The Stillwater arts community invites you to join us for a weekend of festivities at the annual Stillwater Arts Festival, April 21st and 22nd, 2023. Enjoy over 40 regional fine artists, delicious food trucks, live music and family friendly making activities. Find us at Prairie Arts Center in the thriving Downtown Stillwater Cultural District, 12-8 pm on Friday and 9 am-6 pm on Saturday.
Prairie Arts Center (Prairie) will present the 2023 Stillwater Arts Festival (SAF) on April 21-22, 2023. The festival is a juried show, offering awards totaling $3,000 and showcasing the creative and distinctive talents of nearly 40 national and regional artists. Once known as the “Run for the Arts,” the SAF has been a popular regional fine arts festival for over 40 years. The 2023 Stillwater Arts Festival will continue this event’s legacy as a fine arts celebration and an annual destination for both seasoned and beginning art collectors and enthusiasts. The Prairie Arts staff and the Stillwater community take great pride in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all artists and visitors.
5pm - 6:15pm Misspent Ukes
6:30pm - 8pm Val Gladden
Saturday, April 22nd
9am - 9:45am Stillwater Pipe Bad
10am - 10:45am Goode Academy Irsh Dancers
11am - 11:45am Mark Christian
12pm - 12:45pm Stillwater Big Band
1pm - 1:45pm Functional Poly
2pm - 2:45pm Nathen Franklin
3:15pm - 4:15pm Morgan
4:30pm - 6pm Val Gladden
I MADE ART is a small works exhibition of Stillwater elementary schools student art that will be displayed at Prairie Arts Center from mid April to mid May in conjunction with the 2023 Stillwater Arts Festival. I MADE ART takes its inspiration from conceptual artist On Kawara's decade long postcard series, I GOT UP. From 1968 to 1979, Kawara sent two postcards a day to friends and colleagues with a time stamp of when he "got up." Kawara's work is a meditation on time, existence, and the relationship between art and life. The subject matter and media of the work in I MADE ART was left open in hopes of revealing each student's personal relationship with art-making. In order to honor the process of making over the final product, this exhibition is not juried and will not be judged. The student artwork in I MADE ART is also time stamped with the time of day that they made their artwork so that each piece can be read as a marker of time itself, fleeting but embodied.
Friday, April 21st
Drop in and print a tote bag from our stencil collection!
You’ll use our pre-made stencils and screen printing ink to create your own design.
Prairie's pottery studio instructors and students have been making bowls for you to glaze using the ancient technique of raku. Instructors will be on hand to help you pick glazes, firing material, and to guide you through the experience. Raku pottery is not food safe.
Saturday, April 22nd
Drop in and print a tote bag from our stencil collection!
You’ll use our pre-made stencils and screen printing ink to create your own design.
1pm - 6pm FREE Paper Marbling (while supplies last)
Prairie's pottery studio instructors and students have been making bowls for you to glaze using the ancient technique of raku. Instructors will be on hand to help you pick glazes, firing material, and to guide you through the experience. Raku pottery is not food safe.
Details are coming soon!
Friday, April 21st
Saturday, April 22nd
STONECLOUD BREWING is one block east on 10th Street.
GOOD LITTLE EATER is one block east on 10th Street.
Buffalokie Market is proud to be a Made In Oklahoma program registered retailer. Most of our products are Oklahoma-made and all vendors are hand-picked by us. We've met many of our vendors at trade shows or craft fairs somewhere in Oklahoma. We'll be selling a variety of items we carry in our store, the vast majority of which is Oklahoma-made. Items include clothing and accessories such as hats, t-shirts/sweatshirts, purses, earrings and wallets; kid's stuffies; aprons and tote bags made from recycled materials; food products including spice blends, bbq sauce, salsa, caramels, dip mixes, coffee, and cotton candy; leather goods; body care products; kitchen items like swedish dishcloths, beeswax wraps, and charcuterie boards; and plant label stakes for gardening.
Stillwater Public Library Stillwater Public Library
Stillwater Public Library Friends Book Sale
1107 S. Duck Street
Friday, April 21, 12-8pm
Saturday, April 22, 10am-5 pm
Sunday, April 23, 1:30-4pm
OSU Museum of Art
Closing reception for the Painting Influencers exhibition.
720 S Husband Street
April 21st 5pm - 7pm
Modella Art Gallery
Art Walk
Live Band “Slapout”
April 21st 5pm – 7pm
721 S Main St
SHOP Downtown Mainstreet
Many of your favorite merchants will be open and offering sales.