First Friday Gallery Walk is an event organized by the Paseo Arts Association and Paseo Arts District, every first Friday from 6-9 PM, rain or shine. First Friday is located in the historic Paseo Arts District, Oklahoma City's unique art community.

Over 80 artists and more than 25 businesses and galleries participate, all within walking distance. Opening receptions showcase the new work of the gallery/studio owners or the work of guest artists.

Paseo Arts District | 3024 Paseo | Oklahoma City, OK 73103

Elara Caring are in search of artists that can paint and/or draw portraits. To give families a forever lasting hand-crafted picture of their loved ones. This can all be done in the comfort of your home or studio and can be done according to your schedule. Any medium, any size, at your own pace. Photo of the patient is provided to you for the portrait.

Make a real difference in someone’s life! Elara Caring, one of the nation’s largest providers of home-based care, is looking for compassionate volunteers willing to donate their time to provide exceptional end-of-life care to local hospice patients and their families.

 For more information contact: (210) 325-1451

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Elara Caring

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for Fall 2025 artist grants.

For this open call, they have increased grant amounts to $4,500.

They will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD.

2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000.

This is an open call, all media eligible.

This open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators.

In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via their online Journal as well as Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 150k.

Deadline: November 11, 2025

Submit your work at https://hopperprize.org

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The Hopper Prize

The OSU Museum of Art proudly presents the 2025 Cimarron National Works on Paper, a juried exhibition highlighting 123 works by 95 artists from 36 states.

Founded in 1987, the Oklahoma State University’s Cimarron National Works on Paper juried exhibition, has been held biennially in the Department of Art, Graphic Design, and Art History’s Gardiner Gallery of Art from 1987 to 1995, with resurgences in 2019, 2021.

2025 marks the first year the exhibition will be hosted by the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. The Cimarron National Works on Paper is a testament to the history of printmaking at OSU, our current educational initiatives, and the diverse holdings of works on paper in the OSU Museum of Art’s collection.

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Oklahoma State University Museum of Art | 720 S. Husband St.Stillwater, OK, 74074

Uncanny Art House is currently accepting submissions for this exhibition until October 30th. Step inside the surreal world of David Lynch at In Dreams: A David Lynch Tribute, opening January 9, 2026, during Norman’s 2nd Friday Art Walk. Running through March 1, this immersive exhibition transforms the gallery into a Lynchian dreamscape with interactive rooms, looping highway projections, and a Black Lodge installation with zigzag floors and red curtains.

Visitors will explore themes of duality, voyeurism, and uncanny Americana through painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation art. Special programs will include a screening of David Lynch: The Art Life, a meditative event for Lynch’s birthday, and more during this special two month long exhibition.

Artists are invited to submit works that reflect Lynchian themes: voyeurism, doppelgängers, Americana with a dark undercurrent, surreal encounters, and the strangeness within the ordinary. Works may be directly inspired by Lynch’s films and artwork, or they may channel the uncanny spirit of his style.

All mediums are welcome, including painting, photography, sculpture, installation, video, digital art, and mixed media.

This application is free and open to the public.

ABOUT UNCANNY ART HOUSE

Uncanny Art House is an independent, artist-run gallery and creative space dedicated to fostering collaboration, supporting local artists, and promoting the visual arts. Located in the heart of Norman, Oklahoma, Uncanny Art House is a hub for creativity, community, and innovation.

For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram and stay updated on all our events and exhibitions.

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Uncanny Art House | 106 E Main St, Norman, OK 73069

The OSU Museum of Art presents step across this line, an exhibition that explores how borders shape lives, identities, and histories. Through photography, video, printmaking, and painting, artists in this exhibition respond to the physical, political, and emotional experiences of migration. "step across this line" encourages viewers to reflect on their relationship to borders. It invites you to step across the line and be transformed.

ON VIEW | September 2 - November 8, 2025
RECEPTION | September 4, 2025, 5-6:30 PM

Learn more at https://museum.okstate.edu/art/step-across-this-line.html

Funding for the 2025/26 exhibitions and programs is provided by Marilynn and Carl Thoma, Lou Watkins, and the OSU Museum of Art Advocates.

