Outside Heroes in My Mind

Be Surprised at the Exhibition at ARTS@302

Art exhibitions featuring “gather art” made from using tossed-out junk are trending nationally. For example, MoMA PS1, Queens NY current exhibition has opened an entire showing The Gatherers, featuring “Gather art” which brings into focus art created from waste. Locally, in Broken Arrow, Arts@302 brings us “Outside Heroes in My Mind” Exhibition & Sale July 3rd through August 7th, with the opening reception set for July 10th, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, 2025. This exhibit plans to be a visually lively interpretation of what is created using what we discard in harmony with imagination.

Arts@302 is located at 302 S. Main St. inside The Brown Kimbrough Center for Arts, Innovation, and Creativity in Broken Arrow will be host to this impressive and surprising exhibition and sale. Be ready for an evocative collection of what Dr. Richard Bay aka DRARTGUY, Sand Springs resident, more often refers to as “STUFF” versus “ART.”

Artist Dr. Richard Bay

“It’s not art it’s stuff,” explained Bay about his pieces. A student of ideas, he said, “I make stuff from whatever I find. IT happens in joy, happiness, and finding pieces of myself in what I make. There’s purity in those who create various inspirations and life experiences. At the show I want you to laugh, some will cry, others will wonder is this art?” Regardless of emotion, you will ponder, “how did he do that?”

Bay’s main medium is LIFE. He believes in whatever he can do to help people understand the world can be expressed in art. He gives life to his STUFF using scraps and oddments. Pizza boxes are one of his favorite materials because he can cut them up and make anything out of them…he also sometimes uses tiny plastic toys, old scraps of paper, textiles, anything and sometimes the inconceivable.

Outside Heroes in My Mind exhibition and sale will be an experience. Be prepared to sense the excitement and join Arts@302 July 3rd through August 7th. You’ll enter thinking “how did he do that” and leave believing “I like this STUFF!”