First-of-its-kind in Oklahoma, Sunny Dayz Mural Festival exists to empower, elevate and celebrate underrepresented artists with an emphasis on women and gender minorities through the creation and advocacy of public art. Our core values include a commitment to equitable opportunity, compensation, dedicated wall space for “newbies” regardless of age, and the cultivation of our teen mentorship program that seeks to empower and educate Oklahoma students interested in the arts. Sunny Dayz Mural Festival travels annually across the state of Oklahoma to provide communities with accessible public art as well as connect them with a supportive and empowering community.

The initial team was formed in March of 2021, and the first ever Sunny Dayz Mural Festival happened on August 7, 2021, in Oklahoma City’s Britton District. Since then, we have become a certified 501c3 organization, and to-date the Sunny Dayz volunteer team has put on three successful festivals spanning three different Oklahoma communities, gathered over 25,000 people to celebrate the power of public art, fundraised like hell and paid over $230,000 to historically underrepresented artists, partnered with over 40 local businesses and institutions for educational programming and community building events, had 32 Oklahoma teens participate in our mentorship program, and have hired a total of 122 muralists who have since created 91 new murals in Oklahoma. 

Sunny Dayz has big plans for the future! however. This project was founded in 2021 by Virginia Sitzes through the Oklahoma Mural Syndicate, a nonprofit facilitating murals throughout the state of Oklahoma, and we would not be here without each other. Find more OMS projects and keep up to date with their open calls at plazawalls.org!