ARTWORK | Margaret Bourke-White, (American, 1904-1971), India: Pakistan Refugees, 1947 (printed ca. 1967), silver gelatin print, 8 1/2 x 10 inches. OSU Museum of Art, gift of Robert Flynn Johnson, 2018.014.001.

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Oklahoma State University Museum of Art | 720 S. Husband St.Stillwater, OK, 74074

As summer shifts to fall, 1515 Lincoln Gallery is delighted to present New Arrivals at 1515, a special exhibition opening on Thursday, September 4, and running through Saturday, October 11, 2025. The exhibition will showcase outstanding works by the gallery’s newly consigned artists alongside beautiful secondary market pieces recently acquired.

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1515 Lincoln Gallery | 1515 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

As summer shifts to fall, 1515 Lincoln Gallery is delighted to present New Arrivals at 1515, a special exhibition opening on Thursday, September 4, and running through Saturday, October 11, 2025. The exhibition will showcase outstanding works by the gallery’s newly consigned artists alongside beautiful secondary market pieces recently acquired.

Visitors will encounter a diverse collection of two- and three-dimensional works, from timeless 19th- and 20th-century landscapes to large-scale contemporary abstract color field paintings. This exhibition seeks to inspire and engage audiences with new perspectives, inviting them to experience these newly discovered images and scenes for the very first time.

In addition to the opening night celebration, the gallery will host an Artists Talk on Saturday, September 6, from 1 to 2 p.m., featuring several of the participating artists in a panel discussion.

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1515 Lincoln Gallery | 1515 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Entries are now open for the Muskogee Art Guild 2025 Annual Open Judged Art Show and Sale, running November 13–December 17, 2025. Artists 18 and over may submit up to four original works in various media, with awards judged by Joey Frisillo. Online registration and entries must be submitted by November 6, 2025.

Details and prospectus are available at MuskogeeArtGuild.org

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Muskogee Art Guild | 106 S. Main, Muskogee, OK 74401.

Entangled Voices, an exhibition of the fiber practices of OVAC Members Irmgard Geul and Darci Lenker showing at The Depot in Norman.

The closing reception of Entangled Voices, an exhibition of artwork from Irmgard Geul and Darci Lenker, is this Friday, October 10 during Norman's 2nd Friday Art Walk.

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The Depot | 200 S Jones Ave, Norman, OK 73069

Pieces + Patterns: Modern Oklahoma Textiles explores the works of 15 contemporary Oklahoma textile artists and showcases their ability to transform quilting and textile traditions into vibrant, contemporary expressions of identity, place, and history.

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Oklahoma Hall of Fame | Gaylord-Pickens Museum | 1400 Classen Dr, Oklahoma City, OK 73106

Our October Grants for Artists Education Assistance Grant application opens on September 15th with an application deadline of October 15th! Whether it's painting, sculpting, curating, or art writing, we invite you to dive into our current grant opportunities! Apply today

Open to all visual mediums, curation, and art writing.

Learn more and apply today at ovac-ok.org/grantsforartists

Questions? Reach out to Administrative and Artist Relations Manager, Ariana Weir-Temoshok, at ariana@ovac-ok.org

Our October Grants for Artists Community/Artist Partnerships Grant application opens on September 15th with an application deadline of October 15th! Whether it's painting, sculpting, curating, or art writing, we invite you to dive into our current grant opportunities!
Apply today

Open to all visual mediums, curation, and art writing.

Learn more and apply today at ovac-ok.org/grantsforartists

For questions or assistance with your application. Reach out to Administrative and Artist Relations Manager, Ariana Weir-Temoshok, at ariana@ovac-ok.org or call (405) 879-2400 Ex. 5.

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Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

Our October Grants for Artists Professional Basics Grant application opens on September 15th with an application deadline of October 15th! Whether it's painting, sculpting, curating, or art writing, we invite you to dive into our current grant opportunities! Apply today

Open to all visual mediums, curation, and art writing.

Learn more and apply today at ovac-ok.org/grantsforartists

Questions? Reach out to Administrative and Artist Relations Manager, Ariana Weir-Temoshok, at ariana@ovac-ok.org

Our October Grants for Artists Creative Projects Grant application opens on September 15th with an application deadline of October 15th! Whether it's painting, sculpting, curating, or art writing, we invite you to dive into our current grant opportunities! Apply today

Open to all visual mediums, curation, and art writing.

