OPEN HOUSE 2023: WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
CELEBRATION, COMMUNITY CARE,
COLLABORATION, COMMITMENT
With the belief that arts are critical to the advancement of cultural citizenship, Tulsa Artist Fellowship supports artists and arts workers in the heart of Oklahoma’s Green Country. Socially invested artistic practitioners live and work here, intentionally engaging with our city.
Our 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.
Heartfelt gratitude to the dedicated audience members who made this weekend unforgettable. Your curiosity and engaged presence continuously propel the Tulsa Artist Fellowship forward. Participants are invited to take a brief survey about their experience and share ideas for next year. We look forward to welcoming you back!
Special thanks to the visionary staff members, awardees, artists and arts workers, artistic contributors, cultural partners, media platforms, presenters, culinary experts, and champions who supported this ambitious project.
George Kaiser Family Foundation | Tulsa Community Foundation | Wah.Zha.Zhe Puppet Theatre | Osage Nation Museum | Osage News | Circle Cinema | Philbrook Museum of Art | Guthrie Green | Gathering Place | OKPOP Museum | Queen Rose Art House | Elote Luchadors | Tulsa Peoples' Orchestra | Center for Queer Prairie Studies | Foxy Digitalis | Oklahomans for Equality | Goff Center of the Continuous Present | Space for Us | Left Field Books | Bob Dylan Center | Woody Guthrie Centers | Greenwood Rising | 108|Contemporary | Latin America Literature Today | Flash Flood Print Studios | Hayley Nichols | Root Tulsa | ASLULT | NPR Tulsa | KOSU | FITZ&CO | Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness | Bradley James Dry | Heirloom Rustic Ales | et al. | Prism Cafe | Que Gusto | Antoinette Baking Co. | Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge | Inheritance Juicery Downtown | Saturn Room | The Canopy | The Mayo Hotel | This Machine | Dennis R. Neill Equality Center | Shane Darwent | Natani Noah | Elspeth Schulze | Rafael Corzo | Karl Jones | Kalup Linzy | J. Preston Witt | Antonio Andrews | Richard Zimmerman | Anita Fields | Nokosee Fields | Quraysh Ali Lansana | Joel Daniel Phillips | Rhett McNeil | Ken Hada | Elizabeth Henley | Shy Morris | May Yang | Kaveh Basseri | Jennifer Croft | Matt Gallagher | George Henson | Chelsea Hicks | Phetote Mshairi | Beth Hetland | Carl Antonowicz | Maldita Vaina | Francheska Alcántara | Kyle Bell | Melissa Lukenbaugh | Brittany Bendabout | Dylan Johnson | Dallas Goldtooth | Sterlin Harjo | Migizi Pensoneau | Ryan RedCorn | Bobby Wilson | Sarah Ahmad | Andy Arkley | Rafael Corzo | Brad Rose & daughter Anna Rose | Warren Realrider and son Lane | Quinn Carver Johnson | Joy Harjo | Brit Hensel | Blackhorse Lowe | Moheb Soliman | Yatika Starr Fields | Nani Chacon | Haley Greenfeather English | Maryam Amirvaghefi | Lyndon Barrois | Mehrdad Mirzaie | Abigail Smithson | Avery Marshall | Bosston | Brandon Padre | The Underground Collective | DJ Hidden Display | Caroline Chandler | Marlon Hall | Kami Jurenka | Cheyenne Smith | Daniel Sutliff | Michelle Svenson | Natty Watson | Michael Palazzo | Sarah Thompson and many more incredible humans
IMAGE CAPTIONS:
1-2) Wah.Zha.Zhe Puppet Theatre adaptation of the Osage people’s creation story at Guthrie Green
3) “Current” exhibition view of Shane Darwent installation at Flagship
4) Add Space billboard artwork "Dear Alley-oop" by Abigail Smithson
5) Literary reading featuring Kaveh Basseri, Matt Gallagher, Chelsea Hicks (Osage), Phetote Mshairi, Jennifer Croft, and George Henson at Flagship
6) Panel discussions and literary readings at Flagship
7-8) "Three Sisters Supper" prepared by Chef Nico Albert (Cherokee) and short film premiere by Kyle Bell (Thlopthlocco Creek Tribal Town-Mvskoke) at The Canopy
9-10) "The Last Round Dance: A Way Too Intimate Hang with the 1491s" featuring (left to right) Ryan RedCorn (Osage Nation), Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee), Dallas Goldtooth (Mdewakanton Dakota/Diné), Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca/Ojibwe), Bobby Wilson (Sisseton/Wahpeton Dakota) and audience view at OKPOP Museum
11) Bruce Goff Architecture Bike Tour with Karl Jones and Goff Center of the Continuous Present
12) “Sinks, Closets, Fixtures, Flows” by Richard Zimmerman at Archer Studios Roof Terrace
13) Ceramics workshop participant in Rafael Corzo's studio
14) Group touring Sarah Ahmad's studio
15-16) "Sounding the Maze” performance at Gathering Place. Pictured Foxy Digitalis (Brad Rose & daughter Anna Rose) and Tulsa Peoples' Orchestra
17-18) Tulsa Artist & Arts Worker Picnic at Philbrook Museum of Art
19) "The Perfect Bastard vs. The Boyhood Dream" at Kalup Linzy's Queen Rose Art House featuring Quinn Carver Johnson