TERPENING `HONORED` TO BE FIRST VISITING ARTIST

Winter 2010
Sallie McCorkle
Professor of Art, Director of the
Doel Reed Center for the Arts
Long Range Facilities Planning
1202 W. McElroy | Stillwater, OK 74078
Office: 405.744.1062 Cell: 405.714.3780
sallie.mccorkle@okstate.edu
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Debra C. Engle
Oklahoma State University Foundation
400 South Monroe | Stillwater, OK 74074
dengle@OSUgiving.com
405.385.5600
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sonya Terpening
Terpening with donor Jim Vallion
TERPEN IN G ‘H ON ORED ’ TO BE
F I RST V IS ITIN G ARTIS T
I
t is hard to imagine a better fit for the first
visiting artist at the Doel Reed Center for the
Arts than Sonya Terpening. Though she never
met him, Terpening is connected to Doel Reed in
several ways. First, she is a graduate of the OSU
Department of Art that Reed founded. Like Reed,
she is a Western artist, though oils and watercolors
are her medium. And her husband, Mark, is a thirdgeneration OSU graduate whose grandmother
studied under Reed.
“I was incredibly honored to be the first visiting
artist,” said Terpening, the 2010 Smelser Vallion
Visiting Artist thanks to funding from alumnus Jim
Vallion. “Jim Vallion is a very generous man, to
allow a professional artist to go to Taos. That’s a
very special gift to give to me and the Center.”
Terpening had only been to Taos once before.
This summer, she spent 20 days exploring the
community she calls a mecca for artists.
“I was right there on the Doel Reed property and
got to paint it while it still looked like the personal
property of the artist, through the eyes of another
artist,” Terpening said. “You’ve got a 100-year-old
adobe and a studio that looks like Doel just walked
out the door. It’s not landscaped. It’s the way
someone living on it would live right now. It just has
that feel of the way it would have been when Doel
was there.”
Terpening came away impressed with the Doel
Reed Center for the Arts and the students who were
studying there.
There are so many disciplinary facets other
than art that are available,” Terpening said.
“You have history there. Martha Reed is there
to share her story, and she brings the fashion
end of it with her time running Martha of Taos.
That was an internationally known dress shop.
You also have architecture. So many different
disciplines can be accommodated.
Terpening will be visiting the main OSU campus
in Stillwater for a presentation of her work and
experiences in Taos. One thing she will share with
her audiences is that for her, Taos did live up to its
reputation as being “magical” for artists.
“That light everyone talks about, you hear it all the
time in schools, ‘The magic light of Taos,’” Terpening
said. “You think, ‘Yeah, right.’ You get out there and
you know what? It is. It’s that pretty.”
She will also interact with students and faculty while
she is in Stillwater, which is yet another example of
how the Doel Reed Center for the Arts is benefiting
not just those lucky enough to visit Taos but the
entire university system.
news from the drca
Dear Friends of the Doel Reed Center,
I am happy to report that our expanded summer programming
was very successful. In addition to our DRCA Internship
course, we offered “Taos Sketchbook,” a drawing/painting
course, and “Digital Diary,” a digital photography course.
The Taos Art Museum provided space in the Fechin Studio
for an OSU teaching and computer area and funds from
the College and University supported the acquisition of
the necessary technology. We are now well-prepared to
expand our course offerings for the 2011 summer and our
Programming Committee is soliciting course proposals from
faculty across the University. In addition, we were able to
distribute quite a number of scholarships and hope to do
the same next summer. A Scholarship Committee already
exists to assist with this activity.
One priority for us is the expansion of our programming to
include OSU alumni and other adult learners. We hope to
have that opportunity up-and-running by Summer 2011.
Our Artists/Scholars Residency Program began in 2010,
as well, with Sonya Terpening as our first visiting artist,
thanks to support from OSU alumnus Jim Vallion. It was
a tremendous success for students and artist, alike, and
Sonya will present her research at OSU this Spring.
On top of everything, we have begun the work to repair and
restore the Reed properties. So, we are growing by leapsand-bounds! I hope you will contact me with any questions
and plan to visit us next year in Taos. Our course dates will,
again, be in June and July. We will keep you updated!
