Paseo Arts District, Art galleries district in Oklahoma City, United States

Paseo Arts District stretches along Paseo Drive showcasing Spanish colonial-style buildings with stucco walls and clay tile roofs. The area houses more than twenty galleries displaying artwork by a diverse group of artists.

The district was founded in 1929 by G.A. Nichols as Oklahoma City's first commercial area north of downtown and was originally called Spanish Village. The architecture and concept emerged from a vision to create an independent artistic and commercial space.

The name Paseo comes from the Spanish word for a promenade, and the district still holds events rooted in that idea of strolling and gathering. Since 1975 it has hosted the Paseo Arts Festival each Memorial Day weekend, showing original visual and performing arts. The First Friday Gallery Walk has galleries and restaurants hold opening receptions on the first Friday of each month, and an annual Fairy Ball is also held here.

The district runs along Paseo Drive near N. Walker Ave and NW 28th Street, north of downtown Oklahoma City. Galleries and restaurants hold opening receptions on the first Friday of each month, which is when the streets are busiest. The annual Paseo Arts Festival fills Memorial Day weekend.

Old Trinity of Paseo, an Anglican church built in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1842, closed there in 1990. Photographer Tom Lee bought it in 2000, had it dismantled and moved to Oklahoma City as his studio, then sold it in 2007; it now serves as a wedding and event venue.