Community Calendar

Scissortail Park will be home to a Farmers Market starting in April and running through October. Join us every Saturday morning, from 9 am to 11 pm, and peruse a variety of fresh produce and handcrafted items while supporting your local farmers!

Watch the Shawnee skyline light up with color during the FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival, a two-day celebration at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Powwow Grounds. Take a scenic ride in one of twenty hot air balloons or enjoy the view from the ground during the evening balloon glows.

The festival also features live entertainment, food trucks, craft vendors, and fun activities for all ages.

Take your museum visit to the next level—literally! Starting on June 7, spend your Saturday mornings on the OKCMOA Roof Terrace, a scenic spot to vibe and take in the sights and sounds of downtown Oklahoma City. Enjoy locally sourced pastries and refreshing drinks available for purchase—the perfect prelude to a day of film and fine art.

Access to the Roof Terrace is included with a film ticket purchase or gallery admission. Simply show your purchase confirmation to the Admission desk, then ride up the elevator!

Members always receive free admission. Not a member? Join today at okcmoa.com/membership.

"Discovering Ansel Adams" features over 100 photographs that share Adams’s most celebrated works while revealing aspects of his development that are frequently overlooked. Together with original archival materials from the Center of Creative Photography’s Ansel Adams Archive, these photographs demonstrate how Adams transformed from a fourteen-year-old tourist with a camera into a renowned photographer between 1916 and the 1940s. Along the way, photographic prints from his early visits to the American Southwest, his mountaineering experiences as a young man, and his quest to photograph America’s national parks will enchant visitors.

🎒 Backpack to School Bash 🎉 Date: August 9th Time: 10 AM – 2 PM Location: Southern Oaks United Pentecostal Church 6501 S. Walker Ave., OKC, OK 73139.

Come out and join us for a fun-filled day as we get ready for the new school year! Kids will receive a free backpack filled with school supplies—available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This completely free event also features: 🎈 Bounce Houses 🎨 Art Tent 🫧 Bubble Pond 🌭 Hot Dogs 🍪 Cookies & Cotton Candy 🥳 Cookie Walk 🎁 Prize Giveaways Every 30 Minutes

Proudly hosted and sponsored by Southern Oaks United Pentecostal Church. We can’t wait to see you there! Bring your family and help us support Oklahoma students and our community.

Wilderness Safety

This month our guests from Red Dirt Oklahoma Search and Recovery will be sharing information with us on safety and survival if someone becomes lost in the outdoors. In this come-and-go style program, we will also have the opportunity to learn more about the incredible work that Red Dirt OSAR does in our state.

► Parents and children can learn tips and tricks for what to do if someone gets lost in nature.

► Meet the search and recovery team, including some of the dogs! Since there will be search and recovery dogs present, we ask that you please leave your pups at home for this program.

► We will be outdoors in Oklahoma in August; remember to dress weather-appropriate, and don't forget essentials like drinking water, snacks, sunscreen, and bug repellant.

► Pick up a Nature Journal and Activity Book to use the next time you go exploring!

For August, our guests from Red Dirt Oklahoma Search and Recovery will be sharing information with us on safety and survival if someone becomes lost in the outdoors. In this come-and-go style program, we will also have the opportunity to learn more about the incredible work that Red Dirt OSAR does in our state.

► Parents and children can learn tips and tricks for what to do if someone gets lost in nature.

► Meet the search and recovery team, including some of the dogs! Since there will be search and recovery dogs present, we ask that you please leave your pups at home for this program.

► We will be outdoors in Oklahoma in August; remember to dress weather-appropriate, and don't forget essentials like drinking water, snacks, sunscreen, and bug repellant.

► Pick up a Nature Journal and Activity Book to use the next time you go exploring!

Designed for ages 8-12 | In this hands-on art class, kids will explore the world of black-and-white printmaking through the lens of legendary nature photographer Ansel Adams. Using simple tools and natural shapes like leaves, trees, and mountains, young artists will create striking prints full of texture, contrast, and imagination. Along the way, they’ll learn about light and shadow, explore creative composition, and experiment with fun printmaking techniques—no experience needed, just curiosity and a love for the outdoors!

As part of the Spotlight event series, World of Color invites visitors of all ages to discover engaging activities inspired by our special exhibition, A Colorful Dream, a vibrant photographic journey through the colors of the rainbow by contemporary artist Adrien Broom.

Join us for a colorful day at the museum to celebrate the final days of summer! Beat the heat with free snow cones and colorful cookies, become a work of art with face painting, and get creative with dreamy art-making. Then, explore the gallery as you smell your way through color and enjoy live music that brings the exhibition to life!

Come enjoy A Man with a Plan, the story of Roscoe Dungee, a play brought to you by Spiritually Bold, Inc. Roscoe Dungee is a famous Oklahoman journalist who founded the Black Dispatch newspaper in 1915. This play highlights his participation in the Ada Lois Fisher case. The play is educational, informative, and entertaining. Don't miss learning more about this important figure in Oklahoma history.