 2000s alternative music.

Rounding out the night will be fellow locals Shed Club, Sandalwood McKenzie, and Cointoss.

You’ll have so much fun, you won’t believe you’re in Norman!

Doors at 7:00 | $10 cover at the door | BYOB if you like

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Sunday Scaries presents: Shock Corridor
Mar
30
7:00 PM19:00

Sunday Scaries presents: Shock Corridor

Join us for legendary cult filmmaker Samuel Fulller’s wild Shock Corridor (1963). Widely regarded as one of the greatest B movies ever (and a favorite of Martin Scorsese), the film stars Peter Breck as an ambitious who gets committed to a mental institution to pursue a story.

From The Ringer: “As a depiction of life in a mental hospital, Shock Corridor is undoubtedly crass and sensationalistic… Shock Corridor’s political incorrectness and political acuity are inseperable. Using a mental hospital as a microcosm of a country whose prosperous post-war facade is slowly cracking up is the sort of faux-lowbrow cunning that turns a nasty little B-movie into an enduring classic- not just unsane, but undeniable.”

Screening is free / BYO snack and beverage if you like

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Gruesome Fest!
Mar
7
7:00 PM19:00

Gruesome Fest!

Calling all Metal Heads!

Join us for the first annual Gruesome Fest— an ear-shattering survey of local underground metal featuring Teneverum, Saint Dillinger, Anerium, T0xic Wa5te, and more.

$10 cover at the door | All ages welcome

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Sunday Scaries Presents: In Bruges
Feb
23
7:00 PM19:00

Sunday Scaries Presents: In Bruges

Join your host Maura McAndrew for another installment of Sunday Scaries.

This month’s feature is the 2008 Martin McDonagh cult classic In Bruges.

The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson (who would later reunite for McDonagh’s 2022 film The Banshees of Inisherin) as an Irish hit man and mentor who, after a hit goes wrong, find themselves exiled in the Belgian tourist town. From the Seattle Times, “A kind of eccentric, wisecracking Waiting For Godot that shifts gears into a bloody, unpredictable action spectacle that never loses its heart.”

Show starts at 7:00 | 100% free | BYO food and beverage if you like

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On The Hook: Hannah and Blake Sanders (Orange Barrel Industries)
Feb
14
6:00 PM18:00

On The Hook: Hannah and Blake Sanders (Orange Barrel Industries)

Join us February Art Walk for a spectacular exhibition by Missouri-based artists Hannah and Blake Sanders, who work collaboratively under the name Orange Barrel Industries.

In their exhibition, On the Hook, collaborative couple Orange Barrel Industries employs printed, repurposed fibers and craft traditions to share their domestic bliss amid concerns over a sobering ecological future.

Statement:

The collaborations offered in On the Hook use the nuclear family and consumption of natural resources as complementary metaphors. Domestic bliss, as celebrated in America, is reliant on outmoded, gendered roles and division of labor. Methods of extraction, manufacturing, and consumption of resources are equally tired and inefficient. In both cases the warmth and comfort gained through old modes is potentially volatile and wholly unsustainable. Recent pieces extend the metaphor—incorporating the day-to-day labor of child-rearing, and how new mouths to feed means a bigger mess to clean up. These pieces are executed using print and fiber arts techniques employing repurposed remnants from the home, reinforcing the domestic allusions, while thwarting our instincts toward quick consumption. 

Consumerism has led to a planet awash with stuff. We strive to reduce the ecological impact of our work any way we can, so that humanity’s descendants are not on the hook for our greed and shortsightedness. A transition from paper to discarded, secondhand fibers, plastics, and other detritus rescues material from the landfill. Crocheted pieces—inspired by traditional rag rugs—incorporate proofs on fabric, used clothes and linens from our own lives, those of friends and family, and sometimes strangers. The resulting works document the history and detritus of our shared lives, literally linking the contributors together, emphasizing our shared history and considered future. The process uses nearly every scrap, continuing a tradition of salvaged material passed down through quilting circles and Japanese boro, garments mended and patched ad infinitum. Sewing is a metaphor for global interconnectedness, as well. We are all linked in an elaborate tapestry, so when one thread begins to unravel, we’re on the hook to stitch the collective together.  

The large works in this exhibition appropriately describe the vast depth of humanity’s shared ecological imprint, and the monumental effort needed to change our ways to diminish future impact. The University of Oklahoma is an ideal location for this body of work. The state economy depends in large part on fossil fuel extraction–pulling at the seams of the landscape to sap geological history for ephemeral contemporary gain. It now suffers the consequences as climate change raises temperatures and makes the weather in the already dangerous Tornado Alley, more erratic. Ironically, and wisely, the state is harnessing the wind as a leader in the green energy movement. This development is more in line with the stewardship professed by the Indigenous nations currently residing in Oklahoma, many of whom were forcibly relocated by the avarice and ignorance of the rapidly expanding young United States. Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where we currently live, was on the Trail of Tears. We pay tribute to the Indigenous communities who lived in the region by striving for a more reciprocal relationship with the land through planting native wildflowers and sharing the bounty of our garden with all the wildlife who people our neighborhood, forbidding pesticides and gas powered tools on the little plot we’re privileged to foster. The work we share with you retains that mindfulness, conserving materials and encouraging protection of and mutual exchange with nature. 

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Thrumyeyez: Emotional Run
Feb
7
6:00 PM18:00

Thrumyeyez: Emotional Run

Join us for a one-night-only pop up art exhibition by OKC artist Thrumyeyez.

“Emotiinal Run” is a burst of vibrant pop energy— an congregation of cartoon graphics gone mad— a glimpse inside the psyche of a young artist with an active imagination and a world of talent to back it up.

The exhibition goes down February 7 from 6:00 to 9:00 and is 100% free. Come out, enjoy the crazy, and maybe even walk home with a piece of art to liven up your home and cherish forever.

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