ARTOBERFEST!
Sep
19
to Oct 30

ARTOBERFEST!

  • 325 E Main Street (map)
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Artoberfest is a series of spectacular happenings coming to Norman this fall. Brought to you by downtown Norman’s independent art spaces and craft brewers, each event puts creativity and bold expression front and center.

Some happenings are participatory and interactive, welcoming the public to get involved and express their talent. All happenings are a celebration of creativity (in art, music, and brewing!) and a guaranteed fun and fascinating time.

Sept 19: Ink the Block Party on Crawford Street

October 3: Brewtoberfest at the Depot

October 9: Al Paldrok Exhibition at Uncanny Art Space

October 9: Dennis McNett Performance and Procession at Resonator

October 16: Metal Shop at Lazy Circles

October 30: A Night to Dismember at the Depot

More info here

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CoArts Presents: Dinnertime
Oct
15
to Oct 18

CoArts Presents: Dinnertime

Resonator is hosting CoArts Dinnertime: A Play in Seven Courses.

“This play is for anyone who has ever had the urge to consume an entire rotisserie chicken with their bare hands.”

Written by: Anna Halza Directed by: Alleese Eldridge Featuring: Lanee Starr and Joseph Mann

Showtimes: Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 18 8:00pm or Saturday, October 17 - Sunday, October 18 2:00pm

Purchase tickets through CoArts here.

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Metal Shop
Oct
16
6:00 PM18:00

Metal Shop

Join us across the street at Lazy Circles Brewing for an evening of spectacles in celebration of all things metal.

The evening starts with an aluminum pour courtesy of ECU professor Chris Overstake and OU Sculpture Tech Andy Denton. Watch in awe as master sculptors cast molten metal into molds made by community members who participated in the Scratch Mold Workshop on October 10th.

Then we’ll head indoors, where artists Barry Zimmerman and Chris Johnson will amaze with live displays of their art making virtuosity.

On the way in, check out the extraordinary jewlery made by local creator Rai Fordyce as well as the creative offerings from the ECU Art Club.

The evening concludes with live sets of heavy metal mayhem courtesy of local bands Mushroom Goblin and BUGNOG.

It’s all free. It’s all Awesome, It’s all Artoberfest!

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Art Therapy Group (Free Event)
Oct
19
7:00 PM19:00

Art Therapy Group (Free Event)

Join Resonator and registered Art Therapist Soni Parsons for free Art Therapy group meetings every Monday night at 7:00.

You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy the benefits of art therapy. Therapeutic artwork doesn’t have to be beautiful. Express your feelings through art!

  • All supplies provided!

  • Judgement-free zone!

  • No sign up needed!

Groups are facilitated by professionals.

Questions, contact Soni Parsons: 405-364-2008

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Golda Sisson : Delicate Flowers of the Abstract Mind
Oct
23
4:30 PM16:30

Golda Sisson : Delicate Flowers of the Abstract Mind

Join us for a one-night-only pop up exhibition courtesy of up-and-coming local artist Golda Sisson.

Golda introduced herself to us last year while attending a band show. She subsequently impressed us with her beautiful paintings and her professional presentation.

Come get in on the ground floor of a promising art practice and support a local artist who will truly appreciate the time you give her.

100% free!

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Ghoul AD
Oct
24
7:00 PM19:00

Ghoul AD

Help us welcome in the dark season with a performance/ritual observance by OKC’s premier Ghost tribute band Ghoul AD.

Part theater, part metal, part occult, and 100% fascinating. If you’re a fan of Ghost or all things dark and forboding, you won’t want to miss it.

Doors at 7:00 | $10 cover | BYOB if you like

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Sunday Scaries presents: Shadow of a Doubt
Oct
11
7:00 PM19:00

Sunday Scaries presents: Shadow of a Doubt

Join your host Mausa McAndrew for another installment of Sunday Scaries.

This month we have a true classic— Alfred Htchcock’s 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt, starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright.

