Announcement
Tulsa Artist Fellowship Provides Stability With $40,000 Place-Based Award
The two-year fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma also includes fully subsidized living and studio spaces for artists and arts workers of any medium or discipline.
Oklahoma
Art
The Fault Lines of Freedom, From Juneteenth to Independence Day
Solidarity gestures are trending but as we move from one “Independence Day” to another, will they be accompanied by structural change?
Art
99 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre, an Artist Reflects
Dear Tulsa, today marks a grim anniversary. Will justice take another hundred years?
Announcement
Tulsa NoiseFest Goes Virtual With Local Artist-Musicians
Viewers are invited to tune in to the performance series Local Access, featuring experimental artist-musicians in Tulsa, OK every night at 7 pm (CST), May 4–8, 2020.
In Brief
Let's All Paws to Write Letters to the Lonely Garden Cats of a Museum
The resident kitties at Tulsa’s Philbrook Museum of Art, Perilla and Cleo, are all alone — you can write them a letter while the museum is closed, and get a reply.
Announcement
Applications Are Open for the 2020-2021 Tulsa Artist Fellowship
Awards include a $20,000 stipend, fully subsidized living, and studio space within Tulsa’s Arts and Greenwood Districts for one year. Apply by September 6.
Performance
The Beautiful and the Damned of Oklahoma!
A rebellious Broadway revival of the 1943 musical brings hatred into the heartland — a stunning indictment of America's current woes.
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News
Sacklers and Purdue Pharma Pay $270 Million to Settle Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit [UPDATED]
The art philanthropist family, though not named in the lawsuit, will contribute $75 million to fund a new addiction treatment and research center at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa.
Art
Documenting the Disappearance of America's Most Toxic Ghost Town
Starting in 2008, following a devastating tornado, Todd Stewart has photographed the toxic ruins of Picher, Oklahoma, a mining community turned ghost town.
Art
A Retrospective of a Forgotten 1930s Photographer of Famous Faces
The Philbrook Museum is reconstructing the career of modernist photographer Lusha Nelson, whose life was cut short by an untimely death.
News
Woody Guthrie and His Fascist-Killing Guitar Projected on Oklahoma State Capitol
On a Monday night in February, an image of Woody Guthrie was projected on the façade of the Oklahoma State Capitol, his guitar reading: "How Did It Come to This."
Art
The Sculptor Who Merged Cherokee and Art Deco Styles
TULSA, Okla. — Willard Stone's wood-carving style might be described as Art Deco Cherokee, with a distinct, streamlined movement and natural themes that reflect his indigenous heritage.