Learn more and apply today at ovac-ok.org/grantsforartists

Questions? Reach out to Administrative and Artist Relations Manager, Ariana Weir-Temoshok, at ariana@ovac-ok.org

Discover Oklahoma Contemporary's ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries exhibition, highlighting new and recent art from a selection of artists active in the state. Twenty-six artists explore identity, place and experimentation through boundary-pushing practices and material innovation, offering a fresh and nuanced vision of contemporary Oklahoma. Visit okcontemp.org for gallery hours.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/artnow2025

Image: Installation view of ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries. Photo by Blake Studdard.

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Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center | 11 NW 11th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73103

The Department of Mass Communication at the University of Central Oklahoma seeks submissions for Ephemeral, a juried photography exhibition open to artists across the globe. This show will showcase diverse interpretations of transience, impermanence, and the fleeting nature of experience. Recognizing life's ephemerality can foster a deeper appreciation for the beauty and importance of each passing moment and encourage a more deliberate and intentional approach to living.

Submit up to three digital images. Digital Submissions must be received by 11:59PM on Sunday, October 19th, 2025.

There is no entry fee.

If your work is selected, you will receive an email by October, Jan. 24th with our congratulations and a request for the physical print. Shipping and return shipping cost is not provided. Physical prints must be received by 5:00 PM on Thursday, November 13th.

Deadlines:
October 19: Digital Submission Due
October 24: Selections will be made and artists notified
November 13: Physical Submissions Due
Nov. 24 - Jan. 21: Exhibition
January 30: Submissions mailed back to artist

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The University of Central Oklahoma | 00 N University Dr, Edmond, OK 73034

Applications are OPEN for our next Art Crit Night on August 13th, 2025 at Oklahoma Contemporary in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Participating artists receive a $100 honorarium.

Featuring Guest Curator, AnnaVittoria Pickett

Application Deadline: Oct 16th, 2025 at 11:59PM CT
This application is free and open to all Oklahoma residents.
Learn More and Apply!

What is Art Crit Night?
Art Crit Night is a free to attend art critique event featuring two local artists who present their work during a curator-led discussion. Artists, arts professionals, collectors, and anyone curious about joining the conversation can look forward to a relaxed evening of engaging discussion and mingling with art friends.

Questions?
Reach out to OVAC Administrative and Artist Relations Manager, Ariana Weir-Temoshok at Ariana@Ovac-Ok.Org or call (405) 879-2400 Ex. 5

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Oklahoma Contemporary | 11 NW 11th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73103

Artists ages 18–30 are invited to submit work for MOMENTUM 2026, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s (OVAC) interactive, multidisciplinary event celebrating its 25th year.

Awards:
Cash prizes may be selected for $400 Curator’s Choice and $200 Emerging Curator Choice awards. Additionally, a $200 Viewer’s Choice Award is voted by the audience during the event. Artists selected for awards will be notified during the event.

Featuring Guest Curator, Kristin Gentry!

Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2026

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The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition seeks project proposals from Oklahoma artists ages 18-30 for MOMENTUM 2026 Spotlight Artists projects. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, MOMENTUM is an interactive, multidisciplinary art event. Three Spotlight Artists will be selected to receive curatorial guidance to create a new project or body of work that debuts at MOMENTUM 2026, March 27-28 at The Yale Theater in Oklahoma City.

Honoraria:
Three MOMENTUM Spotlight Artists will be selected to receive curatorial guidance to create a new project or body of work that debuts at MOMENTUM 2026, March 27-28 at The Yale Theater in Oklahoma City. Spotlight Artists will receive a $1,000 honorarium for the creation of their projects.

Awards:
Cash prizes may be selected for $400 Curator’s Choice and $200 Emerging Curator's Choice awards. Additionally, a $200 Viewer’s Choice Award is voted by the audience during the event. Artists selected for awards will be notified during the event.

Featuring Guest Curator, Kristin Gentry!

Deadline: November 8, 2025

The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition seeks an Emerging Curator for MOMENTUM 2026. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, MOMENTUM is an interactive, multidisciplinary art event highlighting artists ages 18-30 in a juried exhibition. The Emerging Curator will work in mentorship with the Guest Curator to select and work with Spotlight Artists as they create their artwork, write a curatorial statement, and assist with jurying the General Survey exhibition. The Guest and Emerging Curators will schedule monthly meetings and communication with the Spotlight Artists to discuss their concepts and see progress and may asked to write about the artists' work and/or speak about the work during the exhibition. The Emerging Curator must be available during the preparation for and installation of the exhibition.

