photo by Rex Barrett

Rex Barrett of Glass Eye Studios captured some great images at our 2011 show – check out this set on Facebook and please tag yourself!

photo by Rex Barrett

photo by Rex Barrett

The day has arrived. Head on over to the Centennial Building for a day of shopping, inspiration and entertainment.

Show hours are 11-5. Free Admission. 80 artists. Something for EVERYONE. For serious.

The Spy 11 – 1:30
DJB (Brandon Tabor) 1:30 – 4:00
BBoy Battle at 2:30
Sugar Free Allstars 4:00

All Day: Free photo booth, Victory Dolls Roller Derby recruiting, kids’ crafts and fun, good times, hidden prizes, rad tunes. We do this because we love you. Hugs and kisses. See you soon.

(Thanks to all of our volunteers, fans and artists who make this day such a great event.)

If you’re planning on applying to Deluxe, now is the time! September 15 is our deadline. Please get your application and fees in ASAP!

An invitation from our friends at Keep It Local OK:

Keep It Local OK is celebrating its first year in business with a birthday party at the OKC Farmer’s Public Market on Thursday, April 7th from 7 pm – 11 pm, and EVERYONE is invited! The party is called “The BIG One” and is sponsored by Oklahoma Employees Credit Union.

“The BIG One” will be hosted by Lacey Lett, co-host of the “Oklahoma Rock Show” on TheSpyFM.com, and will feature live music by singer-songwriter, Sherree Chamberlain. Ferris O’Brien and the rest of TheSpyFM.com crew will also provide music throughout the night.

Several local restaurants will be offering samples including: Cuppies and Joe, Deep Fork Grill, Iguana Mexican Grill, Sara Sara Cupcakes, t, an urban teahouse, The Wedge Pizzeria and more!

Local merchants such as Blue 7, Shop Good, Collected Thread and others will be on hand providing attendees the opportunity to shop local and experience all that Keep It Local OK members have to offer.

Prizes have been generously donated by local businesses which will be given out at the event. A free photo booth will be provided by Nexus Productions. Proceeds from Keep It Local OK Card sales at “The BIG One” will benefit local non-profit, The Spero Project.

Tickets for “The BIG One” are on sale now at The Paper Lion in Edmond, S Studio Salon & Spa, Blue 7 and Shop Good in OKC, Handmade With HeART in Moore, Crimson and Whipped Cream in Norman, and online at www.keepitlocalok.com. Tickets are only $5 when purchased in advance with a Keep It Local OK Card and $7 without a card, $7 when purchased online, and $10 at the door.

For more information, please visit the Keep It Local OK site.

What would a sustainable, resilient and abundant community look like? If you can visualize it, consider submitting your work to EVOLVE, a juried exhibition to be held at Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery this spring. A grand prize of $500 will be awarded!
Learn more at Sustainable OKC.

We visited South By Southwest in Austin this week to help out with The Buffalo Lounge, our great state’s showcase of talent in the areas of interactive media, film and music. So many great events happening in one spot – be assured that our state is really getting some glory right now!

We had some spare time to visit the Etsy venue, just a couple doors down from The Buffalo Lounge. It was cool to craft with the people who make so many connections possible. Did you know that JD and Sara met through the Oklahoma Etsy street team? Aww…memories!

High Fives all over the place! Sugar Free All Stars performing at OKCMOA’s Family Day.

You may recognize our favorite puppeteer in this video from Science Museum Oklahoma!
Shannon and Louie are promoting next week’s awesome and educational Science Camp in this video. Check it out! We can’t get enough of the Science Museum over here.

The Okie Stitchalong pieces are ready to return to their creators. The pieces were all displayed at the Oklahoma State Fair and the Downtown OKC library.

There is talk of adding a new category to the state fair’s creative arts entries this year… keep your eyes peeled for another opportunity to stitch on a theme!