FIRST FRIDAYS: JUNE 2025 &
TWISTED ARTS PRIDE KICKOFF
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tulsa Artist Fellowship - Studios
109 MLK Jr. Blvd E. Tulsa, OK 74103
Tulsa Artist Fellowship - Flagship
112 N. Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK 74103
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Tulsa Artist Fellowship welcomes our neighbors and friends to celebrate the June 2025 First Friday open studios, exhibitions, performances, and programs!
At Flagship, the exhibition Spatial Poems, curated by Cassidy Petrazzi, will be on view from June 6 through August 9, 2025. Featuring artists Mitchell Algus, Julia Calabrese, Shane Darwent, Olivier Mosset, Umico Niwa, and Peter Young, the exhibition explores how sensory experience shapes our perception of real and imagined landscapes.
The Fellowship studios hosts the Fourth Annual Twisted Arts Pride Kickoff Celebration, honoring Tulsa’s 2SLGBTQ+ community. Shop the lively Pride Night Market featuring exceptional artists and crafters, enjoy live music, captivating performances, and rooftop magic.
Fellows Gavin Kroeber and Franky Cruz will activate the Greenhouse LAB in Studio 227 with Feral Kinships / Art as Biological Collaboration. The program will explore ecological art, multispecies collaboration, and transforming studios into living ecosystems. It will be followed by a playful Greenhouse Lab 6.0: Frequencies for the Rooted, a sonic digestif featuring sound and video by Chavez in collaboration with invited performers.
Que Gusto is thoughtfully preparing the menu alongside beverages from Heirloom Rustic Ales. Ice cream from Cherry & Bark will be served on the rooftop from 7:15 to 8:45 PM.
EVENT SCHEDULE
STUDIOS
Open Studios | 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Making Art with Pollinators & Plant Rave | 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Twisted Arts Pride Kickoff | 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Complimentary Cherry & Bark Ice Cream Treats | 7:15 - 8:45 PM
Variety Show: Magic, Music, and Drag | 7:30 - 9:15 PM
FLAGSHIP
Spatial Poems Exhibition Opening Reception | 6:00 – 9:00 PM
ABOUT TWISTED ARTS
Founded in 2020, Twisted Arts was created to highlight local, national, and international 2SLGBTQ+ artists through year-round programs, which include an annual fall film festival, special film screenings & performances, a youth music summer camp, sneak peeks, special events, and screenings with directors, actors, and other queer media icons. Twisted Arts’ mission is to champion, celebrate, uplift, and amplify 2SLGBTQ+ artists across Oklahoma, showcasing excellence in independent films, music, performances, and mixed media.
ABOUT FIRST FRIDAYS
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.
VISITOR EXPERIENCE
Tulsa Artist Fellowship strives to provide a welcoming and accessible experience. Our exhibitions and events are 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 and Sunday.
Archer Studios (109 MLK Jr Blvd E., Tulsa, OK 74103) accommodates 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.
Established in 2015, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship was created as a place-based initiative by the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) to address pressing challenges faced by contemporary artists and arts workers living in and joining Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa Artist Fellowship believes the arts are critical to advancing cultural citizenship and supports community-invested practitioners who intentionally engage with our city.
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