Northwestern Oklahoma State University's visual arts program will present a free abstract art workshop open to the public in Jesse Dunn Annex, room 324, on the Alva campus on Feb. 12. The workshop will be taught by the program's current artist-in-residence Yelena Martynovskaya, and is intended to give attendees a greater appreciation, deeper vision and compound perspective for art done with textures.

At 6 p.m. Martynovskaya will discuss her studio practice, process, influences and body of work with the "Exploring Texture in Painting" workshop to follow from 7-9 p.m. All materials will be provi...