Kelsey Karper Kelsey Karper is an Oklahoma City-based curator, artist and cultural instigator. Her work focuses on projects that build community and generate new support for artists. In 2016, Karper co-founded Current Studio with romy owens. Current Studio was a temporary experimental art space in the Classen Ten Penn Neighborhood of Oklahoma City, investigating the intersection of art and community. Karper is also co-founder of Factory Obscura, an artist collective creating fully immersive experiences and developing new models for sustainability. With a team of 40 artists and growing, Factory Obscura is working toward a large-scale permanent home in Oklahoma City that will provide employment for artists and wondrous experiences for the public. Previously, Karper served as Associate Director of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC), an organization devoted to supporting artists statewide through education, exposure, and funding. kelseykarper.com.
Kelsey Karper's Schedule
The Experience and Beyond
Date: Wednesday – October, 24 2018 Time: 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Room: 21c Museum and Hotel Gallery 2
The popularity and success of Santa Fe’s Meow Wolf has been a motivating factor for new, immersive interactive arts experiences throughout the United States. Learn about the design and launch of two different immersive art models based in Oklahoma. Lead directors of Oklahoma City’s Factory Obscura (“Shift” and “Beyond”) and Tulsa’s “The Experience” at AHHA will discuss the steps each organization took to work with local artists in developing playful, dreamlike environments in which the viewer is encouraged to explore and engage. From artistic collaboration, to reaching new audiences, panelists will discuss how nonprofit arts organizations and independent artist collectives can develop similar creative opportunities.
Expand Your Brand
Date: Wednesday – October, 24 2018 Time: 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Room: The Paramount on Film Row Theatre
Making art for a living is a rewarding but financially daunting experience. Some of the most successful artists are those who find ways to expand their work into new arenas. This session will focus on creating strategies for increasing your potential revenue and expanding your brand by reviewing the career twists and turns of four different artists.
