experience 16thLIVE on the Plaza gets LOVELY
LIVE on the Plaza gets LOVELY
Monthly artwalk celebrates romance with local twist
LIVE on the Plaza 2nd Friday, presented and sponsored by Fowler Volkswagen of Norman, will be transformed into LOVE on the Plaza, celebrating this over commercialized holiday with a local twist! Whether you and your date are looking for a fun, quirky night out, or you’re hitting the town with friends, romance will abound by way of local art and creative flavor at LOVE on the Plaza.
The SPYwagen will be home to the LOVE on the Plaza photo booth from 7-9PM, so make sure you and your date (or friends, family or pup!) snuggle into the SPYwagen and capture the moment. Photos will be uploaded online for free online downloads, and prints available for sale. Special thanks to Maria Dru Photography, Fowler Volkswagen and The SPY for the LOVE on the Plaza photo booth!
Not afraid to show a little PDA? Snap your own smooches for the LOVE on the Plaza Kiss Cam! Post pics on twitter to @plazadistrict and @FowlerVW for your chance to win a prize courtesy of FowlerVW!
Next, Cole Dewey Design is hosting a performance art group from Dallas called “The Gay Agenda”. The Gay Agenda is performance art designed to foster love…and purposely designed to be boring. The group will set up a “home” in Cole Dewey Design’s storefront. Two men will inhabit the space as a couple for the weekend, performing routine tasks: vacuuming the carpet, making coffee, reading the paper, playing cards with friends, ordering pizza, watching TV, etc.. No intimacy beyond what might be acceptable for any heterosexual couple in public will be presented; i.e., it will be limited to casual contact — hand-holding, an arm around each other, a casual kiss hello/goodbye. Come see this unique and impactful performance piece!
Feeling creative? “Show Your Love for Lyric” this Valentine’s Day. Create your own Valentine’s Day card, letter, and painting, whatever you feel like creating to express your love for Lyric. At 8PM in front of the Plaza Theatre your Valentine’s creation in the contest. The winner of the contest will receive two tickets to see Lyric’s production of SPRING AWAKENING at the Plaza Theatre! A great Valentine’s Day date with your Valentine!
Outdoors, the Plaza District will set up a community project, where visitors can make Valentines! Supplies available! Tell us who or what your love. Then we will hang your Valentine from a tree in the District to display all the love!
Don’t want to be a part of all the mushy stuff during LIVE? Come see Dig It’s ‘Loving Dead on the Plaza’. Dig It will be featuring works from Chastine Edwards and Fuse Hartly. Also enter the drawing to win two tickets to the Underground Monster Carnival coming to the Oklahoma City fairgrounds March 3rd.
Our four legged friends can celebrate love too! Over at Chasin’ Tail Pet Boutique, Sam the cellist will be serenading with valentine love songs, plus free valentine goody bags filled with organic treats for your 4-legged loved one! Balloons and treats available for our two legged friends!
The Parish is celebrating this month’s LIVE with , “Free Love, Live, Music, Latté’s, & Art”. There’s going to be a whole latta love in the air at The Parish. FREE ESPRESSO DRINKS! all night, including our own seasonal Valentine “Love Latté”. This event will be kickin’! Their featured artist for the month of February is Chris Elliot “Gog” and will be available for viewing and purchase. Two bands will be playing live performances also. Antler Thief is an old friend of The Parish. Ails and Remedies will also be performing bringing an acoustic roots folk set to the stage.
As always, LIVE on the Plaza will be packed with live music, featured artists, and our four legged friends. We love our community family and want to experience that with you. That is the rare beauty of LIVE on the Plaza. We look forward to seeing you there February 10th 7-11 PM.
Check out all the happenings during LIVE at each Plaza business:
Bad Granny’s Bazaar: @ 8PM Sticky Stranglets and friends
Chaisin’ Tail: LIVE music, Sam the cellist. Free valentine goody bags for pups, treats for humans!
Cole Dewey Designs: Performance art “The Gay Agenda” inside storefront
Dig It!: featured artists Chastine Edwards and Fuse Hartly for “Loving Dead on the Plaza”. Enter a drawing to win two tickets to the Underground Monster Carnival!
