The Youth Art Sale is a juried show for students ages 8-18 at the annual Festival of the Arts.
Festival of the Arts
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Chicken-Fried News: Welcome back
2016 Festival of the Arts will return to Bicentennial Park.
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Come for the food. Stay for the food. Hey, is anyone hungry? Oh, look; there’s some art.
Come for the food. Stay for the food. Hey, is anyone hungry? Oh, look; there’s some art.
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Festival attendance continues to grow
Street festivals in the metro consistently draw crowds numbering in the thousands and serve as examples for festivals across the country.
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The art of eating
Cupcakes from the Sugar Shack Sweets and Treats Photo by Shannon Cornman The Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts is OKC’s paramount celebration of all things art. The festival has been an annual downtown event since 1967, the year the arts council was granted its nonprofit status. Since then, the festival has […]
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Festival of the foods
<span style=" Arial” ,”sans-serif””=””> By: Mark Hancock Art is great, right? And the community is important. Starting Tuesday and running daily through April 28, the Festival of the Arts, put on by the Oklahoma City Arts Council, is one of the city’s premiere events. It’s a showcase for art, sure, but it’s also about letting […]
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Artful eating
If there’s one thing I know about the people of Oklahoma, it’s that they love art that challenges them. They love being offended and intrigued. We love the arts festival because of the food. I mean, the art is nice to look at, but it’s more fun to do when you’re toting around some delicacy […]
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Art pays
What if that same amount also covered you annually for most other arts festivals, theater and dance performances, and art exhibits throughout the state? What if your annual 105 pennies were also the catalyst for a $314 million economic impact on Oklahoma? If you divided the amount of state-appropriated funds given to the Oklahoma Arts […]
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Oklahoma City’s choices
Which means I’ve been able to see a lot more of the city since I moved back in January, in less time, than I would have been able to in the other two cities I’ve lived in, Boston and Atlanta. So much has changed. Downtown came back from the dead, an NBA franchise moved in, […]
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Get your fest on
Featuring 31 food vendors, more than 200 visual artists and nearly 300 performing artists, this year’s offering sports a wide variety of entertainment for all ages, said Angela Cozby, festival director. “There will be almost any type of entertainment that you can think of,” she said. “None of the food items are priced over $8, […]