The 32nd Annual Stillwater Arts and Heritage Festival will be held April 18 & 19, 2009
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31st Annual Stillwater Arts and Heritage Festival

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The 32nd Annual Stillwater Arts and Heritage Festival will be held April 18 & 19, 2008

Results

• Best of Show:
  • Barbara Foley
    
    
• Category 1: Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors
  • 1st Place: Ty Kelly
  • 2nd Place: Elaine Armstrong
  • 3rd Place: Mary Haley
• Category 2: Photography, Graphics
  • 1st Place: Josh Buss
  • 2nd Place: Jason Wallace
  • 3rd Place: Gary Jones
    
    
• Category 3: Pottery: Thrown, Handbuilt & Sculpted
  • 1st Place: Yusuf Etudaiye
  • 2nd Place: Ray Chehrehgosha
  • 3rd Place: Steve Coburn
    
    
• Category 4: Metals, Wood, Fibers, Glass, Other
  • 1st Place: Larry Grothe
  • 2nd Place: Ken Belanus
  • 3rd Place: Daniel Livsey
    
    
• Category 5: Jewelry
  • 1st Place: Gary Rowley
  • 2nd Place: Audrey Peck
  • 3rd Place: Larry Tallent
• Helen Koons Gragert Appreciation Award:
  • Adelheid West

(Stillwater, Oklahoma) — Celebrating 31 years, the Stillwater Arts and Heritage Festival attracts artists and art lovers from near and far who enjoy the festival's fun, family friendly atmosphere. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held Saturday, April 12, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Stillwater's Couch Park (12th Avenue and US 177).

The Stillwater Arts and Heritage Festival has grown from a small, local art show to a unique, regional event that increases in attendance and in the quality of artists and entertainers every year. Our mission is to present exceptional visual arts, traditional crafts, educational activities and live performing artists to enlighten, entertain and enrich the community, while preserving and demonstrating Oklahoma’s historical and living cultural heritage.

Google Map and directions to Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Festival Map includes the free trolley route.

Media release:

• Announcing the festival
• Jurors to select artists
• 'Flying in Oklahoma' selected as official art
• Announcing activities in the Children’s Area
• Announcing festival entertainment
• Call for artists
  
  
  

Artist List

Artwork from the following artists will be on display

Last Name	First Name	City	Media
Armstrong	Elaine	Ponca City	painting
Belanus	Kenneth	Stillwater	wood
Bristow	Rebecca	Ponca City	jewelry
Brown	Carolyn	Oklahoma City	watercolor
Brown	Tsai-Min	Salina	jewelry
Buss	Stan & Connie	Elk City	wood
Buss	Josh	Moore	photography
Chehrehgosha	Ray	Stillwater	pottery
Coburn	Steve	Salina, Kan.	pottery
Davis	Bob	Stillwater	watercolor
Early	Kathy	Spiro	jewlery
Ervin	Samantha	Wyandotte	suncatchers
Etudaiye	Yusuf	McAlester	pottery
Farrar	Chrissie	Tulsa	jewelry
Foley	Barbara	Joplin, Mo.	jewelry
Grothe	Larry	Bethany	wood
Hague	Billy	Pawhuska	metals/sculpture
Haley	Mary	Stillwater	painting
Hames	Pat	Little Rock, Ark.	pottery
Harris	Diane	Ponca City	jewelry
Hicks	Sherry	Crescent	pastels
Hobbs	Rhonda	Jenks	glass
Holderby	Bob & Cheyenne	Okemah	metal sculpture
January	Theresa	Newcastle	jewelry
Jones	Gary	Stillwater	photography
Kelly	Ty	OKC	painting
Killough	Kelly	Edmone	painting
Krug	Billie	Perkins	jewelry
Kuykendall	Ronald	Wichita Falls, Texas	pottery
Livsey	Daniel	Stillwater	woodturning
Michalski	Candy	Stillwater	jewelry
Miller	Bill	Stillwater	painting
Miller	Christine	Stillwater	photography
Oehler	Mark	Reeds Srping, Mo.	pottery
Partin	Debra	Pueblo, Colo.	jewelry
Payne-McCoin	Valerie	Tulsa	jewelry
Peck	Audrey	Tulsa	jewelry
Poole	Dalton & Joann	Tecumseh	pottery
Potter	Jim & Wanda	Sand Springs	pottery
Robinson	Jodi & Bill	Tulsa	jewelry
Rowley	Gary	Harrold, S.D.	jewelry
Scorse	Jim	Pawnee	metal sculpture
Sharrock	Russ	Stillwater	photography
Slack	Jay	Tulsa	glass
Stacy	Bill	Stillwater	basketweaving
Tallent	Larry	Norman	jewelry
Torrey	Patricia	Stillwater	stained glass
Wallace	Jason	Stillwater	photography
Weaver	Lisa	Hominy	metals/sculpture
West	Adelheid	Stillwater	pottery
Westbrook	Richard	Bartlesville	caricatures
Zevnik-Cline	Claire	Stillwater	jewelry