The film tells the uneasy story of the Newtons, a family living in sunny California domesticity. Teenage Charlie is feeling restless, until she gets some exciting news: her Uncle Charlie, the namesake she worships and adores, is coming to town for a visit. But what she doesn’t know is that Charlie the elder, charismatic and mysterious, is harboring some dangerous secrets.

From critis Dave Kehr: “Hitchcock’s first indisputable masterpiece… This discovery of darkness within the heart of smalltown America remains one of his most harrowing films, a peek behind the facade of security that reveals dispair, loneliness, and death. It’s Our Town turned inside out”

As always, Maura will kick things off with production notes, back story, and cultural context.

100% free! BYO food and drink if you like.

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Dennis McNett | Here One Day Gone the Next
Oct
9
7:00 PM19:00

Dennis McNett | Here One Day Gone the Next

This Art Walk, help us welcome back Virginia-based printmaker / social practice artist Deiins McNett for yet another performance you won’t soon forget.

Here One Day Gone the Next will close down Main St with a horde of mask-wearing revelers, giant puppets, and live musicians in celebration of life— its power and its fragility.

The wolfpack will gather at 7:00 and make noise through the hour.

100% free and fun for all ages — Don’t miss it!!

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Mask Making Workshop
Oct
5
to Oct 8

Mask Making Workshop

Wolfbat is coming to Norman for Artoberfest!

Learn to make papier-mâché masks the Dennis McNett way. Participants can build their own tribal animal mask — or whatever they like — to wear in the Here One Day, Gone the Next procession during the October Art Walk. All materials and tools will be provided. Participants shape a cardboard frame into the animal of their choice, then adorn their creations with McNett’s hand-printed patterns. The results are spectacular!

The workshop will be at Resonator Monday, October 5 through Thursday, October 8th from 1:00pm - 8:00pm

Workshop fee is $30. Register here.

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Noise Church IV
Oct
4
2:00 PM14:00

Noise Church IV

Join us in worship of sound.’

Noise Church congregates on the first Sunday of each month to bring you a sampling of sonic textures to cleanse your weary soul and raise your wavering spirits.

This month’s offering includes:

Gong Slayer - New Mexico drone-sound healing Beachpriest - Ft Worth experimental electronic Silkroad - Tulsa electro-symphonic drone Inside.Gator - OKC harsh noise

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Sunday Scares presents: MUD
Sep
27
7:00 PM19:00

Sunday Scares presents: MUD

Join your host Maura McAndrew for another installment of our monthly cult film seres, Sunday Scaries.

Ths month’s feature is the 2012 Jeff Nchols cult classic MUD.

MUD weaves the Mark Twain-esque story of two teenage boys living precarous lives along the Mississippi River who encounter a mysterious man (Matthew McConaughey) hiding out on an island.

From critic Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post: “As a slippery central figure of Jeff Nichols’s richly observed comng-of-age fable, McConaughey injects a note of danger into a bayou noir story of youthful adventure that manages to be lyrical and sobering at the same time. Aided by extraordinary assured performances from young co-stars Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland, McConaughey defines his own version of a familiar Southern character— the frightening Other who can strangle as easily as save— as an enduring archetype rather than an irritating stereotype.”

As always, Maura will commence the evening with production notes, background stories, and cultural context.

100% free | BYO food and drink if you like

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Synth Building Workshop with William Davis
Sep
12
1:00 PM13:00

Synth Building Workshop with William Davis

Learn to make your very own "Weird Sound Generator" in this fun and approachable workshop taught by Dada Synth master and OU Professor William Davis.

All components will be provided and participants will learn the basics of soldering as they follow easy instructions to create their very own electronic musical instrument.

Workshop fee: $60. Register here.

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Brittany Powell Parich -- Food Stuffs
Sep
11
to Sep 24

Brittany Powell Parich -- Food Stuffs

Join Resonator in welcoming Portland, Oregon-based artist Britanny Powell Parich.

For over two decades, Brittany has found transcendence and humor in everyday experiences and humble materials. Her work reorganizes the way viewers think about common aspects of our visual culture and makes them contemplate how profound and ridiculous the most overlooked moments in our lives can be.

