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Arts & Culture
Cimmaron Circuit Opera Company
- Phone:
- 405-364-8962
- Description:
- The Opera Company regularly performs in Norman. For scheduled performances, see our events calendar.
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Firehouse Art Center
- Location:
- 444 S. Flood Ave.
- Phone:
- 405-329-4523
- Description:
- Gift galleries with unusual items including paintings, glass items, furniture, blown glass, pottery, fine jewelry, and much more are in this center for visual arts education. Art classes, exhibits and special events for adults and children are year-round.
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Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
- Location:
- 555 Elm
- Phone:
- 405-325-3272
- Description:
- The University of Oklahoma's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is one of the nation's finest university art museums. Featuring a new wing designed by architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, the museum's extraordinary collection includes major works by some of the most beloved artists of all time, such as Van Gogh, Degas, Renoir, Monet, Gauguin, Hopper, O'Keeffe, Ansel Adams, Allan Houser, Nicolai Fechin, Leon Gaspard and others.
The museum began a new expansion in 2009 with the addition of approximately 20,000 sq. feet of exhibition space, additional storage and an education classroom. The new space, scheduled for an opening of fall, 2011, will house the Eugene B. Adkins Collection, one of the most important private collections in the nation of works by the Taos artists as well as Native American works of art. The collection features approximately 3,300 objects, including more that 400 paintings by such distinguished American artists as Maynard Dixon, Worthington Whittridge, Andrew Dasburg, Alfred Jacob Miller, Victor Higgins, Charles M. Russell, John Marin, William R. Leigh and Joseph H. Sharp.
The FJJMA will be open and fully active during the construction process with multiple exhibitions and programs scheduled throughout the process.
Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 youth 6-17. Free for 5 and under, Museum Association members and military veterans with proof. Admission is free on Tuesdays. Group tours and event rentals are available. The museum store is home to many fun and collectible items as well. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Jacobson House Native Art Center
- Location:
- 609 Chautauqua Ave
- Phone:
- 405-366-1667
- Description:
- Former home of Swedish-born Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882-1966) who, with The Kiowa Five artists, mounted the seminal exhibits of American Indian fine art in the 1920's. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Host of year-round cultural exhibits and events like the May Indian Market and The Scandinavian Indian Christmas. Free admission.
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Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery
- Location:
- 120 E Main
- Phone:
- 405-292-8095
- Description:
- The gallery offers year round exhibits.
Norman Ballet Company
- Phone:
- 405-364-1818
- Description:
- The Ballet Company regularly performs in Norman. For scheduled performances, see our events calendar.
Norman Philharmonic
- Description:
- The Norman Philharmonic is "an innovative and standard-setting instrumental ensemble representing the progressive energies of Norman, Oklahoma, the strong faith of our spiritual community, and the pursuit of knowledge by public education and the University of Oklahoma community."
The 2012 spring season will include two concerts: The first concert will feature a world premiere "Symphony for Norman, Oklahoma," by acclaimed American composer Libbly Larsen. This will be presented at the Nancy O'Brian Center January 15. The second concert will be The Creation, an oratorio by classical composer Franz Joseph Haydn. The Creation will be produced as a fully-staged ballet in Sharp Concert Hall at the University of Oklahoma April 15.
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Performing Arts Studio
- Location:
- 200 S. Jones Ave.
- Description:
- Located in the Historic Santa Fe Train Depot, the studio features rotating gallery exhibitions, two live music series - the Summer Breeze Concerts and Winter Wind Concerts - and the Second Sunday poetry readings. See the events calendar for upcoming performances.
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Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
- Location:
- 2401 Chautauqua
- Phone:
- 405-325-4712
- Description:
- Six breathtaking galleries give you an in-depth tour of more than 500 million years of Oklahoma's fascinating natural history. Explore Oklahoma's indigenous people, native landscapes and dinosaurs including the worlds largest Apatosaurus and a Guinness-World-Record-Holding Pentaceratops. Then enjoy the hands-on exploration and fun of the discovery room. The Special Exhibitions Gallery offers several traveling exhibitions through the year, so there is always something new to see.
Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 youth ages 6 to 17. Free for children ages 5 and under. It is also open Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day and Memorial Day. Group tours, event rentals, educational programs and birthday parties are available. Please check their website for information on special exhibitions, events and programs for children and adults.
Open Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
(Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, & New Year's Day)
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Sooner Theatre
- Location:
- 101 E. Main Street
- Phone:
- 405-321-9600
- Description:
- In the heart of downtown Norman sits the Grande Dame of the city, the historic Sooner Theatre. The Spanish Gothic theatre is the year-round host for concerts, movies, theatrical shows, and more. For scheduled performances, visit our events calendar.
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The Crucible Foundry, Gallery and Sculpture Garden
- Location:
- 110 E. Tonhawa
- Phone:
- 405-579-2700
- Description:
- See a graceful mix of bronze sculptures by artists from around the country in the outdoor sculpture garden. The Crucible is responsible for some of Oklahoma's most important art pieces, including the Guardian, which sits atop the state capital building, and all 46 Land Run pieces, which celebrated the state's centennial in 2007.
University of Oklahoma Arts District
- Phone:
- 405-325-7370
- Description:
- The Arts District showcases more than 350 annual dramatic and dazzling presentations from talented and gifted students and world class, faculty professionals. The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts performance season offers ballet and modern dance, dramas, operas, broadway musicals, concerts, art exhibitions and recitals. The OU Arts District is home to nine performance venues, 1,100 students and 200 faculty and staff to offer hundreds of events and artistic experiences that are sure to enlighten and delight. For scheduled performances, visit our events calendar.
