The Oklahoma Arts Council has selected Norman as the location for its 2010 Oklahoma Arts Conference.
Check out the excerpt below from an email sent to potential attendees —
they’re really helping to spread the word about Norman’s arts scene!
And if you’re an artist or arts supporter, this event is definitely for
you. So please consider signing up!
Just a few miles south of the state’s bustling, sprawling
capitol, Norman is a tight-knit community possessing the charm and
hospitality of a small town yet offering many of the amenities available
in a large city. A community with a seemingly dual personality, Norman
benefits from its inclusion in the metro yet stands distinctly on its
own with plenty to offer citizens and visitors alike.
More than just a college town whose lifeblood is the mass of
youthful energy buzzing nine months a year, the Norman community is
alive and vibrant throughout every season. Long after the hangover of
spring finals, Jazz in June brings out over 50,000 enthusiasts for
several days of music under the warm summer evening stars. Complement
that with the Performing Arts Studio’s Summer Breeze Concert Series,
family-friendly museums that consistently draw good crowds, a plethora
of art galleries, live music venues and locally owned restaurants
serving inspired dishes and suddenly Norman stands up to its billing as
the state’s third largest city, providing a full calendar of
entertainment and activities to rival the state’s major metro centers.
Sounds like a great place to hold an arts conference.
For two days in October, Norman is exactly where hundreds of
artists, arts organizations, community developers, educators, arts
presenters and creative professionals from all parts of Oklahoma will
converge.
Just off the recently transformed Interstate 35, with its
prominent display of public art to make our commutes a little brighter,
the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center plays host to this year’s
conference. The center is a brand new, state-of-the-art facility
perfectly suited to bring together members of the state’s arts community
under one roof.
A short venture via the conference’s complimentary shuttle
service takes one to Norman’s downtown arts district, site of the
popular 2nd Friday Circuit of Art. It is there that on a Tuesday evening
in October one can find dozens of unique dining options, locally owned
coffee shops and boutiques, and of course a variety of art spaces and
live musical performance venues.
Though sometimes standing in the shadows of a rather large
football stadium, the Norman arts and cultural scene has much to offer.
It is this emerging arts scene that creates the perfect environment for
conference goers to learn from experts in their fields, find
inspiration, or just enjoy a Tuesday night out among friends.
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