Food Stuffs is an exploration of grocery store product packaging using wood and paint. Through the simple act of removing the typography and presenting the block layouts of the designs themselves, the artist points out just how successful anonymous designers and marketers are at ingraining their visions into our shared consciousness.

Like most of Brittany’s work, it is modestly scaled, immaculately thought-out, and perfectly rendered.

Opening reception is Friday, September 11 at 6:00. The exhibition will remain up until September 24.

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Noise Church
Sep
6
2:00 PM14:00

Noise Church

Noise Church

Your monthly sonic soul cleansing.

This month’s contributors:

He Finds Fire - Ada, OK Ambient Drone Loops

Heavy Refuge - Dallas, TX Ambient?IDM

Santiago Ramones- Edmond, OK Improvised Ambient

Kelley Gant/ Aaron Tyler Osborne - Kansas City, MO Long Form Vocal/Electroacoustic Improvisation

Free Show — Donations for the performers are greatly appreciated

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Isa Rose, Hayden Graber, and Vaneza Saint Luz
Sep
4
7:00 PM19:00

Isa Rose, Hayden Graber, and Vaneza Saint Luz

Join us in welcoming three incredible local singer / songwriters to our stage.

Headliner Isa Rose will blow you away with her emotionally charged and beautifully rendered songwriting. If you love finding and supporting local talent, she is not to be missed.

She will be joined by the equally amazing Hayden Graber and Vaneza Saint Luz.

Doors at 7:00 | $10 cover | BYOB if you like

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Sunday Scaries presents "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead"
Aug
30
7:00 PM19:00

Sunday Scaries presents "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead"

Join your host Maura McAndrew as she kicks off another season of Sunday Scaries !

This month’s offering is the 1991 Stephen Herek cult classic Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead starring Christina Applegate.

Applegate stars as Sue Ellen, a recent high school graduate dreading a boring summer with her younger siblings. But when their babysitter suddenly dies, Sue Ellen must step and become a career women she didn’t know she could be. Don’t miss this beloved cult classic, which Roger Ebert called “a consumerist, escapist fantasy for teenage girls,” the Guardian called “wholeheartedly ridiculous,” and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called “the film equivalent of processed cheese.”

Doors at 7:00 | 100% free | BYOB and snacks if you like

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Cody Wilson : 66 67Mountains
Aug
14
to Aug 20

Cody Wilson : 66 67Mountains

Join us August Art Walk as we welcome local painter/visionary Cody Wilson.

Cody’s remarkable surfaces radiate with complex visual energy and expressionist mark making. Each image opens up a world to explore and get lost in. Through emotive use of color, line, and form, he is able to to transport viewers to unexpected destinations filled with beauty, angst, and complex emotional relationships.

Exhibition opens Friday, August 14 and runs through the 27th.

Opening: August 14, 6:00 - 9:00 | 100% free

Support local art!

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Noise Church
Aug
2
2:00 PM14:00

Noise Church

Join Resonator and Dissociation OK for an afternoon of uplifting sonic delight.

Noise Church is a monthly-recuring free showcase of local and national sound artists. Stop in and cleanse your soul with improvised ear-tingling soundscapes and then depart ready to spread the gospel.

This month’s performers include: Ghost Icon, Sarah Reid, Chazlan Rook, and Lauren Sonder

Show is 100% free- BYOB and snacks if you like.

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Clint Niosi
Aug
1
8:00 PM20:00

Clint Niosi

Come in and cool off with some amazing music courtesy of Fort Worth’s Clint Niosi.

A singer/songwriter of the highest caliber, Niosi blends droning melodies with understated guitar virtuosity to create haunting tunes that stick with you long after you’ve ingested them.

Joining Clint will be locals Veranda Bandits and Aztec Grass.

Doors at 8:00 | $10 cover | All ages welcome | BYOB

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Wings & Things Kids Class with Tracy Gibson
Jul
16
1:00 PM13:00

Wings & Things Kids Class with Tracy Gibson

Is the summer already dragging on? Are your kids already complaining about boredom? Have we got the cure for you! Join art teacher Tracy Gibson on July 16th from 1:00-3:00pm for this fun summer class for kids and teens.

