OSU Arts Week

April 17-26, 2026

Don't just observe the Arts — become part of the story. This spring, campus transformed into a vibrant hub of artistic exploration with a jam-packed calendar of events that ignited creativity, fostered meaningful connections, and created lasting memories for students, faculty, staff and our Stillwater community.

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2026 Events Calendar

Get ready for Arts Week 2026!

Friday, April 17
Stillwater Arts Festival
- Prairie Arts Center | 1001 S. Duck St. | Noon - 8 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Prairie Arts Center
School of Architecture Exhibition
- 101 Donald W. Reynolds Architecture Building | 12 p.m
- Free event | Learn more
- School of Architecture
Lean into Abstraction: Student Showcase
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Reception | 5 - 6:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Miss and Mr. American Indian OSU Pageant
- Student Union, Little Theater | 7 p.m.
- Learn more
- Native American Student Association
Guild Hall: Adventure in the Arts
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
American Indian Awareness Week
- Life Sciences East 104/105
- Free event | Learn more
- Center for Sovereign Nations
Saturday, April 18
Insect Adventure
- OSU Botanical Garden, 3300 W. 6th St. | 10 a.m - Noon
- Admission: $3 | Learn more
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Lean into Abstraction: Student Showcase
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Reception | 5 - 6:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Stillwater Arts Festival
- Prairie Arts Center | 1001 S. Duck St. | Noon - 8 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Prairie Arts Center
OSU Symphonic Band Concert
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 1 - 2 p.m.
  Students: $7 | Adults: $12 | Learn more
  Greenwood School of Music
Collage Club
- OSU Museum of Art | 2 - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Southern Plains Arts, Humanities and Languages Conference
- Wes Watkins Center for International Trade Development | 8:00 a.m-6:00 p.m.
- Free event (registration required) | Learn more
- College of Arts & Sciences
Opera Scenes
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
- Students: $7 | Adults: $12 | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
American Indian Awareness Week
- Life Sciences East 104/105
- Free event | Learn more
- Center for Sovereign Nations
Guild Hall: Adventure in the Arts
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Spring Sing
- Gallagher Iba Arena | 7 - 9 p.m.
- Admission: $25 | Learn more
- Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
Sunday, April 19
OSU Symphony Orchestra: "Music Without Walls"
- Block 34 (Downtown Stillwater), 218 W. 9th Ave | 2 - 4:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Monday, April 20
The Arts Lounge
- Classroom Building Lawn | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  Free events:
  > Paint-By-Number Mural - OSU Artist Society
  > Inflatable Sculptures - Visual Thinking: Form and Space Students
  > Student Made Marketplace - Student Made OSU
  > Release Radar - Visual Arts Exhibit: Concert Photography & Screen Printing
  > Games & Technical Art - OSU Video Game Developers Club
  > Brand Board Collage - Graphic Design Club | 12 - 2 p.m.
  > Pistol Pete | 12:30 - 1 p.m.
  > DIY Earth Day Birdhouses and Succulent Pots - Student Union Activities Board
  > Oklahoma Oral History Research Project
  > Free Coffee Bar - OSU Arts & Culture
  Learn more
Jazz Orchestra "Jazz Festival"
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 7 - 9 p.m.
- Students: $7 | Adults: $12 | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
OSU Research on Tap
- Iron Monk Brewery and Taproom, 519 S. Husband St. | 5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Learn more
- OSU Center for the Humanities
Tuesday, April 21
Flow & Glow: Art + Yoga
- Classroom Building Lawn | Noon - 1 p.m.
- BYOYMOT (Bring your own yoga mat or towel)
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
The Arts Lounge
- Classroom Building Lawn | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Free events:
  > Tiny Artists (special event for Child Development Lap) | 9:30 - 11 a.m. - OSU Museum of Art
  > Paint-By-Number Mural - OSU Artist Society
  > Student Made Marketplace - Student Made OSU
  > Games & Technical Art - OSU Video Game Developers Club
  > Edmon Low Library | 11 a.m .- Noon
  > Flow & Glow: Art + Yoga | | Noon - 1 p.m. - OSU Museum of Art
  > Herps + Solar Art | Noon - 2 p.m. - Herpetological Society
  > Trumpet Ensemble | 1:30 - 2 p.m. - Greenwood School of Music
  > Personalize a Tote Bag | 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. - OSU Museum of Art and Prairie Arts Center
- Learn more
Guild Hall: Adventure in the Arts
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
String Faculty Chamber Music
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 5 - 6 p.m.
- Students: $7 | Adults: $12 | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Soothing Southampton: Art Lecture with Dr. Priscilla Schwarz
- OSU Museum of Art | 6 - 7 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Graduate Recital: Itzhak Corona, Tuba
