Main Street Arts Festival on Saturday
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Main Street Arts Festival is Saturday
OSU students, enrolled in an “Entrepreneurship and the Arts” course, have spearheaded a daylong celebration to showcase the re-invigoration of the arts on Saturday, Dec. 4, on Main St. between 6th and 8th streets from 1 – 11 p.m. Throughout the festival, performers and artists will showcase their work and talents at art-specific segmented areas hosted in downtown businesses.The students handled preparation, planning and implementation for the events as part of the course offered by the School of Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business.
“With such a wide array of talented artists in the Stillwater community, we are proud to present an opportunity to showcase their work,” said Ashley Wilson, OSU management and entrepreneurship senior and co-coordinator for the event. “Our class felt that although there are opportunities for artists, there was no event that brings together so many media to a central location. We hope this event is a jump-start to future endeavors.”
The goal of the Main Street Arts Festival is to provide the Stillwater community with quality arts programming by providing a platform for local artists in an array of artistic media. Throughout the festival, performers and artists will showcase their work and talents at art-specific segmented areas hosted in downtown businesses. Planned activities include:
- Performance Art | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | 714 S. Main St. | performance art | 6 to 10 p.m.
- DJ Culture | Louie’s Grill and Bar | 720 S. Main St. | 1 to 11 p.m.
- Studio Art | Kinzington Court Lobby | 710 S. Main St. | 1 to 11 p.m.
- Jazz/Classical Music | Zannotti’s Wine Bar | 113 West 7th Ave. | 1 to 10 p.m.
- Interactive Media | AT&T Store | 702 S. Main St. | 1 to 10:30 p.m.
A Main Stage featuring a variety or live performances will be set up in the BancFirst parking lot at 8th Avenue and Main Street from 1 to 10:30 p.m.
“The Main Street Arts Festival is the culmination of the first Entrepreneurship and the Arts course at OSU and is an expression of the students application of the principles, processes and practices of the discipline of Entrepreneurship to the re-invigoration and socio-cultural transformation of the arts in Stillwater,” said Rubin Pillay, OSU Daniel White Jordan Clinical Professor in Entrepreneurship and Creativity and course instructor.
In addition to the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, other event sponsors include the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Louie’s Grill and Bar, Flannigan’s Footware, AT&T, Zannotti’s Wine Bar, Hideaway Pizza, Redbull and the OSU Entrepreneurship Club.