USA Today names Oklahoma City the best city for street art

Oklahoma City is rich with art indoors and out. Recently our community received a special acclaim from USA Today’s 10Best, leaving us at the top of the list of the 10 best cities for street art.

The full list is as follows:

1. Oklahoma City - Oklahoma
2. Cincinnati - Ohio
3. Richmond - Virginia
4. Houston - Texas
5. Philadelphia - Pennsylvania
6. Reno - Nevada
7. Detroit - Michigan
8. Miami - Florida
9. Atlanta - Georgia
10. Baltimore – Maryland

To receive this acclaim, “a panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to pick the initial nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote.”

How does Oklahoma City encourage and preserve art? Have you heard about the 1% for the arts ordinance? Read this story to learn more about the initiative ensuring all proposed public construction projects allocate a minimum of 1% of their budget to new public art.

Others, like Downtown OKC Partnership and ULI Oklahoma have helped foster new murals and artwork throughout our city through their #micrOKC grant program.

Read more about the acclaim from USA Today’s 10Best.