Best wishes,
Sallie McCorkle
Professor of Art
Director, Doel Reed Center for the Arts
Long Range Facilities Planning
1202 W. McElroy / Stillwater, OK 74078
Office 405-744-1062 / Cell 405-714-3780 / Fax 405-744-1070
Email: sallie.mccorkle@okstate.edu
Website: http://drca.okstate.edu/
The Doel Reed Center for the Arts Committee:
Linda and James Burke, Malinda Berry Fischer, Ann
Hargis, Nancy and Smith Holt, Robert Parks, Lela and
Mark Sullivan, Cat and Bill Thompson, and Jeanette and
Kent Young.
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PI CK ENS ’ PR O G R AM C R E ATES
R A R E OP P O R TU N ITY TO
I NCR EA S E Y O U R IM PAC T
D
onors have generously stepped up to establish scholarships
that empower our students to enjoy the unique experience of
the Doel Reed Center for the Arts. Now, thanks to Oklahoma
State University’s biggest donor, T. Boone Pickens, you have the
opportunity to double or even triple the impact of a scholarship gift
if you make a commitment before the program ends on Feb. 26 or
when the matching funds run out, whichever comes first. The Pickens
Legacy Scholarship Match was established by a $100 million
testamentary challenge gift from Pickens, and the funds are being
committed rapidly. To qualify for a match, gifts must meet certain
criteria.
Outright gifts of at least $50,000 for scholarships or fellowships
and paid by the Feb. 26 deadline qualify for a 2:1 match. Jim
Donors at the Doel Reed property
Vallion and his friends banded together to contribute at least
Photo courtesy: S. McCorkle
$130,000 to the Smelser Vallion Endowed Scholarship for
There is also a deferred gift component. To qualify, the estate gift
must be at least $200,000 and the donor agrees to jumpstart the
scholarship through equal annual contributions for not more than
10 consecutive years that total 50 percent of the amount of the
estate gift commitment. These gifts qualify for a 1:1 match, so a $1
million estate gift and 10 annual payments of $50,000 would both be
matched, leading to a total impact of $3 million.
the Doel Reed Center for the Arts. With the Pickens Match,
this endowment will be worth at least $390,000, producing
$19,500 in annual scholarships.
Pledges of at least $50,000 and paid in full within at least five years will
be matched 1.5:1, so a $250,000 pledge will become an endowment
of at least $625,000. This Match also includes the opportunity for
multiple people to pool their resources to maximize their impact.
Mission
T H E MISSION O F T H E D O EL R E E D C E NTE R F O R THE A R TS I S TO PRO V ID E
A N OSU CAM P US I N TAO S , N.M., F O R P R O G R A MM I NG THAT R E FLE C TS
A SYNE RG IST I C, M ULT I - D I S CI P L I NE D A P P R O A C H TO TE A C HI NG ,
RE S EA RCH AN D OUT R EAC H R E L ATE D TO THE S O U THW E S T F O R O SU
STUDENTS , FACULT Y, AL UM N I A ND F R I E NDS .
STUDENT PROFILE: DRCA Scholars
Tim Grischkowsky
Tim Grischkowsky describes the two weeks he spent at
the Doel Reed Center for the Arts last summer as “one
of the best trips I’ve ever been on.”
“I’ve never had a class like that before,” the junior studio
art major said. “We traveled every day in the Taos area
sketching architectural sites, plants, landscapes and
similar things.”
His favorite location was the gorge, which features
the iconic Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, hot springs and a
picturesque riverbed.
“That whole area was my favorite,” Grischkowsky said.
“There’s not really anything like that in Oklahoma.”
The Stillwater native said the Center provided an
incredible experience that he has encouraged others to
pursue.
“It influences what I do now,” Grischkowsky
said. “I’m doing more observational drawing
of local things in the Stillwater area because
of the sketching I did in Taos.”
He was fortunate to be a recipient of the Estelle Hammond
Scholarship, endowed by Margaret Hammond in honor
of her mother-in-law. As a student who pays his own
bills, Grischkowsky said he was especially appreciative
of Hammond’s generosity.
Grischkowsky repeated his excitement about the Doel
Reed Center for the Arts and what it is doing for OSU.
“I hope they keep expanding it,” he added.
Winter 2010
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Photo courtesy: S. McCorkle