Honorarium:
The Emerging Curator will receive a $750 honorarium.

There is no age limit to be the Emerging Curator.

Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025

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Join OVAC in celebrating the 25th anniversary of showcasing and supporting young artistic talent across Oklahoma. As a volunteer Committee Member, you will play an essential role in carrying MOMENTUM’s legacy forward by creating a dynamic and inspiring experience for artists and audiences alike, while engaging in professional development experiences to advance your own career goals.

And YES, you can apply to be an artist AND a committee member!

Application Deadline: November 11, 2025

First Committee Meeting: December 11, 2025

Apply Today!

Experience live performance like you've never seen before. This performing arts festival packs plenty of activities and live entertainment for a full fringe festival experience. This 10-day event will feature over 50 performances from 22 multidisciplinary performance groups. On each day, audience members will have the opportunity to attend a different line-up of performances as well as free workshops and special events. Performers will demonstrate multiple disciplines like comedy, opera, dance, puppetry and more.

This festival celebrates the Fringe style of theatre production. One hour or less, low tech and high on ingenuity, Fringe performances are a national and international phenomenon, with festivals happening in every major city across the globe. No restrictions are made as to the nature, style, theme or content. All performers are welcome, regardless of professional or amateur status. The result is a festival full of the unexpected.

Explore as many different genres and styles of performance as possible in a single evening, or over the course of the two weeks. You'll discover so many unique perspectives on theatrical performance during this festival.

This event will take place in various venues across OKC. View show schedule at TheatreCrude.Org.

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Photo Credit: Dennis Spielman

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Theatre Crude

Call for Entries!

The 25th Annual Paul Farrell Memorial Art Auction is now open for submissions!

This milestone year brings a new streamlined online form to make it easier than ever for OPSU art students, faculty, former faculty, and alumni to share their work. All entries will be juried, and artists may submit up to four works total for consideration in the Silent or Live Auction.

Submission deadline: December 3, 2025
Auction Date: March 6, 2026

Learn more and read the full announcement here: https://opsu.edu/news/2025/10/paul-farrell-memorial-art-auction-calls-for-entries/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNMCUBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFGUGxKUWtGbUhPeWV0ZzRQAR6ZxS_n73asIVbMZjp6nlw4Lslgu8ELZJ3mF6OjXgX5d9VNerZI4hPvhpMizA_aem_TCryJbSFMm7YXRNkxtMicQ

Let’s celebrate 25 years of creativity and community at OPSU!

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MAINSITE Contemporary Art is excited to announce "Wêwenetôni Shehkîtâkan: Ancestral Patterns Through Our Regalia" a group exhibition curated by Amber DuBoise-Shepherd. The show debuts with the opening reception on October 10 at 6:00 pm, coinciding with Norman's 2nd Friday Art Walk, and runs through November 14.

"Wêwenetôni Shehkîtâkani: Ancestral Patterns Through Our Regalia, is an exhibition influenced by my late grandmother, Adeline Ketcheshawno DuBoise, who was born for her people of the Prairie Band Potawatomi, Sac & Fox, Kickapoo, and Absentee Shawnee... For this exhibition I wanted to share her work alongside other Indigenous fashion designers, weavers, jewelers, and painters, each sharing their ancestral patterns of their people and their families... The clothing, woven belts, and jewelry they create are more than just objects admired for their skill and beauty—they are to be respected and honored, as they carry the ancestral patterns, designs, and memories of our people. I trust this exhibition will urge viewers to look and engage more deeply with our creations beyond the surface level of the materials. They let viewers know that these creations exist beyond the past and are rooted in memory continuing to carrying our families and our nation’s people forward"

Read more about this exhibition at mainsitecontemporaryart.com

Featuring Creators:
Karen Berry
Leslie Deer
Adeline Ketcheshawno DuBoise
Jennifer McAffrey
Bird Mountain
Katie Thompson
Shelley Patrick
Phyllis Fife
Jimmie Carole Fife
Robin Fife Jenkins
Sandy Fife Wilson

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MAINSITE Contemporary Art | 122 E Main St., Norman, OK, 73069

Exploring Color & Light with Oil Painting
Dana Lombardo
October 10 & 11, 2025
Friday & Saturday 9 - 4 PM
$350/person

Supply Listed at https://terrarosagallery.com/workshops

Join Dana to explore the essential foundations of light and color in painting. Demonstrations will be in oil, but other painting mediums are welcome.

