Apply to join the Moderns Board!
Applications are open to all Moderns members (including OKCMOA Fellow, Friend, and Sustainer members).
Online applications are due Friday, May 16 at 11:59 pm.
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OKCMOA Moderns membership is available as an optional +$50 enhancement to Individual and Dual membership. Moderns is automatically included as a benefit of Fellow, Friend, and Sustainer membership.
2024-2025 Moderns Board
Brandt Sterling, Moderns Board Chair
Julie DeWalt, Secretary/Treasurer
Emily Isbill, Membership Chair
Mady Hendryx, Events Chair
David Rackley, Marketing Chair
Tanja Detwiler
Gerred Edwards
Katie Goodnight
MaryAnn Grover
Fareshteh Hamidi
Jalisa Haggins
Brendan Hope
Portia King
Cayla Lewis
Maria Lim
Missy Mayo
Andrew Monroe
Kamyar Movaffagh
Jermiah Phelix
LaTasha Timberlake
Moderns Board members serve two-year terms as leaders, volunteers, and stewards for the OKCMOA Moderns and work together to create fun and meaningful events that connect our community with OKCMOA.
Interested in applying for the Moderns Board? Online applications for the Moderns Board are available on this page each spring and will be announced via the Museum’s weekly newsletter.
Thank you to our Moderns event sponsors!
What is OKCMOA Moderns?
OKCMOA Moderns is a dynamic group of Museum members, patrons, and rising business, civic, and social leaders committed to supporting the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and engaging with the art in Oklahoma City and beyond. We seek to engage the community by providing an enriching and social atmosphere that creates personal connections between community and art. Anyone 21+ with an active Museum membership at Individual or Dual levels may join.
In addition to your OKCMOA membership benefits, Moderns enjoy invitations to exciting events, which can include:
- Private gallery tours
- Educational opportunities and lectures
- Artist demonstrations
- Exclusive film screenings
- Community networking
- Access to the OKCMOA Board
Stay tuned as we announce additional events! Moderns event updates are shared via email and on OKCMOA’s Instagram and Facebook.
Click here to view a full list of upcoming activities at the Museum.
Where Moderns meet monochrome: your exclusive Discovering Ansel Adams preview.
Interested in Joining Moderns?
Moderns membership benefits are enjoyed by these OKCMOA membership levels:
Individual + Moderns
Individual + Moderns + Film Society
Dual + Moderns
Dual + Moderns + Film Society
Fellow
Friend
Sustainer
Welcome to Moderns Moment, a monthly blog series by the OKCMOA Moderns Board. Through these posts, you'll get to know our board members and discover the many benefits of being a Moderns member! What is OKCMOA Moderns? OKCMOA Moderns is a dynamic group of Museum members, patrons, and rising business, ...
How to join:
- Join/Renew Online
- Call 405.278.8207
- Visit the Admissions Desk or Museum Store
Current Individual and Dual members can add Moderns mid-term by calling 405.278.8207.
We can’t wait to meet you! Questions? Contact us at moderns@okcmoa.com or 405.278.8207.
Past Events
Raise a glass to the arts —join OKCMOA Moderns on the patio!
Sip, mingle, and celebrate cinema before the screening of The Red Shoes!
Begin your day with brunch and art at OKCMOA’s exclusive Chihuly experience!
Join OKCMOA Moderns on the Roof Terrace for a Hallow-Happy Hour!
Join us for the next Moderns panel in the Noble Theater!
OKCMOA Moderns has created a virtual bingo card to guide your visit to the Festival of the Arts. Anyone can play!
OKCMOA Moderns members are invited to preview Edith Head: Hollywood’s Costume Designer and celebrate this silver screen legend with a rooftop soiree!
Join OKCMOA Moderns for an exclusive event focused on growing art collections - both the Museum’s and your own!
