2011 Festival
Join us for the 25th Silver Anniversary Celebration of the Red Earth Festival
June 3, 4, & 5, 2011!
Our New Home
Red Earth, Inc., which operates the Red Earth Museum and produces the Red Earth American Indian Cultural Festival, has relocated its museum and office to 6 Santa Fe Plaza in downtown Oklahoma City. READ MORE
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MUSEUM & GALLERY
15th Allie Reynolds Red Earth Golf Tournament
The 15th Annual Red Earth Allie Reynolds Memorial Golf Tournament is Monday, Oct. 18 at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. The tournament is one of only six outside tournaments held at Oklahoma City’s most historic and prestigious golf course. Download registration information here.
Red Earth's Mission
For more than 30 years Red Earth, Inc has been recognized as the primary multi-cultural resource in Oklahoma for advancing the understanding and continuation of Native American traditional and contemporary culture and arts. Our mission is to promote the rich traditions of American Indian arts and cultures through education, a premier festival, a museum and fine art markets.
The Red Earth Museum hosts a diverse and changing schedule of traveling exhibitions and is custodian of a permanent collection of more than 1,400 items of fine art, pottery, basketry, textiles and beadwork – including the Deupree Cradleboard Collection, one of the finest individual collections of its kind in North America. The Red Earth Museum, located at 6 Santa Fe Plaza next to the historic Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City, welcomes guests from throughout the world each year.
The juried art competition and dance competition at the annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival has established Oklahoma City as a Native American art and cultural center, rivaling other southwestern cities as a showcase of Indian art. The varied activities and events scheduled during the Festival provide a mix of entertaining and educational presentations including food booths, hands-on children’s activities, storytelling, and musical performances.
Red Earth, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that promotes and presents the rich traditions of American Indian arts and cultures through educational programs, the annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival and the Red Earth Museum.
Museum Exhibit
NEW RED EARTH EXHIBIT FEATURES "RETRO" INDIAN ART
A new exhibit at the Red Earth Museum & Gallery features select pieces from the museum's permanent collection that reflects upon a 50-year span of contemporary and modernAmerican Indian art styles from the 1930s - 1980s.
"RETROspective" is a compilation of art pieces culled from the Red Earth Museum permanent collection that have rarely been seen by the public. The show, on view through October 31, features the artwork of prominent American Indian artists including Benjamin Harjo Jr. (Seminole-Shawnee), Acee Blue Eagle (Muscogee/Creek, Pawnee, Wichita), Woody Crumbo (Potawatomi), Bill Flores (Cherokee, Papago), Joan Hill (Creek), Charles Pratt (Cheyenne/Arapaho) and Jean Bales (Iowa).
Featured in the exhibit are 1959-era Oklahoma Indian glasses, pitcher and a wooden tray that were available free from Knox Gas Stations all over Oklahoma with the purchase of 10 gallons or more. Knox Industries commissioned Oklahoma Native American artist Acee Blue Eagle to produce eight paintings for reproduction on 15 oz. tumblers. A complete set is a rarity today.
