As we prepare to welcome the new year, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship community has reflected on all that has been accomplished in 2023. From influential exhibitions to groundbreaking publication launches, irreverent film series to shattering performances, it's been a year marked by studio process, collaboration, and commitment to nurturing Tulsa. We look forward to the visionary projects and presentations ahead!
Read MoreOur inaugural Open House 2023 embodied what Tulsa Artist Fellowship values most - community care, collaboration, and commitment to nurturing Tulsa. The weekend featured a series of events, including exhibitions, site-specific installations, performances, readings, panel discussions, film screenings, open studios, art and literary publications, community meals, celebrations, and more.
Read MoreTen awardees from a pool of over 1,000 applicants were chosen by a panel of esteemed arts leaders to live and work in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Read MoreFormer Tulsa Artist Fellow Rachel Hayes’ latest work is a large-scale, immersive textile installation that is now on display at Gathering Place, 2650 John Williams Way, through Sept. 30. Hayes’ “A Color Story” is made up of seven, multicolored fabric flags installed in the area surrounding the PSO Reading Tree. The mosaic-style flags vary in size and are designed to catch the sun and blow in the breeze. Hayes installed the vibrant display organically among the park’s trees.
Read MoreTulsa Artist Fellowship recently announced an expansion in both funding and residency length for future fellows of the program. The 10 individuals chosen to represent the 2024-2026 cohort will be welcomed for a three-year award term rather than two, and will collectively receive more than $1.95 million in support and studio spaces in Tulsa.
Read MoreIn the episode, Art Basel visits the historic city of Tulsa, where a growing population of artists, writers, musicians, and creatives are reshaping the city’s cultural landscape. Tulsa Artist Fellows open up their studios and share experiences practicing as artists in the program.
Read MoreThe life and work of Bruce Goff, one of the most distinctive American architects of the 20th century, is the focus of the second annual Goff Fest, taking place Dec. 1-4 at various locations throughout Tulsa.
The event, organized by the Goff Center of the Continuous Present with support from the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, is designed to help bring greater awareness of, and appreciation for, Goff’s uniquely organic, and highly individualistic, architectural vision.
Read MoreAfter long being consigned to a legacy of stereotypes, Indigenous American artists are making some of the country’s most engaging experimental music.
Read MoreWith the debut of his solo exhibition Not Ready to Say Goodbye (Green Country Edition), now on view at the Price Tower Arts Center through September 3rd, Kalup Linzy is stepping back into the spotlight.
Read More“I’m focused on contemporary Native American stories, the modern-day ups, and downs of that lifestyle, but I’m not trying to do it in a traditional manner,” said filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe in a phone interview with Hyperallergic.
Read MoreEnjoy highlights about the work of acclaimed Mexican writer Fabio Morábito, along with the thriving community of literary translators living in Tulsa, Oklahoma thanks to the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
Read MoreWith the opening of the Olson Kundig–designed Bob Dylan Center, the city has cemented itself as a must-see destination for lovers of art and culture.
Read MoreArtist Yatika Starr Fields works to advance Native American art in Oklahoma.
Read MoreTulsa-based filmmaker Brit Hensel enjoys telling Cherokee stories. She’ll be sharing one of those stories with a Sundance audience.
Read MorePoet and translator Kaveh Bassiri knows a thing or two about the art of landing in a new place… Now he joins the just-announced new cohort of Tulsa Artist Fellows as one of 52 TAF awardees currently based in Tulsa thanks to the two-year, $40,000 fellowship, which also provides stipends for housing and studio space.
Read MoreOn the graves of the genocide and on the backs of the enslaved—Tulsa, Oklahoma never lets me forget how this country was built.
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