PASEO ARTS ASSOCIATION

The Paseo Arts Association (PAA) is a non-profit, 501c3 organization that manages the monthly First Friday Gallery Walks, the annual Paseo Arts Festival, the Paseo Arts Awards and Paseo FEAST. Since our move in 2020, our expansion and creation of the Paseo Arts and Creativity Center has bolstered our visibility and our programming growth in the heart of OKC. We now manage three art galleries with monthly art exhibitions, a gift shop, a photography studio and 10 artist studios. The Paseo Arts Association hosts 30 art exhibitions by local Oklahoma artists every year, including five juried shows and art workshops on a variety of mediums. We also organize the Robbie Kienzle Artist Workshop Series, teaching professional development for artists.

The Paseo Arts Association is one of eighteen Oklahoma organizations that are now finalists for the prestigious Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards, presented annually by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits (OKCNP). Out of almost 19,000 nonprofits statewide, only eighteen were named finalists.

On April 5, 2025, finalists will join together at a private event at Tulsa’s Southern Hills Country Club to celebrate and hear the announcement of the 2025 ONE Awards winners. Finalists are divided into six mission categories and receive $5,000, with category winners receiving $7,500. On the night of the event, an overall winner will be awarded $10,000 and the title of Oklahoma’s 2025 Nonprofit of Excellence. In total, this year’s finalists will receive $115,000 to recognize the impact of their charitable work throughout the state. As of 2024, the OKCNP ONE Awards has given more than $2 million to more than 200 Oklahoma nonprofits.