FLAGSHIP EXHIBITION OPENING
SUNODOS: ACT OF ATTENTION
As we are changed by the stories that happen in a place, so do we change a place by the stories we tell. sunodos is a meeting of the two. It is a story about home, a question about how to live better, and a reminder that we are not separate from nature.
Curated by Tulsa Artist Fellowship awardee Liz Blood, this group exhibition brings together work by Oklahoma-based artists-Steve Blesch, Shane Brown, Darren Dirksen, Yatika Starr Fields, Nic Annette Miller, Hayley Nichols, Rachel Rector, Joseph Rushmore, and J. Preston Witt.
The companion publication, Creative Field Guide to Northeastern Oklahoma, will be available for purchase.
Liz Blood is a writer, editor, and arts worker. A lifelong Oklahoman, her work focuses on place, memory, and contemporary art. Her essays and journalism can be found in Cimarron Review, Columbia Journal, Hunger Mountain, Oklahoma Today, Art Focus, and elsewhere. She is a multi-year recipient of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and was awarded the Fellowship's Arts Integration Award to make her book, Creative Field Guide to Northeastern Oklahoma, which features the work of more than 50 Oklahoma-based artists and writers. Blood is the co-founder of Okiebug, a Tulsa-based independent publisher, and she serves as contributing editor at Oklahoma Today magazine.
“Sunodos is a Greek word that comes from hodos, meaning road (used to suggest a way or means) and the prefix sun-, meaning together. A sum of those two parts, sunodos can mean “meeting” or “assembly.” I think of it also as a meeting place, or a way together.“- Curator Liz Blood
Celebrate with Tulsa Artist Fellowship at the opening reception of sunodos: act of attention on Friday, June 2 from 6-8 pm. As we are changed by the stories that happen in a place, so do we change a place by the stories we tell. sunodos is the intersection of both. The artworks on view evoke the meeting grounds between their makers and the natural world, welcoming viewers into these intimate story-spaces and inviting us to consider our place in nature.
/////////
Upcoming Exhibition:
SUNODOS: ACT OF ATTENTION
Curated by Awardee Liz Blood
June 2 - August 12, 2023
Flagship at Tulsa Artist Fellowship
112 N. Boston Ave. Tulsa, OK 74103
Opening Reception: First Friday, June 2, 6-8 pm
Public Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12-6 pm
Tulsa Artist Fellowship programming is free and open to all
Exhibition Opening
sunodos: act of attention
Curated by Liz Blood
Flagship at Tulsa Artist Fellowship
112 N. Boston Ave. Tulsa, OK 74103
Tulsa Artist Fellowship programming is free and open to all
Tulsa Artist Fellowship welcomes our neighbors for a night of art and camaraderie on First Friday, June 2!
At Flagship, celebrate the opening of sunodos: act of attention curated by Liz Blood with curatorial assistant Layla Mortadha. Through paintings, photography, hand-built ceramics, mixed media, drawings, poetry, video, and zines, nine northeastern Oklahoma-based artists—Steve Blesch, Shane Brown, Darren Dirksen, Yatika Starr Fields, Nic Annette Miller, Hayley Nichols, Rachel Rector, Joseph Rushmore, and J. Preston Witt—engage questions of participation and reciprocity in our shared ecology. As we are changed by the stories that happen in a place, so do we change a place by the stories we tell. sunodos is the intersection of both. The artworks on view evoke the meeting grounds between their makers and the natural world, welcoming viewers into these intimate story-spaces and inviting us to consider our place in nature.
VISITOR EXPERIENCE
Tulsa Artist Fellowship strives to provide a welcoming and accessible experience. Our public programming is free, documented, and archived.
Public hours for Flagship (112 N. Boston Ave. Tulsa, OK 74103) are Thursday-Saturday from 12-6 pm. Flagship accommodates wheelchairs and strollers. Variable seating is provided in addition to the areas for distanced standing and wheelchairs. Family-scale private washrooms are available to support visitors with disabilities and caregivers who need access to increased square footage and changing tables. Street-side parking is available using the Park Mobile App and is free after 5 pm and all-day Saturday-Sunday.
Archer Studios (109 MLK Jr Blvd E. Tulsa, OK 74103) & Cameron Studios (303 N Main St, Tulsa, OK 74103) accommodate wheelchairs and strollers. Variable seating is provided in addition to areas for distanced standing and wheelchairs. Family-scale private washrooms are available, designed to support visitors with disabilities and caregivers who need access to increased square footage and changing tables. The elevator at Archer Studios is located at the main west entrance on Martin Luther King Blvd. Street-side parking is available using the Park Mobile App and is free after 5 pm and all-day Saturday-Sunday.
To learn more about Tulsa Artist Fellowship programming, please follow our social media channels on Instagram and Facebook or signup for our public emails at tulsaartistfellowship.org. For questions about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or to share feedback, please get in touch with info@tulsaartistfellowship.org or call (539) 302-4855.
ABOUT FLAGSHIP
Tulsa Artist Fellowship inaugurated its Flagship public project space located at 112 N Boston Ave E, Tulsa, OK 74103 in Tulsa’s historic downtown district. The 2,421 square-foot building was designed as an integrated and dynamic platform for arts-centered community exchange. Flagship programming includes screenings, panel/roundtable discussions, lectures, artist talks and interviews, literary resources, workshops, symposiums, as well as performances and public artworks, sound installations, and more.