DNA Galleries: featured artists Jayce Cogburn and Jeremy Watson. Special Thunder Valentines package!
Gallery 1612: featured artist Rebekah Ray ”where she was, is, soon will be”
Lyric Theatre: “Show Your Love for Lyric” Create your own Valentine’s Day card. Submit to win tickets to SPRING AWAKENING at the Plaza Theatre!
Retrokc: One Year Anniversary! Treats, great shopping and first year anniversary wishes!
The Parish: Free Love, Live, Music, Latté’s, & Art featuring artist Chris Elliot “Gog” and live performances by Antler Thief and Ails & Remedies at 7PM.
The Society: La Jornada: Photography Show by Tyler Boren and 10 live works by Jerrod Smith for $100.
Warpaint Clothing Co: featured artist Billy Reed and live music by the band Mont Lyons
**Istvan Gallery: art reception from 6 to 10PM. for Lori Oden, Bryan Boone, Asia Scudder and Virginia T. Coleman. Located at 1218 N Western.**
Open Houses:
@1614 at Midwest Media, Bomb Shelter, Collected Thread, Convergence Community, No Regrets Tattoo, Paula & Co., Saints, Urban Wineworks and Velvet Monkey Salon.
Food Truck: Waffle Champion
About Plaza District
The Plaza District is a neighborhood commercial district boasting Oklahoma City’s local arts flavor. Located on NW 16th between Classen and Penn Ave, the Plaza District is home to art galleries, studios, retail shops, restaurants, and creative services. Visit these local businesses owned by young, creative entrepreneurs and attend performances at the renovated Plaza Theatre for Lyric at the Plaza. Be sure to check out the artist-made retail businesses, a quality custom tattoo shop, a local salon favorite, and many shops for vintage and retro finds. This district, once blighted by urban decay now boasts a renewed energy embraced by Oklahoma City’s youth and diverse culture. For more information, please visit plazadistrict.org
Fowler VW KISS Cam Contest!
Want to win the ultimate Plaza District Valentine’s experience? Just give a smooch, take a pic, and let us know! Fowler Volkswagen Kiss Cam contest is back this Friday at LOVE on the Plaza!
Fowler VW V-Day in a Box
$50 gift card to Collected Thread (buy your sweetie a gift!)
$50 Gift Card to Saints (buy your sweetie dinner!)
$50 to Urban Wineworks (buy your sweetie wine!)
All you have to do to enter is:
-come to LOVE on the Plaza this Friday!
-snap a photo of your smooches (with your date, friends, family or pup!)
-tweet the photo to @FowlerVW and @plazadistrict with the hashtag #KissCam (if you only have Facebook, just upload to Fowler VW’s FB page!)
Pucker up those lips and we’ll see you Friday!
LIVE Vendor & Booking Information
LIVE on the Plaza does not accept vendors other than artists and food vendors. No private business vendors are permitted!!!
NON-PROFIT/COMMUNITY GROUPS: Each month LIVE on the Plaza will feature and allow 2 groups to have booth space. Please submit your information and desired setup date to info@plazadistrict.org. Groups will be permitted as space is available.
ARTISTS/OUTDOOR MARKET- please see the 2012 LIVE on the Plaza Outdoor Artist Application for more information here. Due February 17th. If you have missed the deadline, please sign up on our email list to be notified for 2013 Call to Artists:
Call to Artists Signup From
FOOD VENDORS- Please contact info@plazadistrict if interested in vending. Only mobile food vendors will be considered. Vendors accepted must be inspected by City/County Health at the Event and pay Special Event fee ($29) to OKCCH
MUSICIANS- The Plaza District Association does not book live music for LIVE on the Plaza, the individual businesses book their own musicians. Please contact a business if you are interested in performing. Please do not email Plaza staff about booking information.
LIVE on the Plaza January 13th
LIVE on the Plaza 
presented/sponsored by Fowler Volkswagen of Norman!
Friday, January 13th 7-11 PM
LIVE on the Plaza celebrates GRAND OPENING of The Parish!!!
