Nathan Lee: Momentum OKC 2014 Curator

This post is part of our series on Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's Momentum OKC 2014. 

Guest curators for Momentum OKC are Inclusion in Art founder and artist Nathan Lee and emerging curator, Samantha Dillehay.

Acting as curator for Momentum OKC 2014, Nathan Lee is an artist, curator and art activist from Oklahoma City.

Lee is no stranger to Momentum, as his art was in the very first Momentum in 2002. Since then, he had served on the committee in 2003 and was part of the initial team that helped mold Momentum into the event we know today.

Nathan Lee, Momentum OKC 2014 curator

Nathan Lee is founder and Executive Director of Inclusion in Art, an  non-profit dedicated to promoting racial diversity in Oklahoma's visual arts community. Through Inclusion in Art, Lee helps promote emerging and established artists of color and connects them with resources and opportunities.

Protection by Nathan Lee 

Lee's art explores the figure through multi-disciplinary techniques. 
He also co-produced the film TRANSCEND, which explores the lives of five black artists working in Oklahoma. This film was shown recently at the IN COLOR film festival.

Lee has recently founded Creative Entrepreneur Support, a company that helps creative professionals grow for the next stage in their career by helping develop methods of organization for success.

Submissions for Momentum OKC are due by January 27, 2014 at 5 pm. Oklahoma artists aged 30 and younger are eligible. Momentum OKC opens March 7-8, 8-midnight, at the Farmer's Public Market, OK