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 5 - 6 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Benefit Bash: Benefitting Payne County CASA and Blood Cancer United
- 309 S. Jefferson St. | 6 - 9:30 p.m.
- Learn more
- Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
Wednesday, April 22
Floral Workshop
- OSU Botanical Garden | 4 p.m.
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
The Arts Lounge
- Classroom Building Lawn | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  Free events:
  > Paint-By-Number Mural - OSU Artist Society
  > Inflatable Sculptures - Visual Thinking: Form and Space Students
  > Student Made Marketplace - Student Made OSU
  > Games & Technical Art - OSU Video Game Developers Club
  > Pete's Pet Posse | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  > Oklahoma Oral History Research Project | 11 a.m. - Noon
  > Cultural Dance Performance - International Student Organization
  > Free Coffee Bar - OSU Arts & Culture
  Learn more
Guild Hall: Adventure in the Arts
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
OSU Jazz Forum
- Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music, 110 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Jazz Combos
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
- Students: $7 | Adults: $12 | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Graduate Brass Quintet Recital
- Willard, Parlor | 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Thursday, April 23
The Arts Lounge
- Classroom Building Lawn | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  > Tiny Artists (special event for Child Development Lap) | 9:30 - 11 a.m. - OSU Museum of Art
  > Pete’s Pet Posse | 9:30 a.m. - Noon
  > Creative Studio Demo - Edmon Low Library
  > Brand Board Collage | Noon - 2 p.m. - Graphic Design Club
  > Herps + Solar Art | Noon - 2 p.m. - Herpetological Society
  > Paint-By-Number Mural - OSU Artist Society
  > Student Made Marketplace - Student Made OSU
  > Games & Technical Art - OSU Video Game Developers Club
  > Personalize a Tote Bag | 12:30 - 2 p.m. - OSU Museum of Art and Prairie Arts Center
  Learn more
Guild Hall: Adventure in the Arts
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Drop-In and Draw
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Piano Collective
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
It's a Paint Party
- Legacy Hall, 168 | 4 p.m.
- Student Academic Mentors
Frontier Mosaic Launch Party
- OSU Museum of Art | 5 - 6:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Graduate Recital: Eric Eppstein, guitar
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 7:30-8:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Friday, April 24
Guild Hall: Adventure in the Arts
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Chris Salmon Plaza Mural Reveal
- Chris Salmon Plaza, Corner of S. Main St. and E 9th Ave. | 1 p.m
- Free event
- Department of Art / Prairie Arts Center / City of Stillwater
OSU Tuba and Euphonium Studio
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Manuscripts Open House
- Edmon Low Library, Special Collections Reading Room | 1 - 3 p.m.
- Free event
- Edmon Low Library / Special Collections
Theatre Department Presents: Cinderella
- Seretean Center for the Performing Arts | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
- Students: $10 | General: $17 | Learn more
- Department of Theatre
Euphoria Fashion Show
- ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center | 7 p.m.
- Admission: $25 | Learn more
- Department of Design and Merchandising
Saturday, April 25
Stillwonder
- OSU Botanic Garden, 3300 W. 6th St. | 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture / The Botanic Garden
Guild Hall: Adventure in the Arts
- OSU Museum of Art | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Chop Dogs: Benefitting the Salvation Army
- Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter House, 923 W. University Ave. | 1 - 7 p.m.
- Admission: $7 | Learn more
- Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
Theatre Department Presents: Cinderella
- Seretean Center for the Performing Arts | 2 - 4 and 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
- Students: $10 | General: $17 | Learn more
- Department of Theatre
Collage Club
- OSU Museum of Art | 2 - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- OSU Museum of Art
Juried Student Exhibition: Reception and Awards
- OSU Museum of Art | 3 - 5 p.m.
- Free event
- OSU Museum of Art
Senior Recital: Eva Cole, piano
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 5 - 6 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Student Recital: Tiernan Harris, euphonium
- McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | 7:30-8:30 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music
Sunday, April 26
Theatre Department Presents: Cinderella
- Seretean Center for the Performing Arts | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
- Students: $10 | General: $17 | Learn more
- Department of Theatre
Student Split Recital: Sereen Elkhalid and Wesley Deerden, euphonium
- Bennett Memorial Chapel | 3 - 4 p.m.
- Free event | Learn more
- Greenwood School of Music