During this month’s LIVE on the Plaza, presented and sponsored by Fowler Volkswagen, check out the newest renovated space in the Plaza District that is becoming home to The Parish! The Parish is a local church in the Plaza District with a community space for local art and music. During LIVE on the Plaza, The Parish will be showing off their new space with a FREE coffee bar, lots of live music and local art! Enjoy Elemental Coffee bar, and listen to the musical styling’s of: Barling, John Parker Milsap, Gabriel Hancock and Melissa May. Also enjoy local art from Tessa Raven.
DNA Galleries hosts artists Tannery Frady and Dusty Gilpin. Longtime supporters of the Plaza District, TEEF and DUST pair up at DNA galleries to bring their latest work featuring illustration, screenprint and urban typography. “Most professional artists tend to stop drawing poorly executed cartoons once they reach adulthood – not these two”, remarks artist Jerrod Smith. Their cartoons and prints will spark your inner child and your curiosity, so come see for yourself!
Warm up a chilly night with a Chili Cook Off! Paula and Company will be hosting this spicy event during LIVE on the Plaza! Bring your favorite Chili by Paula and Company at 7PM. Not big on cooking? Come and vote for the best chili, the public votes the winner!
Afterwards, stay at Paula and Company and join Lyric Theatre for a night of 1980’s Karaoke night from 9PM to 11PM! Dust off your roller skates and pump up your 80s hair! Come in and sing one of your favorite 80’s songs, and your name will be in the drawing to win a pair of tickets to see Lyric’s production of XANADU, running January 25th through February 11th.
Other happenings during LIVE on the Plaza include:
Bad Granny’s Bazaar- New Year Sales!!! LIVE music by Peach, Shelton Poole and Black Jack Gypsies
Convergence Community- Art Show by Carla Schwab
DNA Galleries- featured artists Dusty Gilpin and Tanner Frady!
Lyric Theatre- Karaoke Night at Paula and Company with chance to win XANADU tickets, running January 25th through February 11th.
Paula and Company- Chili cook-off!! Come and bring some chili. No entry fee. Public votes! 80’s Karaoke!
The Parish- Grand Opening Party! 1757 NW 16th St 73106
-Free Espresso Bar (Elemental Coffee)
-Live Music: Barling, John Parker Milsap, Gabriel Knight, Melissa May
-Local Art: Tessa Raven
http://www.theparishokc.com
The Society- LIFE DRAWING: STUDY AND SKETCH SESSION from 6PM to 9PM. $20 to participate. Studio open.
Velvet Monkey Salon- featured artist Mia from 8PM to 10PM
Warpaint Clothing- featured artist Matthew Lynch
Open Houses:
@1614 at Midwest Media, Bomb Shelter, Chaisin’ Tail, Collected Thread, Dig It!, No Regrets Tattoo, Retrokc, Saints , Urban Wineworks, Urbanology
VENDOR and BOOKING INFORMATION please click here
LIVE on the Plaza! Friday, Dec 9th
A LIVE on the Plaza Holiday Experience!
LIVE on the Plaza is presented/sponsored by Fowler Volkswagen!
On Friday December 9th from 7-11pm, the Plaza District’s 2nd Friday LIVE on the Plaza is transformed into a festive holiday experience for all ages! That evening, Lyric Theatre will debut “A Christmas Carol” presented by Devon Energy. Enjoy this spectacular new Lyric Theatre holiday tradition. Capture the magic and joy of Christmas as the ghosts of Past, Present and Future lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a powerful journey of transformation and redemption. Michael Baron, director of A Christmas Carol at the famous Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., directs this new production with over 20 Christmas yuletide favorites. Brimming with joyous song and dance, lavish scenery, authentic costumes, theatrical magic and lots of snow, Lyric’s new annual holiday production celebrates the timeless Spirit of Christmas. This is a beloved family holiday treat you won’t want to miss!
In keeping with the magic of “A Christmas Carol”, trees on NW 16th have been dressed in holiday lights thanks to Devon Energy LIGHTS up the Plaza! Stroll the district sidewalks viewing the lights and creative holiday window displays, as well as the wealth of holiday shopping available inside them! Live music, featured artists and activities at each shop keep with LIVE on the Plaza’s tradition of artistic happenings.
