Art Walk begins Friday
Peggy Laizure
The Norman Transcript
In the Santa Fe Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave., is the Performing Arts Studio. The studio continues the International Visions Exhibition with artists Ilia Lerner and Solange. This evening, guests can enjoy live music. Door prizes will include an oil painting by Norma Brown and other artistic prizes.
A little further west, at 115 S. Santa Fe Ave., is Downtown Art and Frame. This gallery is exhibiting mixed-media collages by Sue Clancy. The exhibit is titled “Dogma and Other Creature Comforts.” Guests can enjoy a music performance by local guitarist Eric Sarmiento.
Next, stroll back east on Main and visit Winans Fine Chocolates & Coffees, 207 E. Main St. Guests can enjoy artwork by Norman artist Brad Price. Price is a romantic, a backpacker, an impressionist and a lover of high places.
Heading east from Winans, participants can visit Fancy That Café-Bakery-Takery. The café will exhibit large-scale oil paintings by Marcy Cordell and will serve light refreshments. On Saturday, the café will serve brunch items, and a gift certificate of $25 will be given away each day. The café is at 215 E. Main St.
Shevaun Williams & Associates, 221 E. Main St., will showcase a variety of artists including wood sculptures by Glen Alexander, Spirit of the West jewelry and oil paintings by Judy Osburn; mixed media paintings by Kristin Vails; landscapes in oil by Warren Osburn; and Cheyne Little displaying Cut Out Collect: hand-painted handbags and fabric wall-hangings. The gallery will be closed Saturday.
Next door to Shevaun Williams & Associates is the Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau (NCVB), 223 E. Main St. The NCVB has tourist information about Norman and Norman merchandise for sale.
From the NCVB, visitors can head back to their cars and drive a couple of blocks west to the corner of Jones and Tonhawa to visit the Crucible Gallery. The gallery will highlight the Crucible’s own artisans and participants will get a first-hand look at the heating and pouring of molten metal into molds. Pouring demonstrations will be 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday. The Crucible is at 110 E. Tonhawa.
The Spring Art Walk concludes at the Moore-Lindsey House Historical Museum, 508 N. Peters Ave., with paintings by Catherine Mavriplis and Bob Rice’s “Turn of the Century Now and Then” photos. The museum also will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
For more information on May Fair, call 801-2076 or visit mayfairartsfestival.com. For a complete list of arts and cultural events this month, visit the NAC on the Web at normanarts.org.