“The Stories They Could Tell: The Landscapes and Vernacular Architecture of Southwest Oklahoma” exhibit closes, Museum of the Western Prairie

A special exhibit entitled “The Stories They Could Tell: The Landscapes and Vernacular Architecture of Southwest Oklahoma” is currently on display at the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus. This interpretive art exhibit explores the landscapes of southwest Oklahoma and the vernacular structures nestled into them that have inspired the work of Altus artist Brian Nichols.

The exhibit will inform visitors about early day life in southwest Oklahoma through history, geography, art, and architecture. The art will also connect visitors to these places. An informational catalog will help visitors focus on the landscapes that define southwest Oklahoma as well as the unique personalities of the common, ordinary structures that dot the rural countryside as captured in the paintings.

“The Stories They Could Tell” is on exhibit in the First Gallery of the Museum of the Western Prairie through August 16. For more information please call 580-482-1044 or email muswestpr@okhistory.org. The Museum of the Western Prairie is located at 1100 Memorial Drive in Altus.