Step into a world of moths, butterflies, dragonflies, and other winged creatures.  In this hands-on mixed media class, students will create a one of a kind canvas artwork using paint, collage, lace, textured papers, beads, and other embellishments.  

Students will layer color, texture, and use their imaginations to make magical and expressive works of art.

All supplies provided and the fee is $30

Register here

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'Facing Death' by Laura Nelsen
Jul
10
to Jul 23

'Facing Death' by Laura Nelsen

Join us for July 2nd Friday Art Walk featuring Resonator’s assistant Laura Nelsen! Debuting a new body of sculptural work for her first solo exhibition, so come out and support local art.

Artist Statement

Facing Death is a collection of works which began in 2021.  That same year marked the beginning of the noticeable decline of my maternal grandparents.  They both died in their home within nine months of one another.  Grief and fear halted my creative process for a long time and this collection of works signifies finally overcoming my fears and pursuing a full time career as a professional artist.  My creative approach reflects the journey of life.  It ebbs and flows in a continual search for purpose and enjoyment in the process as opposed to the outcome. While each piece is produced, I reflect on my own mortality.  I believe that through the inevitability of death, life is endowed with meaning and mine has been discovered in making art. Creating these masks has become a ritual, giving my life significance while honoring the inevitability of death and the natural order.  Coping with everyday struggles along with the spiral of grief has allowed reflection on what I want to do with my life and what I want for the end of my life as well.  Taking the leap into pursuing my career as a full-time professional artist does, at times, seem like Facing Death.

 These “death masks” are created in different forms and styles to explore various translations of my face.  Exploring the diverse forms of my face symbolizes my learning to embrace and appreciate the divergent aspects of the self.  The materials selected are made intentionally.  Pine wood for the shadow boxes honors the traditional use of pine boxes for burial.  Papier-mâché has been used to make a multitude of materials, but still continues to be used to make masks contemporarily.  Unlike traditional death masks, this collection is not meant to be worn.  As stated before, the creation of the masks has evolved into a personal ritual.  When displayed in the gallery, the masks resemble the way museums acquire ceremonial objects that are meant to be worn for religious and ritualistic functions.  This contrast between wearable and non-wearable as well as between gallery presentation and ceremonial context is my way of reflecting the discomfort many individuals experience with death and dying.  My hope is to create a dialogue about society’s relationship with death’s inevitability in order so that we may fully live.

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Noise Church
Jul
5
2:00 PM14:00

Noise Church

Join Resonator and Dissociation OK for an afternoon of uplifting sonic delight.

Noise Church is a monthly-recuring free showcase of local and national sound artists. Stop in and cleanse your soul with improvised ear-tingling soundscapes and then depart ready to spread the gospel.

Show is 100% free- BYOB and snacks if you like.

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Domain Expansion - Jonathan Sangster
Jul
3
6:00 PM18:00

Domain Expansion - Jonathan Sangster

Join us for a one-night-only pop up exhibition by Norman and Corpus Christi-based artist Jonathan Sangster.

Domain Expansion

This body of work emerges from recurring nightmares and the unsettling realization that imagined experiences can leave wounds as convincing as lived ones. These images are not illustrations of dreams, but manifestations of the fear that remains after they have ended. They occupy the space between memory and invention, where the mind struggles to distinguish what was witnessed from what was only imagined.

I am interested in the psychological weight of events that never occurred—the lingering dread, the false memories, and the quiet anxiety that persists without evidence or explanation. By giving form to these invisible fears, the work explores the unsettling capacity of the mind to construct realities that continue to haunt us long after waking. In these images, terror is not born from what happened, but from the enduring certainty that, somehow, it almost did. — Jonathan Sangster, 2026

Exhibition is free and open to the public

Doors open at 6:00

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Crew and Friends featuring Crew Jordan
Jun
27
8:00 PM20:00

Crew and Friends featuring Crew Jordan

Get up and get get get down!

