In Monument Eternal, Tulsa Artist Fellowship Awardee Le’Andra LeSeur dissects the ways that monuments erected to commemorate racist legacies have altered the mental psyche of Black communities.
Join Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Philbrook Museum of Art for a special World Water Day celebration featuring a live performance by Samantha Crain, followed by a screening of Drowned Land (2025).
Preview the forthcoming feature documentary, What She Carries, directed by Brit Hensel and produced by Taylor Hensel, both award-winning filmmakers and citizens of the Cherokee Nation. The film follows Indigenous mothers, families, and birth workers as they work to restore cultural knowledge and community-centered birth practices.
On the occasion of the closing of Le'Andra LeSeur’s exhibition, Monument Eternal, this panel brings together Acclaimed Designer, Kamille Glenn, and NDA Haus Founder, Vondell J. Burns to join her in an intimate conversation on the importance of telling our stories through intentionally cultivated spaces.
Artist Kalup Linzy leads a five-week experimental film workshop exploring Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey through collaborative storytelling. Participants will create an exquisite corpse film, to be presented in a Fall exhibition at Queen Rose Art House.
Explore open studios with Tulsa Artist Fellowship awardees alongside two major exhibitions: Futuro Imperfecto by Miguel Braceli and Monument Eternal by Le’Andra LeSeur. Enjoy live music and complimentary beverages as our studios and galleries come alive for First Friday.
First America is organizing and hosting two creative writing workshop series for emerging Indigenous writers. These workshops invite participants to imagine Indigenous nations 250 years into the future.
Hosted at Lynn & Lorraine, an evolving residency format initiated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Proximity Sessions centers cross-disciplinary exchange, research-driven practice, and site-responsive inquiry. This inaugural session unfolds in collaboration with the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and joins Upstate Art Weekend (Thursday, June 25 – Monday, June 29, 2026).
Impermanent Presence centers the Ethiopian coffee ceremony as both cultural practice and shared social space. Through aroma, conversation, and attentive preparation, the gathering opens a space to think about hospitality, memory, and the relationships formed around the table.
GOFF, directed by Britni Harris, explores the life and legacy of visionary architect Bruce Goff. The screening includes an introduction by Craig Lee and a Q&A with Harris, Penelope Dean, and Alison Fisher, moderated by Karl Jones. Organized by the UIC School of Architecture, MAS Context, and Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
A milestone First Friday.
Join us in welcoming the 2026 Tulsa Artist Fellowship awardees—bringing our community to a full cohort of 30 artists. Explore artworks in progress, exhibitions, workshops, live music, and food throughout our studios, roof terrace, and galleries. Free and open to all—come celebrate with us.
Please join NAM Common and Tulsa Artist Fellowship for the closing reception of Mỹ People. Traveling through Oklahoma and Missouri in 2025, artists Việt H. Nguyễn and Nic Annette Miller documented community events that sustain Vietnamese culture, history, faith, and a sense of belonging.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Magic City Books co-present an evening with Emily Nemens, featuring a reading from her latest novel, Clutch, and a conversation with acclaimed author and translator Jennifer Croft.
Since its inaugural year, Tulsa Artist Fellowship has hosted First Fridays, a free monthly series highlighting our awardees, alum-in-residence, and Tulsa community members. Discover artistic workspaces, exhibitions, workshops, live music, and food throughout our studios, roof terrace, and galleries. First Fridays are free and open to all. Come for the art, stay for the community.
Begin the new year with Tulsa Artist Fellowship at a focused First Friday highlighting Le’Andra LeSeur’s powerful exhibition, Monument Eternal, at Flagship. While studios will be closed in observance of the holiday, we invite you to experience this profound body of work—an evening of reflection, presence, and connection in the Tulsa Arts District.
Travel back to the 1980s with us, but make it Việt. The New Wave (2024), directed by Elizabeth Ai, dives deep into the cultural phenomenon of ‘new wave’ music within the Vietnamese diaspora. Presented by NAM common in partnership with Tulsa Film Collective and Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
Join us on First Friday, December 5, for our final open studio event of the 2026 season—a festive evening of art, community, and celebration in the Tulsa Arts District. As the year draws to a close, Tulsa Artist Fellowship welcomes you to explore the latest exhibitions, meet the artists shaping our creative landscape, and experience the vibrant energy that fills our studios.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Central Standard are pleased to announce the co-presentation of Wakpá Iyóžaŋžaŋ (River of Light),a major installation and performance by artist Kite (Oglála Lakȟóta), within the 2025 Special Projects sector at Untitled Art, Miami Beach.
