JULY 14, 2017 EVENTS COMING SOON!
EVENT LISTING FOR JUNE 9, 2017
Non-Profits
MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council (122 E. Main) debuts this year’s Art 365 exhibition from Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. The culmination of a full year of five artists’ work creating original new works for the show in close work with curator Dana Turkovic. Enjoy thoughtful, innovative exhibitions from Narciso Argüelles, Pete Froslie, Andy Mattern, Amy & James McGirk and Kelly Rogers.
The Depot Gallery (200 S. Jones) celebrates Pamela Husky’s Landscapes in Fiber with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. This beautiful, unique exhibit continues through June 30. “My process includes dyeing, carding, spinning and felting” Husky explains. “Using silk, mohair, wool, ramie, raffia, I try to convey light, patterns, space and the sense of a place in nature. I build ‘strokes’ of fiber color and texture in the wool using the same thought as a painter applying pigment. But, there is no canvas. I construct the blanket and its surface from the raw fiber. My fascination with the beauty and character of the materials, and with the experiment of the design process grows every time I work with fiber.” Also enjoy classical and jazz guitar music played by Tate Slatton from 7 to 9 p.m.
FOOD TRUCKS
The 2nd Friday Food Truck Park (Peters between Main and Gray) returns with a variety of Oklahoma food trucks boasting all sorts of street eats!
Galleries, Shops, Studios & More
Adam & Eve (218 E. Main) will be open and participating in the 2nd Friday Norman Art Walk with a product launch party.
Artifactory (313 E. Main) will be open for 2nd Friday Art Walk. They will be serving up coke floats, so stop by and see them. While you are there, be sure to visit with their featured crafter, Miss Sally Lane. She will be selling her handmade headbands and dresses.
Bigfoot Creative (315 E. Main) will be hosting Natalie Sklaney and Coleen Sovick!
The Crucible (110 E. Tonhawa) is celebrating school being out for summer! Come out to the Crucible, bring the kids! They will have sidewalk chalk, bubbles, and more! Refreshments for the kids will be served and as usual will have tastings for the grown-ups from Success Vodka and Prairie Artesian Ales.
D.M. Wealth Management (201 E. Main) will host artist Sue Frueh, a watercolor artist and illustrator. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors for herwatercolors. She illustrated the books The Christmas Heist and The Legally Binding Christmas by Landis Wade, 52 Things a Broker Might Not Tell You by Peggy Doviak, and was nominated for the 2016 Caldecott Award for her illustrations in the children’s book Sea Snow by Leslie and Lindsay Bigones. She is presently a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Frank Lawrence as their musical guest for the evening.
Goodno’s Jewelry (217 E. Main) will be open!
Resonator (1010 N. University) will have new prints by John Hancock and Birdbonez. The Temple, Texas-based artists offer a selection of print work.
Robinson’s Repurposed (325 E. Main) will be open! Stop by and view over 30 featured local artists, décor items, and vintage furniture. Also enjoy Big Truck Tacos.
Sandalwood & Sage (322 E. Main) has the store welcoming special musical guest The Jah Mystics as well as guest artist Mary Bright Side Marlatt with Bright Side of the Moon Custom Creations. Marlatt paints, sculpts and makes unique jewelry items involving rock and metal compositions.
The Social Club (209 E. Main) will host artist Tony Grider and serving cocktails & treats. Tony began photography as a child using a Kodak Brownie film camera given to him by his mother. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma where he works part-time as mental health therapist. As self-taught photographer, he has spent the past five years concentrating on digital photographs with geometric lines, contrasting light with shadows and soft-focus Polaroid transfer images. He has sold his photographs to collectors around the world — from Beverly Hills, California to Sydney, Australia.
Shevaun Williams & Associates (221 E. Main) is presenting the STARK-CLOUD 3D ART SHOW due to the overwhelming response and success at Stark Art Gallery in March. On display will be a showing of works by the two Oklahoma artists and creators, Kevin Stark and Sally Cloud. This two-person exhibition will kick off with a reception at 6 p.m. and will feature wine and hors d’oeuvres and will also feature Hair Creations by Vince Branham, Shannon Hensel, Antony DeMauro, and Meagan Carson of SALON AUDACE. At 9 p.m. the band Squeaky Burger will perform. Famous for creating “soundtrack music for Mexican movies that haven’t been made yet,” the five-piece band will perform the score for the unmade movie, “The Mexican Hair Band From Outer Space!” Weirdness is guaranteed… not to be missed!
STASH (412 E. Main) will host a makers market, music, art and more!
Studio Ink (220 E. Main) will be hosting Nathan Ward, who specializes in oils, Jacob Sargent and his gigantic duck tape work, & Amy Kelly’s photography.
Urban Alley presents another Mini Mural Fest behind the 200 block, with Tom Kuhns and Jonathon Fowler, special musical guests and a drag show by Hausdown Productions.
