NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Jan. 3, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ann Dee Lee
Public Information Director
Oklahoma Arts Council
(405) 521-2931
anndee@arts.ok.gov
WEWOKA PHOTOGRAPHER EXHIBITS WORK AT STATE CAPITOL
Oklahoma City, OK -- Jacklyn Patterson was a relative latecomer to the world of photography, not actually owning her first camera until she turned 38. Since then she’s more than made up for lost time, and holds the degrees of Master Photographer, Master Artist and Photographic Craftsman from the Professional Photographers of America as well as Fellow of The American Society of Photographers.
Her photography exhibit, The American Society of Photographers Fellowship Portfolio, will be on display in the first floor of the North Gallery at the State Capitol from Jan. 7th through March 2nd. Curated by the Oklahoma Arts Council, the North Gallery is devoted to Oklahoma’s finest photographers and is open daily from 8:30-5:00.
As a art student at the University of Central Oklahoma, Patterson soon learned that as an artist the camera was a better tool for her than a paint brush. “The sad fact was that I could not draw,” said Patterson.
She’s since gained a great deal of satisfaction by combining the two mediums but admits she cares nothing for nature, sunsets, or the grandeur of the great outdoors. “One day while feeling guilty for my lack of enthusiasm for getting up at dawn, I realized that I care only about photographing people, the objects they gather around them, and the structures they choose as dwelling places.”
Patterson now owns a small studio in Wewoka and does custom portrait work, both in the studio and on location … work, she says, that is both creative and fulfilling. She claims to have one foot in film and one foot in the digital world. “I’ve loved every day of my journey. Should it end sooner than I would like I will always be grateful for the gifts I have received, the people I have loved, and for discovering at the halfway point in my life, this great gift of photography.”
She has served as President of the Professional Photographers of Oklahoma and as President of the Southwest Professional Photographers, (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma). A graduate of Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, Patterson also earned a BA in Art from the University of Central Oklahoma.
For more information, contact Ann Dee Lee, Public Relations Director, Oklahoma Arts Council, (405) 521-2931 or anndee@arts.ok.gov.
ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL
The Oklahoma Arts Council is a state agency whose mission is to improve lives through the arts by promoting and sustaining the development of a thriving arts environment, which is essential to quality of life, education and economic vitality for all Oklahomans.
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