Bob Dylan Center, Magic City Books, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and The University of Tulsa's Oklahoma Center for the Humanities are proud to present a special event with Joy Harjo to celebrate the publication of her latest book, Girl Warrior.
For the workshop Language and the Altar, explore writing your own obituary, writing to honor the lives of those we know primarily through death, love letter writing, and community altars.
For the workshop Listen, Dance, Breathe, let’s explore how our bodies remember. A gently guided movement meditation to help participants feel, reflect, and integrate their experiences from the exhibition Le'Andra LeSeur: Monument Eternal through embodied awareness and care.
A two-day, hands-on, heart-forward workshop led by death doulas aimed at practicing and modeling community deathcare. Learn about the work of death doulas, how this work is already happening all around us, and how you can do it for your people.
Join Tulsa Artist Fellowship for a night under the Tulsa sky as we host a community Star Party in collaboration with Eastside Rise, Space For Us, and Tulsa Artist Fellow Alicia Smith, whose work explores Mesoamerican cosmologies and horizon-based astronomy.
Cynthia Cruz reads from her new book from the University of Chicago Press, Sweet Repetition, and joins Tulsa Artist Fellow Boris Dralyuk for a conversation on art & renewal.
Arab Film Fest Tulsa returns for its fifth year, presenting acclaimed films and documentaries from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. The festival invites audiences into the richness and diversity of contemporary Arab world life and intersecting nationalities — from humor and family to revolution and resilience.
Please join us for Lead & Coal: A Sounding, a sound performance by NNN Cook, Nokosee Fields, and Josh Levi, with video by Tulsa Artist Fellow Gavin Kroeber and Aaron Owens.
Since its inaugural year in 2016, Tulsa Artist Fellowship has hosted First Fridays, a free monthly series highlighting our awardees, alum-in-residence, and Tulsa community members. Discover artistic workspaces, exhibitions, workshops, live music, and food throughout our studios, roof terrace, and galleries. First Fridays are free and open to all. Come for the art, stay for the community.
For Día de Muertos, join us for a special night of vocal incantations with special guest and powerhouse performer Dorian Wood, joined by vocalist and Tulsa Artist Fellow Micaela Tobin, and electronic musicians Brad Rose and Baseck.
Join advocates, family members, faith leaders, policymakers, and others for a conversation about the history and current state of the death penalty in Oklahoma and the case of Tremane Wood.
Awardee Rehab El Sadek unveils Re:Collection—a striking new sculpture series exploring the preservation of personal and collective memories. Inspired by ancient Egyptian methods of her ancestors, El Sadek wraps her forms in gauze and natural pigments, safeguarding both object and story.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship is proud to partner with the Cherokee Art Market for three special First Fridays. Meet talented artists featured in this year’s market and take home incredible works of art.
Mark your calendars for Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s Open House 2025 from October 3-5! This arts-centered weekend features exhibitions, public artworks, performances, readings, discussions, film screenings, open studios, art and literary publications, community meals, and more.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Basket Books & Art are pleased to present the work of Perata Bradley and Eyakem Gulilat, at the inaugural Untitled Art, Houston 2025 art fair, September 19-21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Celebrate the closing of WAR CLUB: Native Art & Activism with a full day of artist talks, workshops, screenings, and a rooftop gathering—free with registration in partnership with Philbrook Museum of Art.
Since its inaugural year in 2016, Tulsa Artist Fellowship has hosted First Fridays, a free monthly series highlighting our awardees, alum-in-residence, and Tulsa community members. Discover artistic workspaces, exhibitions, workshops, live music, and food throughout our studios, roof terrace, and galleries. First Fridays are free and open to all. Come for the art, stay for the community.
Danielle Jackson, the 2025 Queen Rose Art House Artist-in-Residence, is a critic, researcher, and curator whose Getty Museum–supported project revisits Larry Clark’s Tulsa (1971), photographed in the 'Model Cities' neighborhoods of Cherokee Heights and Kendall-Whittier.
Join us at the Philbrook Museum of Art for a special screening of acclaimed filmmaker Brit Hensel's short film, "THIN PLACES," an evocative cinematic experience that explores profound themes of life and death.
Join us for the You Need This Oklahoma Premiere as director Ryan Andrej Lough takes us through a looking glass into the grip of consumer capitalism—how it shapes our values, identities, and even our dreams.
