OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Mary Fallin’s daughter, Christina, is helping take art to the next level right in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City.
Christina Fallin is showing her creative side at the new Sloan Installation Gallery.
“Everybody talks about Oklahoma experiencing a renaissance. We’ve seen lots of small businesses open up,” Fallin said. “This is kind of an expansion of that, and we’re just further adding on to each other’s creativity and entrepreneurialism.”
Fallin says she saw similar art during her travels around the world.
“I’ve kind of seen this art throughout my visits to other countries,” Fallin said. “My thought with this gallery was ‘How can we bring that art here? How can we make it more accessible to Oklahomans?”
The gallery mixes international works with local art.
“They’ve all like stepped up their game. We all do better and we all try harder when we all have something to look up to,” Fallin said.
The art is like a revolving door with a constant surge of new artists from around the world.
“My hope is that people we bring into the gallery leave with a perspective of Oklahoma or Oklahoma City in general that they’ll take back to their countries,” Fallin said.
The gallery is free to the public and will open Saturday, Jan. 17.
