Shortt Communications

05/29/2024

Big News! I’m thrilled to announce a new chapter in my career as the Director of Communications for the Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce and the greater OKC region!

The last 10 years as founder and president of Shortt Communications have been an unbelievable journey and learning experience. I’m thrilled to be hanging up my entrepreneurial hat and bringing my talents to this visionary organization for one of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Places to Live!”

Oklahoma City was ranked highly among 150 major US cities for its cowboy culture, low cost of living and quality of life.

01/27/2024

Award-winning Oklahoma artist and filmmaker Sterlin Harjo recently received the second-ever ArtNow Focus Award from Oklahoma Contemporary for his groundbreaking work through film that celebrates, uplifts, and challenges notions of what it means to be Native.

Harjo is the brains behind the FX comedy drama series Reservation Dogs, set in his home state of Oklahoma and his Native American community.

Here he explains how he weaves his storytelling and experiences from growing up in Holdenville throughout the series that has received widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including a Peabody Award and two Independent Spirit Awards. The series has also been nominated for a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award, a Golden Globe, two Television Critics Association Awards, and five Critics’ Choice Television Awards.

Harjo refers to himself as an “intimate filmmaker” who is interested in people and knowing them well. With “Reservation Dogs,” he said, “I’m letting you into a world that you didn’t know about; you’re getting to know these people at an intimate level.”

If you haven’t watched this series, we highly recommend! The humor is refreshingly authentic, and will have you loving each character’s plight … very reminiscent of the Schitt’s Creek gang.

09/29/2023

Get your cameras ready for tomorrow's 2nd Annual Monarch Festival at the Mollie Spencer Farm! Crafts, face painting, storytime, nature walks, farm animals, presentations, and more at this special festival will raise awareness of the need to provide and protect monarch habitats. Capture monarchs in motion while learning more about how you can help!

Tomorrow: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. FREE event! All ages welcome!
1001 Garth Brooks Boulevard, Yukon, Oklahoma

The second annual Monarch Festival coming soon to the Mollie Spencer Farm in Yukon will be a celebration of the 3,000-mile journey undertaken by colorful butterflies each year from Canada through Oklahoma and on to Mexico.

09/04/2023

A toast this Labor Day to the highlight of our summer - the 15th annual Green Box Arts Festival! Congratulations to Green Box and founders Christian Keesee and Larry Keigwin on 15 years of providing exemplary visual and performing arts experiences in the most beautiful place on earth! 🟩♥️⛰️

Founded in 2009 in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, Green Box has grown into a year-round incubator of multidisciplinary visual and performing arts. Dedicated to cultivating a profound admiration for the arts amidst a dynamic and inclusive cultural environment, the organization provides residents and visitors year-round opportunities to participate in the creative arts in the natural beauty at the foothills of Pikes Peak.

Anchored by an annual summer arts festival, Green Box engages with community year-round through an active Artist-in-Residence program, arts education, and public art installations.

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06/28/2023

What’s kept people coming back to Green Box for 15 years? Click link in bio to read ’s article on the Best Fest in the West!

“We cannot disconnect the place we are in from the work we do,” says Green Box Executive Director Scott Levy. “Green Mountain Falls is definitely a special place. There’s something very different about it that I haven’t experienced anywhere else. It’s a tiny thriving community relatively close to Colorado Springs, but it’s like another world. There’s an element of the area that almost feels like you’re back in the 1920s.”

Most important, he says, it’s “a place where you can quiet the mind and let the creativity flow.”

Levy says his choice for this year's Green Box headliner is the two-week stand by the acclaimed Paul Taylor Dance Company: “They’ll be doing four public and two not-so-public performances and a public master class. They’ll also be in the rehearsal room with Green Box co-founder Larry Keigwin, whom they invited to create a new work premiering at Lincoln Center in the fall.

And it’s not costly, says Levy: “We pride ourselves on providing intimate experiences. Most events have limited capacity, and the earlier you know you want to go, you should get a ticket right away, whether it’s free or has a nominal charge. As always, you can come for a day, come for a weekend or come for the whole fest — or come anytime.”

These events and all the others exemplify the kind of people-friendly variety that keeps visitors coming back to Green Mountain Falls over the past 15 years. But its deepest appeal is related to getting away from it all. “You can escape easily into the mountains with amazing contemporary artists,” says Levy.

06/26/2023

Had a blast being back in NYC for the ! Many thanks to the teams at Meltwater and The Glasshouse for a spectacular conference, and to Ink 48 Hotel for the unbelievable views! 👀

06/19/2023

It’s National Pollinator Week, an annual celebration recognized by the USDA by raising awareness for pollinator health and what we can do to protect them. Pollinator species, such as bees, other insects, birds and bats play a critical role in producing more than 100 crops grown in the United States. Honeybee pollination alone adds more than $18 billion in value to agricultural crops annually.

Here, KFOR-TV NewsChannel 4's Galen Culver shows us how the Mollie Spencer Farm in Yukon, Oklahoma is doing its part to conserve pollinators and combat climate change by supporting healthy ecosystems, air, soil, water, and plants. Follow Mollie Spencer Farm to learn more about Pollinator Week and future events out at the Farm!

06/18/2023

A MUST-SEE when you … Exhibition Opening Weekend - True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism, which opened TODAY and is on view at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art through October 22. Don’t miss out - book your tickets in advance!!

“One of the many reasons we reimaged and reinstalled the Chihuly collection on the first-floor gallery was to allow the Museum to accept larger exhibitions, such as True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism. I applaud our team for having the foresight to think long-term, and paving the way for an exciting future here at the Museum. We look forward to bringing more exhibitions that draw a regional audience to Oklahoma City,” said OKCMOA CEO and President Dr. Michael Anderson.

The special exhibition "True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism" will be on view June 17-Oct. 22 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

06/17/2023

Juneteenth is upon us - and many celebrations around the metro are planned. Make plans to acknowledge the history of slavery in our nation. history lesson below:

General Order No. 3 was an American legal decree issued in 1865 enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation to the residents of the U.S. state of Texas and freeing all remaining slaves in the state. The general order was issued by Union General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, upon arriving at Galveston, Texas, at the end of the American Civil War and two and a half years after the original issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. The order, and Granger's enforcement of it, is the central event commemorated by the holiday of Juneteenth, which originally celebrated the end of slavery in Texas.

7 ways OKC families can celebrate Juneteenth Juneteenth on the East Reading Time: 3 minutes Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is a celebratory tradition dating back more than 150 years commemorating General Gordon Granger’s reading of federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, proclaimin...

06/17/2023

Let’s gooooo OKC ‼️

OKC could be in the running to host part of the 2028 Summer Olympics. The competition that could happen in the metro, and the response we're hearing.

06/16/2023

Go see this - TODAY ONLY! The show is free and open to the public. Artists receive 80 percent of the proceeds from the sale of their artwork.

The exhibit will be on display at the Homeless Alliance, 1724 N.W. 4th St., from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 16.

Artists who are or who have experienced homelessness will be showing off their work during an art show this week.