Season 7, Episode 28: Awesome Tulsa shoe art kicks off Gathering Place's Route 66 celebration
About this episode
Cheryl Christensen discusses the Get Your Kicks shoe art competition at Gathering Place in Tulsa, celebrating Route 66.
With the Summer of Route 66 in full swing, Gathering Place in Tulsa is celebrating the centennial with a different kind of kicks. The Get Your Kicks shoe art competition pits more than twenty local area artists against each other to see who can create the most appealing work of art from a blank white tennis shoe. The results are quite impressive, and currently on display at Gathering Place's boathouse where viewers can vote on their favorite to win a prize for a lucky artist. The shoes will remain on display through July 18, when the large community park will hold its Route 66 Centennial Celebration. Cheryl Christensen, vice president of operations at Gathering Place, joins the Oklahoma Today Show this week to tell us about how the shoe art competition came together and what we have to look forward to at the park's Route 66 celebration this weekend.Also on this week's show, the editors discuss the best places for families to check out during summer vacation, and podvents tells us about not one, but two Oklahoma peach festivals to visit this week. You won't want to miss it!
People in this episode
Host: Oklahoma Today Show
Guest: Cheryl Christensen
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Gathering Place
Places: Tulsa
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