Mission

Pickens Museum is chartered as an educational institution whose collection of modern and contemporary art reflects the vitality complexity and unfolding patterns of art and presents exhibitions to national and international audiences. In pursuit of this goal the Museum has collected over 1,000 works of painting sculpture drawing photography and native American jewelry. Pickens Museum includes Native American Turquoise Jewelry by Tanya Rafael Jolene Bird and others; African American art by Malvin Gray Johnson Faith Ringgold Woodrow Nash; Native American art by Allan Houser Josue Sanchez Yatika Starr Fields Ed Natiya Oreland Joe Clyde Otipoby CJ Wells; Oklahoma art by John Free Becky Manschreck Roger Disney Traci Bird; Bronze Sculpture by Donald De Lue Paul Manship Albert Wein Jo Davidson Bryant Baker Malvina Hoffman Paul Manship; Verdite Sculpture from Zimbabwe by James Tandi