Attractions - Arts & Culture

Catlett Music Center is home to the University of Oklahoma School of Music, one of the oldest schools of music in the central United States. Named for Stanley B. Catlett, the Catlett Music Center has won numerous architectural awards, innovatively housing a concert hall, recital hall, performance courtyards, expansive rehearsal suites, classrooms, studios & tech labs and fine arts library.

The center for visual arts education in Norman. Art classes, exhibits and special events for adults and children. Gift galleries with unusual items including paintings, glass items, furniture, blown glass, pottery, fine jewelry, and much more.

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.

Located in Downtown Norman, Mainsite Contemporary Art offers year round exhibits and is available for rentals. mainsite@mainsite-art.com

The Nancy O’Brian Center for the Performing Arts (NOCPA) is the showcase performance venue for the Norman Public Schools of Norman, Oklahoma. Additionally, the Center serves as a performance and activity venue for the Norman Community and the Central Oklahoma Region

This glass blowing studio has some of the finest pieces of blown glass and sculptures in the state. Together, Craig and Alison Clingan have been making works of art in glass for over ten years. While they make a wide variety of art glass, their main focus is on illuminated sculpture and lighting.

The University of Oklahoma School of Drama is the second oldest in the nation and offers eleven full-length productions each academic year including drama, musicals, and dance. In addition, they produce four to six student-directed and student-designed productions in our Lab Theatre and Gilson Studio located in Old Science Hall.

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 will begin a new expansion in 2009 with the addition of approximately 6,000 sq. feet of exhibition space, additional storage and an education classroom. The new space, scheduled for an opening of spring, 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 five Native American and Western American exhibitions and programming scheduled throughout 2009.

Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 youth 6-17. Free for 5 and under. 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.

Custom framing and art gallery.