For the kids, be sure to stop at the ornament making station for free supplies to make their own ornaments, as well as a stop by the newest pet boutique, Chaisin Tail’ for photos with Santa! Live music by 23rd Street. Pets, kids and all are invited!
Another fantastic experience not to miss, The Type Truck will be at Collected Thread. A letterpress printmaking shop in a truck, the artist has been traveling around the county giving live printing demonstrations. An awesome experience to see the artist at work, and the fine art of letterpress brought to life this holiday!
Stop by the Fowler VW Spywagen to take pictures with Hipster Santa in the outside DNA Galleries! All are invited to take pics in Fowler VW’s SPYwagen with our version of a Plaza Santa in skinny jeans, plaid, and a real hipster beard! While there, be sure to stop by the Fowler VW table for a FREE Fowler VW’s annual holiday vinyl “A Blackwatch Christmas” featuring some of Oklahoma’s best indie bands. It’s all FREE for you to take home and enjoy for holidays to come thanks to Fowler VW!
A Winter Small Works Exhibit will take place at The Society with all original works, ranging from oil paintings to pottery, starting under $100. It will be an atmosphere with warm drink, specialty foods and local acoustic acts including Matt Lowery. This is a great chance to purchase affordable art by established Oklahoma City artists.
All in all, LIVE on the Plaza holiday is sure to be a truly unique holiday experience in Oklahoma City for all ages! A creative display of holiday inspired theatre, art, live music and local shopping in Plaza District style!
Check out all the happenings during LIVE at each Plaza business:
“Devon LIGHTS up the Plaza” Holiday Lights”
Fowler Volkswagen booth: FREE Local Holiday records from Fowler VW and Blackwatch Studios, FREE hot cocoa, FREE hipster Santa photo booth in the Spywagon, outside of DNA Galleries
Bad Granny’s Bazaar: acoustic set with Chris Lashley and friends starting at 8 pm. Also holiday goodies, treats and bargains!
Bomb Shelter: Limited Edition Crime Scene Photo Reproduction Bomb Shelter Nativity Snow Globe
Chaisin’ Tail: Santa photo booth, 23rd Street Jazz
Collected Thread: The Type Truck letterpress truck
Convergence: Ornament making for kids
DNA Galleries: featured artist Kaylee Jones W.
@1614 at Midwest Media: Artist May Yang
The Society: Winter Small Works Exhibit
Urban Wineworks: Mistletoe in the Moonlight, Grand Opening
Open Houses
Velvet Monkey Salon
Warpaint Clothing
Dig It!
No Regrets Tattoo
Saints
Urbanology
Food
LIVE on the Plaza is the Plaza District’s second Friday artwalk. LIVE on the Plaza is presented/sponsored by Fowler Volkswagen. Located on the 1700 block of NW 16th, visit the Plaza District during LIVE on the Plaza.Each second Friday, Plaza District businesses stay open late with featured artists, live music, special events, local shopping and much more!
VENDOR INFORMATION
APPLICATION IS CLOSED, OUTDOOR ARTIST MARKET IS FULL. Info below is only for reference for future applicants. If you wish to be notified of the initial call to artists for the 2012 Outdoor Artist Market season, please fill out the form below:
LIVE on the Plaza does not accept vendors other than artists and food vendors. No private business vendors will be accepted Non-profits should inquire about booth space to info@plazadistrict.org. Non-profit booths will be permitted as space is available. FINE ARTISTS/HANDMADE CRAFT- Fine artists and handmade crafters may submit applications to setup at LIVE on the Plaza. Please submit the annual application by the first of the month before LIVE. The application is only to be submitted once to setup for the remaining year. The application will be reviewed by the artist committee. You will be notified within one week with the status of the application. Accepted artists will pay a booth fee of $10 each month of setup. Due to limited space, the artist committee will accept work based on quality, variety from other vendors, and available space. Photos or website portfolio are required! FOOD VENDORS-LIVE on the Plaza is not currently accepting food vendors, please check back in January 2012.
MUSICIAN INFORMATION
