NEWS/PRESS

A Joy For Life - A Conversation with Dr. Joy Reed Belt

June 9, 2015 - Lauren Hammack - Slice Magazine

I’ve never known anyone named “Joy” who didn’t personify her name. Dr. Joy Reed Belt is no exception. A conversation with the ebullient Dr. Belt is exactly that: a joy. The joy-joy-joy-down-in-my-heart kind of joy.

The principal of Joy Reed Belt & Associates, Inc., an Oklahoma City based executive search firm, Belt is a licensed professional counselor, a voracious reader and amasser of books (paper and digital), an enthusiastic, lifelong learner and the owner and director of JRB Art at The Elms, an award-winning gallery (and arguably the brightest jewel) in the historic Paseo Arts District crown.

Oklahoma artist Holly Wilson tells big stories through little people

May 24, 2015 - Brandy McDonnell

Her range is going to get bigger,” said Joy Reed Belt, owner of JRB Art at The Elms, where Wilson's first photography exhibit is on view this month.

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Exhibit Will Feature Renowned Western Artists

May 17, 2015 - Staff Reports - The Oklahoman

“Best of the West,” an exhibition featuring Joe Andoe, Billy Schenck and Bert Seabourn, will open at 6 p.m. June 5 at JRB Art at The Elms in the Paseo Arts District.

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Lawton Artist Brings Larger-Than-Life Work to Paseo

April 17, 2015 - Jack Fowler - Oklahoma Gazette

Raw legends, Despite his short time as an artist, Robert Peterson's work is larger than life.

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Art Review: Oklahoma City Show Seeks Balance Between Religious, Secular Worlds

April 9, 2015 - John Brandenburg

Clay sculptures by Oklahoma City artist Paul Medina and color photos by Santa Fe artist Siegfried Halus are on view at JRB Art at The Elms.                                  

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Paul Medina, “Enchanted Circles”

April 7, 2015 - Steve Gill

An OKC Artist and Author’s First Novel

Plays Ring-Around-the-Reality

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Art Review: "Faith, nature highlight art show in Oklahoma City

March 15, 2015 - John Brandenburg

Exhibits by Marfa, Texas, artists Meghan Gerety and Jessica Lutz appear at JRB Art at the Elms in Oklahoma City.

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Art Review: Oil paintings share 'Cautionary Tales' at JRB Art at The Elms in Oklahoma City

February 18, 2015 - John Brandenburg

Art Review: JRB at The Elms show features Michele Mikesell, a Dallas artist who received her master’s degree at the University of Oklahoma.

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Press: Art review: 'White is the warmest color at JRB art show, January 10, 2015 - John Brandenburg

Art review: 'White is the warmest color at JRB art show

January 10, 2015 - John Brandenburg

It's hard to imagine art based on a near complete absence of color, but that's what 25 artists were asked to do in the “White” show at JRB Art at The Elms in Oklahoma City.

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Holiday show at JRB in Oklahoma City offers evocative works

December 10, 2014 - John Brandenburg

There are a lot of appealing, quietly evocative and slightly outlandish works in a group show of drawings and prints on paper, and small works on canvas or panel, at JRB at The Elms.

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