Join OKCMOA Moderns at the theatre! Moderns members and their families are invited to experience an immersive holiday production of Little Women by Storyteller Theatre Arts Co. at a specially discounted rate. This outdoor production at the Harn Homestead will showcase warmth, sorrows, triumphs, struggles, and joys alongside the March Family.
OKCMOA Moderns presents a panel discussion inspired by Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight. This event is open to the public and specially discounted for Moderns members!
Join OKCMOA Moderns on the Roof Terrace for a Hallow-Happy Hour! $5 for Moderns members; $20 for non-Moderns.
Due to inclement weather predictions, this event is moving indoors.
Free and open to the public, the OKCMOA Moderns invite you to explore downtown OKC and learn more about our community’s public art and sculptures with this outdoor scavenger hunt on Saturday, April 29! Follow along with #scavengARThunt2023
OKCMOA Moderns presents a panel discussion about the intersections of art and activism in Oklahoma, and you’re invited! This event is open to the public and specially discounted for Moderns members.
Moderns members are invited to an exclusive member appreciation Hygge event!
Moderns and Film Society members are invited to an exclusive event examining the photography, video art, and films of acclaimed Iranian artist Abbas Kiarostami!
Moderns members are invited to experience the inner workings of curating and installing the newly reimagined exhibit Chihuly Then and Now: The Collection at Twenty. Exclusive to Oklahoma City, OKCMOA’s collection is now one of the largest public collections of Chihuly glass in the world.
This event has passed. Check out our latest Late Night updates at okcmoa.com/fundraising-events/
OKCMOA members are invited to join us for a Members' Preview Event on March 4! See the incredible exhibition, The Perfect Shot: Walter Iooss Jr. and the Art of Sports Photography, before it opens to the public during this exclusive preview.
Mix, mingle, and be merry at this Moderns-exclusive holiday celebration!
Join fellow Moderns members for a self-portrait party inspired by For America!
Moderns members are invited to a rooftop picnic inspired by The Painters of Pompeii. Join us for lunch, drinks, and a guided exhibition tour!
Free and open to the public, the OKCMOA Moderns invite you to explore downtown OKC and learn more about our community’s public art with this outdoor scavenger hunt!
February 2021 | Virtual Italian Wine Tasting
December 2020 | Holiday Ornament Kits
November 2020 | Virtual Murder Mystery Night: Moderns Edition
September 2020 | Virtual Spirits and Sketches: Moderns Edition
February 2020 | Oscars Screening and Discussion
January 2020 | Night of Hygge
December 2019 | Holiday Party
November 2019 | Mimosas, Brunch, and the American Spirit
October 2019 | Paranormal Tour
September 2019 | Renaissance Ball Late Night
June 2019 | Van Gogh, Monet, Degas Exhibition Preview
February 2019 | Oscars Screening and Discussion
December 2018 | Moderns Holiday Party
November 2018 | Moderns Happening
October 2018 | Victorian Tea Party with a Modern, Radical Twist
September 2018 | Renaissance Ball Late Night
June 2018 | Coffee, Croissants, and Isabelle de Borchgrave
April 2018 | Moderns Meets OKCFA
February 2018 | Moderns Exclusive Evening at Factory Obscura’s ‘SHIFT’
December 2017 | Moderns Holiday Party at Blue Sage Studios
November 2017 | The Art of Happy Hour
October 2017 | Moderns Public Art Bike Tour
June 2017 | Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic Members’ Preview hosted by the Moderns
April 2017 | Volunteer with The Crepe Brewers at the Oklahoma City Arts Council Festival of the Arts!
February 2017 | Collector Panel Discussion
December 2016 | Moderns Holiday Party at Blue Sage Studios
November 2016 | Modern Calligraphy Workshop
October 2016 | Architectural Bike Tour
August 2016 | Pre-film reception and screening of Lo and Behold
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View our open exhibitions at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. From delicate glass pieces to painted portraits, we have everything you are interested in.
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