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Art is seen Through the Lens at Graceful Arts Gallery
Camera artists are featured during July at Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva. "Through the Lens Photography" provides three different perspectives in photographs by Sherry Stinson, Bruce Montgomery and...
Rotary 4th of July Fireworks funding approved by one vote
Last year the Rotary 4th of July Fireworks request for tourism tax funding passed by only one vote. Wednesday, the vote was again 3-2 by the City of Alva Tourism Tax Committee even though Rotary asked...
Decker, Perks earn top honors in first Nescatunga Sugar Show
April Decker and Katie Sue Perks, both of Alva, won the top awards at the first Nescatunga Arts Festival Sugar Show Saturday, June 4, inside the eXtreme building in downtown Alva. Decker won the...
Artwork of Angelia Case named Nescatunga's Best of Show
Angelia Case of Alva is the Best of Show winner for the 51st Nescatunga Arts Festival in Alva, Oklahoma. Case placed first in oil/acrylics and printmaking, second in photography and third in...
Pencil drawings of ranch life propel Boaldin to an unexpected career
Looking at his surroundings and drawing with a pencil, the young boy didn't realize how far his artistic talent would take him. Steve Boaldin grew up on his family's 3 Point Ranch in Elkhart, Kansas....
Visit with artists and an author during the First Friday Art Walk tonight
Two Oklahoma City artists with different subjects and techniques are featured at Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva this month. "Art on the Salt Fork" is the theme of the show. Deborah Burian uses various...
'Salt Fork Stations' intertwines family stories and area history
Choose a familiar location, but set the time back to the late 1800s. Add a batch of historical research to family stories. Then develop a mostly fictional family and weave a story around their...
Northwestern announces 2022 Homecoming theme, parade marshal
Events have been set for Northwestern Oklahoma State University's annual homecoming celebration Nov. 3-5, and the organizing committee looks forward to seeing many familiar, and some new, faces in...
Nescatunga Arts Festival June 4 in downtown Alva
Through months of planning, canceling the event a couple of times because of Covid, and with a predominately new slate of officers and committee chairs, the 51st Nescatunga Arts Festival is set for...
Early registration deadline for Nescatunga Arts Festival is today
The early registration deadline date is Wednesday, May 20, for fine artists, crafters, authors and sugar artists to get signed up for the 51st Nescatunga Arts Festival happening on the downtown square in Alva on Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 3...
Miss Northwestern Carli Seabolt to compete in Miss Oklahoma contest
Miss Northwestern Oklahoma State University 2021 Carli Seabolt, Perry sophomore majoring in business administration, will represent the university and northwest Oklahoma in the 2022 Miss Oklahoma...
Finding beauty in the ordinary
It's a fine day. The little girl loads her bicycle basket with supplies. First is a stack of paper, then a jelly jar filled with water and finally her Prang watercolor set. She's ready to set off for...
Sugar show new to Alva's Nescatunga Arts Festival, early deadline
Bakers and cake artists of all experience levels are welcome to compete in the inaugural Nescatunga Arts Festival Sugar Show set for Saturday, June 4, at 9 a.m. in the eXtreme building in downtown Alva, Oklahoma, as a new event during the festival....
Northwestern artists to be featured at The Art Hall in Oklahoma City
Northwestern Oklahoma State University visual arts minors Sydney Endsley and Samantha Friday will have paintings included in an exhibition at The Art Hall in Oklahoma City beginning the third week of...
Just like camping, Tolar enjoys plein air painting
"I think as soon as I could hold a pencil, I began drawing," says Jude Tolar. The Stillwater artist has always managed to include art in her life, one way or another. Tolar, whose first name is...
Tonight's First Friday Art Walk features adult and student artists
The outdoors is depicted in this month's display at Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva. Vibrant oils and delicate pastels depict the beauty of nature in the "Sun, Fun and Friends" exhibit. Featured artists...
Tourism Committee approves four events for funding
The Alva Tourism Tax Committee had a lot on the agenda for their special meeting on Wednesday. There were five requests for funding and discussion on a memorandum of understanding with the Chamber of Commerce. Four of the five requests were approved...
Tourism Committee approves four events for funding
The Alva Tourism Tax Committee had a lot on the agenda for their special meeting on Wednesday. There were five requests for funding and discussion on a memorandum of understanding with the Chamber of Commerce. Four of the five requests were approved...