Some experience in painting is required.

The class will begin each morning and afternoon with a short lecture, a demo, hands-on painting, and individual instruction.

On Day One:
In the morning, you will learn about color and light and how they affect values, color mixing, and light and shadow. I will discuss palette options and how to decide what to use in your painting. You will then use your color palette to create your color reference charts.

In the afternoon, I will demonstrate how to create a color card for the photo reference you will use in your painting and show techniques for starting a basic monochromatic underpainting of lights, middles, and darks. You will then finish your color charts/cards and start underpainting them from the photo reference.

On Day Two:
In the morning, I will demonstrate how to start the color layer for the painting using what we learned the previous day. Following the demo, you will work on your painting with one-on-one instruction.

In the afternoon, I will demonstrate finishing techniques (scumbling, glazing, etc.), adding details, and how to critique your painting for adjustments. You will complete your painting with one-on-one instruction following the demo.

If time permits, we will have a group critique and review of your completed painting at the end of the second day.

For more information, Call 405-474-1973 to check out https://terrarosagallery.com/workshops

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Terra Rosa Art Gallery and Creative Space | 111 E Oklahoma Ave, Guthrie, OK 73044

This October, Uncanny Art House presents In the Company of Paintings, a solo exhibition by self-taught painter James M. Bond that transforms the gallery into a moody, theatrical environment inspired by the allure and tension of a roaring-twenties after-hours gathering.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
James M. Bond captures the quiet tension of in-between moments. The hush before a sentence, the flicker of light on a glass, the subtle gesture that shifts a room’s mood. His paintings are clean yet evocative, influenced by Cubist form and Art Deco drama. Working in a limited palette with flat, sculptural shapes, Bond constructs atmospheres as much as images. Each piece is paired with a noir-style caption, a narrative cue that prompts interpretation without dictating it.

STEP INTO THE SCENE
In this immersive installation, the gallery becomes the set: the gallery is the room, the paintings are the guests, and so are you. Through atmospheric oil paintings and curated site-specific elements, Bond invites viewers into a quiet, cinematic drama where perception and power unfold through subtle detail.

COLLABORATING ARTISTS
This exhibition is joined by:
Jennifer Ball-Burwell|
William Mathison
Zachary Barney, Director of Exhibition Design and Environment Curation

SPECIAL EVENTS
Private Preview Night – October 9 at 6PM (Invite Only)
Opening – October 10, 6PM–9PM during Norman’s 2nd Friday Art Walk (Free)Q&A and Artist Talk – October 18, 5PM–6PM
Uncanny Art Hang – October 19, 6PM–9PM
Fourth Friday Film: Nosferatu (1922) – October 24, 6PM–8PM (Free)
Halloween Jazz Masquerade – October 25, Doors 7PM / Show 8PM–10PM

($10 Presale | $15 at Door | Live jazz by Butter and the Genre, curated cocktails, photo booth, and costumes encouraged)

ABOUT UNCANNY ART HOUSE
Uncanny Art House is an independent, artist-run gallery and creative space dedicated to fostering collaboration, supporting local artists, and promoting the visual arts. Located in the heart of Norman, Oklahoma, Uncanny Art House is a hub for creativity, community, and innovation.

For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram and stay updated on all our events and exhibitions.

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Uncanny Art House | 106 E Main St, Norman, OK 73069

The Village Arts Association welcomes everyone to come check out our first Arts Festival in the City of the Village, OK We are located just east of Lake Hefner. It will be a one day Festival with 40+ artists, 10 Food Trucks, and 9 performing groups throughout the day.

Festival hours are 9:00am to 6:00pm Saturday October 11th at the Village Civic Plaza: 2304 Manchester Drive The Village, OK 73120-3729. For more details and a complete artist, food truck, and performers list, check out our website

 Don't forget to check our events page as we have other events coming up in September.

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The Village Civic Plaza | 2304 Manchester Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73120