The first solo exhibition of the work of the late Ponca City artist Maxine Warren is being planned by the Oklahoma State Museum of Art in Stillwater. Organizers say the exhibition is planned to open in November 2017.

The museum is reaching out to the Oklahoma art community to learn more about her and her art, and also to find more of her paintings and prints.

Warren's daughter, Alison, donated 47 of her pieces to the museum a few years ago after Maxine's passing. Maxine is a 1948 OSU graduate who studied under Doel Reed, J. Jay McVicker, and Dale McKinney. Warren was also an Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition board member from 1997-2001 and helped to establish OVAC’s Artist Survival Kit program in 1999. In addition to her artistic career, she also taught for a number of years in Ponca City at several elementary schools and served as the chair of the art department at the Senior High.

"We need the help of the Oklahoma art community to get the word out about the exhibition. If you knew Maxine, or own any of her artwork, or know where to find someone who does - please let me know," said Tiffany Sides, a Graduate Research Assistant at the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art in Stillwater.

"Any information you have would be extremely helpful, because, in a sense, we are starting from scratch. The more knowledge we gain, the more informed this important exhibition will be," Sides said.

She can be contacted by email at tiffany.sides@okstate.edu, or her phone number is 539-664-3249.

Maxine Wood Warren. “Footfalls Echo in the Memory.” Oil monotype print on paper, 1991.