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April 11, 2012 //

Change doesn’t happen by itself.

Lucky for Oklahoma City, we have Kristen Vails working her tail off. She’s spent the better part of four years promoting and revitalizing the district.

Vails is the executive director of the Plaza District. If you haven’t noticed, the Spy Van makes a special trip to every Live on the Plaza event to not only have fun but also to film interviews with Okie artists.

You can thank Vails for setting up these interviews.

For some reason, we’ve waited this long to chat with Vails about her artwork. A lot of her work is based on Vails’ favorite hoofed animal.

Take a minute to learn about an Okie that’s all about artwork.

Check out some stills after the jump.

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Tags art, art show, artist, downtown, drawing, drawing pad, Episode 52, Ferris O'Brien, Fowler VW of Norman, horse, Jonathan Fowler, Kristen Vails, music, notebook, OK, OKC, oklahoma city, original song, original work, paper, pencil, Plaza District, sketch, the pretty black chains, the spy fm, van, vanagon, VDub Sessions, volkeswagen

Categories Art Session, VDub Session

Episode 47 – Dusty Gilpin and Tanner Frady (1/13/2012)

February 10, 2012 //

When it comes to art, Dusty and Tanner know their shirt.

If you’ve been to a Thunder game or have any Oklahomacentric friends then you’ve probably seen designs from Tree and Leaf Clothing.

Dusty has been running the apparel store for about six years.

Design is in his blood. His grandfather’s claim to fame is drawing Pistol Pete, a symbol famous throughout the country. Dusty still has his grandfather’s old design notebooks and its influence doesn’t seem to be fading any time soon.

Dusty and Tanner had quite a big challange facing them last month. They had to create enough artwork for a Live on the Plaza gallery showing in two weeks time. The two tirelessly collaborated and ended up with plenty of quality work.

Except plenty more good stuff from the duo in the future.

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Tags artist, artists, artwork, cartoons, doodle, draw, Dusty Gilpin, Episode 47, Ferris O'Brien, Fowler VW of Norman, Jonathan Fowler, live drawing, Live on the Plaza, music, Nathan Poppe, OK, OKC, oklahoma city, online radio, rock music, Tanner Frady, the pretty black chains, the spy fm, Tree and Leaf Clothing, VDub Sessions

Categories Art Session, Live on the Plaza, VDub Session

Episode 44 – Tim Krause (11/11/2011)

December 8, 2011 //

Last month, The Society artist Tim Krause joined us for an interview about what it’s like being an artist in Oklahoma.

Krause works with a group of artists in a shared art space in The Plaza District.

He’s the second artist from The Society we’ve had in the van.

We are very much looking forward to more.

Here’s his interview on Vimeo if that’s your thing.

Tags acoustic track, art, artist, chicago, documentary, doodle, drawing, Ferris O'Brien, green van, Interview, Jonathan Fowler, Live on the Plaza, music, Nathan Poppe, oklahoma city, old van, online radio, Plazd District, sketch, Spy Van, the pretty black chains, The Society, The SpyFM, Tim Krause, VDub Sessions, vintage van, vw van

Categories Art Session

Episode 36 – Jerrod Smith (9/9/2011)

October 12, 2011 //

Tags 1977 Vanagon, acoustic guitar, art, art walk, cars, doodling, drawing, Ferris O'Brien, fowler volkswagen of norman, green van, Jerrod Smith, jingle bells, Live on the Plaza, music, Nathan Poppe, OK, OKC, oklahoma city, original song, painting, Plaza District, shakers, Spy Van, the pretty black chains, The Society, the spy fm, Tim Katz, vintage van

Categories Art Session, VDub Session

Episode 27 – Mark White (5/13/2011)

June 11, 2011 //

Artist Mark White is like a cowbell.

He just goes well with music.

But seriously now, the Oklahoma City-based artist spent three months crafting artwork for May’s Live on the Plaza, and we’re very excited to see what he could draw for us inside of the Spy Van.

White specializes in psychedelia, so it’s no big surprise to see his artwork inside of Warpaint Clothing or gracing the cover of The Pretty Black Chains’ album “Awakening.”

We spoke to White about his passion for music and how he’s happy to team up with Chains guitarist Derek Knowlton.

Knowlton is responsible for scoring every artist VDub Session, which means you should check him out too.

Dig it.

Tags artwork, Derek Knowlton, Live on the Plaza, Mark White, Nathan Poppe, oklahoma city, Plaza District, psychedlic, the pretty black chains, Warpaint Clothing

Categories Art Session, Mark White, The Pretty Black Chains