Beavers Bend Resort Park in Broken Bow, Oklahoma is a great place for artists to display their work, learn, camp, RV, swim, and more. Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend Resort Park average over one million visitors each year and offers visitors many opportunities for learning and entertainment.
Summer Art
When you first get to the park you will come upon the Forest Heritage Center. This large museum displays art and sculpture year round.
During the third weekend of June, the Forest Heritage Center opens its doors to artists young and old as it holds its annual Owa-Chito Art Show and Sale. This art show is held by the Oklahoma Art Counsel and draws artists from many nearby states such as Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. It has categories for children to professional artists. The show and museum is free to view and entry fees are minimal.
Artists interested in entering the competition can contact the Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce at 113 West Martin Luther King Drive Broken Bow, Oklahoma, 74745, telephone number: (580) 584-3393 or the Idabel Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture at 13 North Central Idabel, Oklahoma, 74745, telephone number: (580) 286-3305.
The Owa-Chito Art Show and Sale is held during the Kiamichi Owa-Chito Festival of the Forest, which has a number of family events such as:
- Children’s crafts and games
- A spelling bee
- A talent show
- Miss Owa-Chito Beauty Pageants
- A bass tournament
- Canoe races
Fall Art
In the fall, Beavers Bend Resort Park has its Beavers Bend Folk Festival and Craft Show. This show features turn of the century craft demonstrations,exhibits, folk music, and a petting zoo. Visitors can also enjoy hay rides through the beautiful Kiamichi Mountains’ fall foliage.
Fun All-Year-Round
Year-round, the resort offers beautiful campsites and cabins on the Mountain Fork River and the 14,000-acre Broken Bow Lake. Activities offered to visitors include miniature golf, arts and crafts classes, horse trail rides, paddleboats and bumper boats, canoes, jet skiing, golfing, tennis, and canoeing.
Visitors can also go hiking on the 16 miles of the David Boren Trails throughout the Quachita National Forest. Along the trails are beautiful streams, dazzling quarts formations, and history markers. The trails also contain information markers that teach hikers about local trees and vegetation.
The Beavers Bend Depot offers train rides through the forest for those who would rather take it easy. The train’s path carries visitors through areas used by soldiers in the Civil War and through the most heavily vegetated area in Oklahoma.
The Beavers Bend Resort Park will not only fulfill your need for beautiful art and wonder full scenery to sketch, your family will also be enthralled with all of the wonderful activities the area has to offer.
 |
 |
 |
 |
