About Us...  

The Bartlesville Community Center is a unique structure in downtown Bartlesville at the corner of Adams Boulevard and Cherokee Avenue. William Wesley Peters, chief architect of Taliesin and Vice President of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, designed the Center. The design emphasizes the use of sweeping curves, circles, ovals and acute and obtuse angles; right angles are avoided. Mrs. Wright selected most of the interior decor.

The exterior earth colors are continued inside the Community Center where you will find the world's largest cloisonn mural, over 25 feet long, which shows a stylized northeastern Oklahoma countryside depicted in the four seasons.  Crystalline light fixtures are suspended like icicles from the ceiling in Community Hall. The Ted and Melody Lyon Art Gallery presents a constantly changing array of art and photography.  

The lower level Studio Theater can host smaller theatrical productions or events. 

The Marie Foster Performing Arts Hall is an acoustic delight.  Ransom Wilson, Conductor of the Solisti New York Orchestra said, "We've discovered one of the finest concert halls in this country." 


In addition to concerts, the Center presents ballet, a wide variety of stage productions, and meeting facilities for a broad spectrum of civic groups. The art gallery presents a constantly changing array of art and photography.  The beautiful multi-functional facility is equipped to handle events as large as state conventions, as small as group meetings of fifteen and as varied as beauty pageants and world class international music festivals.  Conferences, trade shows, and seminars are easily accommodated with the versatile meeting and breakout rooms available.  The Center is a favorite location for family and class reunions, wedding receptions, fund-raising dinners, business meetings, luncheons and corporate conferences.




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