Join Crew Jordan and a host of other awe-inspiring OKC hip hop masters for an evening of dope beats, fresh rhymes, and good times.

Featuring: Kid Lennon, Bonezflow, Hugh Glass, Splintr, Retro Vaughn, Malcolm Tree, Frisco & Taz Raps, and Crew Jordan himself.

$10 at the door, All ages, BYOB if you like

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Ceramic Pipe Making Workshop
Jun
25
6:00 PM18:00

Ceramic Pipe Making Workshop

Back by popular demand!

Join us Thursday, June 25 at 6:00 for another one of our amazingly popular pipe making workshops and learn to make your very own custom ceramic pipe!

You’ll design, build, and glaze your unique creation in one easy class session, then you’re pipe will be fired and ready to pick up in two weeks.

Hosted and taught by the Norman-based queen of clay Anna McQuown! @sophisticatedmudceramics

All materials and tools will be provided.

Register here

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'Historias y Cuentos' by Carlos Colín
Jun
12
to Jun 26

'Historias y Cuentos' by Carlos Colín

Join us June Art Walk for a solo exhibition featuring local artist Carlos Colín.

Carlos was born 1978 in Mexico City, his paintings bring to life scenes that blur the lines between reality and the whispers of another world. Transcends mere depiction, becoming a portal to a realm where dreams and everyday life merge.


”I work in oil painting mainly, but I am versatile in mediums and techniques, landscapes and portraits of a magic realism. My aim is to capture the beauty of the unease, where what the eye sees brushes up against the otherworldly.”

“Historias y Cuentos” is an exhibition that explores the power of memory, storytelling, and magicalrealist imagination through oil paintings and curated objects. The show is built around the idea that memories are not fixed records—they are living narratives that shift, distort, and glow with emotion, as well as the understanding that the individual is not truly divided between childhood and adulthood; time merely oxidizes the body, while something essential remains unchanged. Even as society imposes rules on how an adult should behave, beneath them persists the quiet capacity to hold onto the spark of childhood—of wonder, of surprise, and of finding magic and imagination within small details of everyday life.

The exhibition blends magical realism, personal mythology, symbolic objects, inviting viewers to step into a world where the ordinary becomes enchanted and the images link a short story yet to be told.

The show is divided into two complementary sections, one oriented towards adults and one designed to captivate children, allowing the exhibition to speak across generations while maintaining a cohesive narrative identity.“

Opening reception is June 12 from 6:00 to 9:00. Exhibition available June 12 - 26.

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Sarah and Friends | An Art Show for Sarah’s Eyes
Jun
5
5:30 PM17:30

Sarah and Friends | An Art Show for Sarah’s Eyes

Join us this Friday as we feature a special, one-night -only benefit exhibition curated and organized by Sharon Burchett.

You are invited to join us from 5:30-8 p.m., on Friday, June 5, 2026, at Resonator Institute, 325 E. Main Street, Norman, for a one-night art event focused on sales benefitting a local material artist, Sarah Burchett, who is raising funds to pay for her cataract surgery. Sarah will have quilts and hand-made clothing items available for purchase.  Joining her will be her curator and daughter-in-law, Sharon Burchett, who will include paintings in the show/sale.  She will also be joined by some local artist friends, including Bobby Anderson, Lori Bacigalupi, and Pam McIntosh.  This public event will offer refreshments and the doors will be open 5:30-8 pm, unless all sale items sell out early.

Image is one of. Sarah's most recent quilts

Questions: Sharon Burchett 405-693-8761

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C4 Comedy presents: Gunfight at the Golden Corral
Jun
4
7:30 PM19:30

C4 Comedy presents: Gunfight at the Golden Corral

Join us for an evening of laughs, chuckles, guffaws, and tickled ribs as C4 comedy returns with a full line up of local comedy soon-to-be-legends.

Featuring Joel Morrison, Chance Del Fuego, Arthur Dixon, Josh Trillo, Duke Koontz, and Paolo.

The madness kicks off at 7:30 and goes until everyone has had their fill.

Lazy Circles will be on hand to quell your thirst.

100% free! Just show up ready to laugh!

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