2026

 Storyteller and author, Marilyn A. Hudson, will be partnering with the Stroud Public Library as they celebrate the 100 years of the famous Route 66 highway.  

The Stroud Public Library was recently awarded two grants due to the national focus on the celebration.  

One grant will add a new neon sign to raise public awareness of the historic art deco building now housing the library. It was a 1930's telephone exchange building and is unique in the art deco architecture and the fact it houses the only elevator in Stroud!

The other grant makes the library the only library in Oklahoma along Route 66 to receive a programming grant. "The Route 66 Adventure Hub Program" will allow families traveling the famous road to stop and take part in fun activities and programs designed for them.

Hudson will be assisting in providing fun oral storytelling and book-based programs suitable for families.  Hudson is a retired educator and library professional with two decades of experience working with youth and children and in sharing stories professionally.

The grant will also provide for 2026, some additional staff and added hours to raise the levels of access and activity for the centennial.

"There is no better time," said Hudson, " to explore and discover the local library!"

Taking a Small Winter Break November and December 2023

After a year and a half of art fun, the Arts Cafe is taking a session break for Nov. and December. we will see you after the Holidays with some new opps for art!

Do continue to write your memorial essays using the theme or motif of wildflowers! Also, sketch your wildflowers or paint them for possible inclusion in the small memorial book!!

See previous article for that! Keep creating!!

A lot of arts in Stroud....

Here local author and researcher Marilyn A. Hudson is pictured with her latest book, Sooner Saucers: Vol.2!

Painting, sketching, creating  - 

MEMORIAL FUNDRAISING PROJECT WILL FEATURE WILDFLOWERS AND ART

 LOVED ONES AND WILDFLOWERS: 

AN ANTHOLOGY

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:   An anthology of memories, essays, poems, quotes, art, on the theme of memorializing someone who has died using the motif of wildflowers. To be titled. LOVED ONES AND WILDFLOWERS: AN ANTHOLOGY

The Greek word for “anthology” actually refers to flowers and so it is fitting indeed to use the symbols, beauty, and visuals of LOVED ONES AND WILDFLOWERS: AN ANTHOLOGY to express the respect, honor, love, and courage left to use in the wake of someone’s passing through this life into the eternal beyond.  People influence, touch, teach, instill courage, share love, give hope, and improve their world as they pass life their life

“Once in a golden hour / I cast to earth a seed / Up there came a flower…”

 – Lord Tennyson

LOVED ONES AND WILDFLOWERS: AN ANTHOLOGY / Stroud, Oklahoma: The Arts café, 2023. A collection of poems, essays, memories, and other creative projects that honor people lost during the Covid Pandemic and during that time. Funds raised through donations and sales of the finished product will benefit the arts programs of The Arts Café of Stroud, Oklahoma. Their mission is to make the world beautiful one artistic project at a time. 

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NEW BEGINNINGS FOR ARTS CAFE - APRIL 6, 2023

 

All KINDS OF ART - - June 2-3, 2023

 

ANNOUNCEMENT: APRIL WILL CLOSE OUT THE ARTS CAFE IN STROUD

 After over a year of classes, learning, fun and friendship the cafe will close its twice weekly sessions.

APRIL will be the end. The last Wed. and Thurs. will close out the ARTS CAFE in STROUD.

A thank you to Stroud First United Methodist Church for providing us space for this community program. The goal was to make the world beautiful one project at a time. We learned, we demonstrated, and we created so many memories as well as art works.

We held an art show last summer. We worked with children, teens, mature, and senior adults.

Some really wonderful people contributed their time, their talents, and their love of art to making these sessions happen. A BIG THANK YOU!!!!

Remember - April will be the last sessions for THE ARTS CAFE!

Jan 2023 Launches New Sessions!

 Register now! Use the form on the webpage or email as noted in the image.