Entertainment Schedule

Saturday, April 12			Sunday, April 13
10 a.m.	Stillwater Middle School Orchestra		11:15 a.m.	Dancing Eagles
11 a.m.	Farm Couple		12:15 p.m.	Tippi Toes
Noon	Presentation of Colors		1:00	Les Gilliam
12:15 pm	Call of the West Band		2:15	Ken Hilton
1:30	Dancing Eagles		3:30	Pioneer Chorale
2:30	Kids Kingdom
3:15	Jim Garling
4:30	Jean Hill Irish Dancers

Heritage Booths and Re-enactments

• 2nd Colorado
• Blacksmith
• Encampment
• Heritage Photo Booth
• Native American Dancers
• Old Central
• Pop's Potcorn
• Red Dirt Peddlers
• Sheerar Museum
• Sons of Union Veterans
• Stage Coach Rides
• Stillwater Public Library
• Washington Irving Trail Museum

Special Thanks to our 2008 Sponsors

• THE Bank NA
• Stillwater Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Stillwater Arts & Humanities Council
• Oklahoma Arts Council
• City of Stillwater Department of Parks, Events & Recreation

Selection Jury

• Earline Strom
• Lynn Schwartz
• Joe Rackley
• Lou Moore Hale

The Judges

Artwork will be judged by the following individuals

• To be announced

Awards

Best of Show: $250

1st Place: $100
2nd Place: $75
3rd Place: $50

1st - 3rd Place Awards will be given in each of the following categories:

1. 2D Media (Oils, Acrylics, Watercolor)
2. Photography & Graphics
3. Pottery (Thrown, Handbuilt and Sculpted)
4. Metals, Glass, Wood, Fibers, Other
5. Jewelry

Children's Activity Area

Saturday, April 12 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m)
Sunday, April 12 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

• Buffalo Chip Toss
• Pump Cars
• Pecking birds
• Pony rides
• Roping
• Sack Races
• Secret box decorating
• Face painting
• Character drawing
• Kite building
• Money Dig
• Bead Bracelets
• Paint ceramic shapes of the state of Oklahoma, steer & horse heads

Food Vendors

These vendors will be on site to provide meals and refreshments

Vendor Name	Menu Items
Cuzzin Vinny's Italian Ice	Hand-scooped Italian Ice in various flavors Blue Bell Ice Cream snacks Soft pretzels
Green's Buckboard Grill	Pork loin sandwich w/chipotle sauce Grilled-chicken sandwich w/ bacon-basil mayo Homemade BBQ beef sandwich Grilled BBQ bologna sandwich Hamburger/cheeseburger Bratwurst w/ grilled onions & sauerkraut Polish sausage Nachos Chili-cheese dog Frito-chili pie Curly fries Fried-green tomatoes Fried mushrooms Cajun-fried pickles Chocolate-dipped cheesecake on a stick
JR's Concessions	BBQ brisket, pork, turkey legs, bratwurst Baked beans potato salad cole slaw
M&M Concessions	Funnel cakes Corn dogs Nachos Tater twister BBQ sandwiches Popcorn
Rock n Ty Concessions	Cajun-fried catfish Cajun-shrimp-on-a-stick Hush puppies Various forms of French fries Corn dogs
The Soda Jerk	Panini-pressed Cuban sandwich Chicken salad croissant Pulled pork sandwich BBQ stadium nachos Chicago dog Strawberry Napoleon Old-fashioned ice cream and floats jumbo baked potato
Two Feathers Concessions	Indian tacos Taco salad Nacho supreme Cheese nachos Corn dogs Funnel cake Fry bread and honey

2008 Committee Members

• Amy Jo Fraizer, Recreation Supervisor, Aquatics, Concessions, Special Events, Department of Parks, Events & Recreation, City of Stillwater
• Jessica Novak, Supervisor, City of Stillwater Multi Arts Center
• Valerie Bloodgood, Supervisor, City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center