First Friday Art Show Reception “Bruce Goff: The Art of the Continuous Present”
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Downtown Tulsa is alive! And so is Bruce Goff . . . watch his world come to life in this stunning exhibition of archival material, photography, video, and art from the world of Bruce Goff. Curated by Lindsay Aveilhé and Britni Harris, this show celebrates the breadth of Goff’s work and influence in architecture and art. Exhibition on view at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship from December 2, 2022 to February 4, 2023.
Be sure to visit Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s Archer Building to view the Goff Cabinet of Curiosities, an extension of the exhibition at Tulsa Artist Fellowship x Flagship. Refreshments will be available and Flash Flood Prints will provide a unique paper craft take-away of Bruce Goff’s Page Warehouse (no longer standing) in Tulsa.
ABOUT GOFF FEST
With the support of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Goff Fest was created from the vision of artist Karl Jones and filmmaker Britni Harris who felt Goff’s work was underappreciated and hoped “to share an interest in Bruce Goff’s story with a wider regional and national audience.”Organized by the Goff Center of the Continuous Present (GCCP)*, the festival will be held in various venues throughout Tulsa and film screenings, panel discussions, exhibitions and a Goff Ball.
ABOUT GCCP and ORGANIZING SPONSORS
The Goff Fest is proudly organized by the Goff Center of the Continuous Present (GCCP) and is made possible by the generous support of its partners and sponsors, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, AIA Eastern Oklahoma, The Tulsa Club Hotel, Elote Cafe and Catering, Ross Group, Shuffles Tulsa, Tulsa Spotlight Theatre, Friends of Kebyar, Price Tower Arts Center, Tulsa Historical Society, OATH Law, Studio 66, H.O.P.E. Testing, Oklahomans for Equality and AHHA.
The Goff Center of the Continuous Present’s mission is to promote beauty in all its strength by encouraging the mysterious, the uncomfortable, and the disobedient aspects of art and architecture.
ABOUT THE TULSA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
Established in 2015, Tulsa Artist Fellowship was created as a place-based arts initiative by the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF), that addresses pressing challenges for contemporary artists and arts workers living in and joining the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. A central part of the Fellowship’s initiative is to bring, enliven, and participate in Tulsa’s growing and thriving arts community. TAF supports contemporary artists across all mediums and is committed to celebrating diversity in all its forms and freedom of expression. https://www.tulsaartistfellowship.org/
MORE ABOUT BRUCE GOFF
Bruce Goff, who passed in 1982, lived a life charged with unabashed creativity while also being shrouded in controversy. Having grown up in Tulsa, his work in architecture began at the young age of twelve when he apprenticed for the architectural firm, Rush, Endacott and Rush. Goff’s philosophy embraced the individual, the mysterious and the “continuous present”–a term coined by Gertrude Stein that he often used to describe his design style where the past and present merge into a continuous stream without beginning nor ends.
Mentored by Frank Lloyd Wright during his early years, Goff was one of the rare architects he admired for his creativity and independent ethos.
Goff’s contentious exit from the University of Oklahoma, where he taught and served as the Chairman for the School of Architecture, and the ongoing debate of the design ownership of the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church were filled with whispers of unacceptance for Goff’s eclectic designs and homosexuality in the conservative backdrop of mid-century Oklahoma. Even fifteen years after Goff’s death, Goff’s masterpiece design, Shin’en Kan, was destroyed from intentional arson.
Today, a group of Goff advocates aims to change the discourse, to open dialogues of truth and celebrate the life and work of America’s best unknown organic architect.
ABOUT COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS
Goff Fest’s number one priority is the health and safety of our event participants. Our goal is to hold a safe event, recognizing it is not possible to remove all risks, in particular concerning COVID-19. At the time of the event, Goff Fest will follow the requirements of Tulsa County at the time of the event.
ACCOMMODATIONS
As you plan your travels, make sure to check out one of Bruce Goff’s tallest designs, the Tulsa Club Hotel (918-582-5722) which has provided a block of rooms for the festival. Mention “Goff Fest 2022″ when booking.And for those traveling from New York don’t miss the direct flight that will be offered by American Airlines starting this November from Laguardia.