Come join the Norman Arts Council in an all-new 2nd Friday! Spend the evening with the Norman art community at 2nd Friday Circuit of Art on February 10th from 6-9pm. Guests are invited to walk throughout the city of Norman and the Downtown Arts District.  Experience the community, the refreshments and the local art!

Bring your family to enjoy the superb singers from Cimarron Opera, presented by Performing Arts Studio. Also performing is the instrumental OU Brass Quintet at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The museum will also be showing a thirty-minute film, More Perfect Union.

Gallery 123 will spotlight artist Pam Bradford. The artist earned her BFA from Columbia College and her MFA from the University of Missouri. Bradford specializes in pencil paintings. Her art includes portraiture, landscape and still life. Some of her works include Basking Toys, A teapot from childhood, Early Morning Light, and Director’s Chairs.

Students are also contributing to the 2nd Friday Circuit of Art. Dreamer Concepts will host Dreamer 41: Tour de Quartz. Tour de Quartz features work by high school students throughout Oklahoma. They were selected to study at the Oklahoma Arts Institute.

In addition, Firehouse Art Center will also exhibit students’ artwork from Healing Studio from February 10th to March 21st. The studio is designed to enhance lifestyles and promote healing. The Healing Studio is an inviting place for individuals with varying degrees of cognitive, physical and artistic abilities to be challenged, educated and celebrated through visual arts education, creativity and self-expression. The exhibition is an excellent opportunity for students to display their work publicly. Patrons are invited to meet with the students and instructors to further discuss their artwork and ideas.

H2OK: Native Response to Water Issues in Oklahoma strives to combine art and discussion presented by MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council. Artists from across Oklahoma’s diverse tribal landscape will express cultural attitudes to water in all of its forms. This includes rivers, oceans, rain, drinking water and environmental aspects of water. They will discuss political realities of our dwindling water supply and the aesthetics of water within their cultural practices. Artists are expressing their concern through several different techniques. Underwater photography, digital art, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and installations will all be sparking notes of conversation about Oklahoma’s water situation. All the artists are either living in Oklahoma or are affiliated with at least one of Oklahoma’s 39 tribes.

In addition, NAC will have exhibition of Lines of Language/Language of Lines. This exhibition features the recent fiber works of Heather Clark Hilliard. As the title hints, the objects explore a connection between visual and linguistic communication. Stitches represent words to Hilliard, as rows of them signify sentences.  She also suggests the format of each work symbolizes a scroll. In Hilliard’s alphabet, hatch marks of wire and knots of wool replace letters as tools to send messages. The exhibition documents Hilliard’s investigation of this metaphor and invites the viewer to consider how the artist communicates meaning beyond language. 

Another artist participating is Lesha Maag. Her work will be on display at Fusion Fitness and Yoga. From 7-10pm come enjoy a drink, her work and meet the instructors of Fusion Fitness and Yoga.

Other galleries also announced new exhibitions. Third Eye Gallery will be featuring Stephen Deckard. Deckard’s “Divine Dimensions” is a series of 18” x 24” color pencil and pastel drawings based on sacred geometry. Geometric artwork has been felt to resonate with cosmic significance since ancient times and is visible in religious art throughout the world. Deckard’s artwork expresses his spiritual world.

Tribes131 will be presenting unique Native American arts. The 5th annual “Love of Ledger Art – History in Pictures” will be held during 2nd Friday Circuit of Art. Guests are welcome to chat with some of the artists. Participating artists include Dolores Purdy Corcoran, Michael Horse, Steven Judd, George Levi, Elena Carol Pate and Dwayne Wilcox.

With the fast-approaching Valentine’s Day, Unlabeled Apparel and Sublime Signs Creative Studio are proud to present various crafts and hand-made jewelries in their trunk shows and workshops. Art collections from Jason and Amanda Joy Wells might be the perfect gift for your significant other. 

Jacobson House welcomes visitors with Indian Tacos and talks during its event. The Gotebo family talks about the transition from Kiowa to Christian ways at 6:30pm and Kevin Warren Smith will discuss the transition from Hide and Ledger Art to Contemporary Art at 7pm.

Sharron Rae’s photography will be featured at Again…Stuff that’s New Now. Stop by the store for snacks and refreshments to view her creations.