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Backwards Forwards:
Art by Christie Owen
Opens at The Project Box Community Art Space in the Paseo

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 2014. Backwards Forwards, an exhibit of art by Oklahoma
City-based artist Christie Owen, will open on Friday, September 5 from 6-10 pm at The Project
Box, 3003 Paseo, Oklahoma City. The exhibit will run until Sept. 27.

Backwards Forwards explores the interplay of past and future in our decision-making, reflecting
on our desire to look backwards even thought we must live moving forward. Owen’s minimalist,
organic work, which includes sculpture, jewelry, and contemporary abstract painting, invites the
viewer to pause in the moment, reflect, seek tranquility amid the motion of our lives.

Owen is Co-Founder and Vice President of FRINGE, a collective of contemporary women artists
working in all fine arts media in Oklahoma City. Owen is also a graphic designer and the founder
of CO Art & Design. She has exhibited her art at museums and galleries throughout Oklahoma and beyond.

The opening, which coincides with Paseo’s First Friday Gallery Walk, will also feature Poetry
Stand by Oklahoma City poet and artist Kerri Shadid. Visitors to Poetry Stand will receive a free,
customized, spontaneous poem based on a word or idea of their choosing.

Visual artist Lisa Allswede recently opened The Project Box as a community art space dedicated
to engaging the public with contemporary art in Oklahoma City through exhibitions, workshops,
and performances. Shadid and Allswede are both FRINGE artists.

For more information on The Project Box, visit theprojectboxokc.com.

Media Contact:
Lisa Allswede
412-370-9157
lisa.allswede@gmail.com
theprojectboxokc.com