On this edition of ST, we look into the upcoming Tulsa Chautauqua 2021, a virtual festival happening next week (June 8th through the 12th) on the theme of
Our guest is the Tulsa-based pianist and composer, Barron Ryan, who tells us about his new piano trio, "My Soul is Full of Troubles." Written for piano,
Our guest on ST is Susan Neal, the Executive Director of Gilcrease Museum and the Helmerich Center for American Research here in Tulsa. Gilcrease Museum,
Aired on Tuesday, March 16th. Serae Avance (American, b. 1993). Knowledge and Struggle, 2021. Digital pigment print. Courtesy of the artist. Copyright Serae Avance.
On this installment of ST, we learn about a show that recently opened at Philbrook Museum of Art here in Tulsa. From the Limitations of Now will be on view through September 5th. It s an exhibit that, as noted at the Philbrook website, offers work by artists based locally as well as nationally in order to reflect the important ways art and literature allow us to examine America s past and picture a future in which, in the words of renowned Oklahoma author Ralph Ellison, we are able to free ourselves from the limitations of today. Spanning multiple galleries throughout the Museum, the exhibition will feature a range of works, including vibrant tapestries and beadwork, vivid photographs, songs, paintings, and videos. These artworks reflect on the violence of American history, the power of ancestors who worked in th
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Our guest on StudioTulsa is Carolyn Sickles, the Executive Director of Tulsa Artist Fellowship, or TAF, which is an arts-and-community-focused project of the George Kaiser Family Foundation. The TAF recently announced that it has given 22 of its fellows an Arts Integration Award for 2020-2021, which is meant to help these artists further their involvement with (and presence within) the Tulsa community via new works, new series, and so on. The award includes a $25,000 stipend, $10,000 in project resources, and also free living and work spaces. As Sickles tells us, a few of the notable, now-in-progress endeavors stemming from this award include Liz Blood s Creative Field Guide to Northeastern Oklahoma, Joy Harjo s We Were There When Jazz Was Invented: Jazz of Southeastern Native Nations Peoples, Karl Jones Goff-Fest, and Quraysh Ali Lansana s The Namesake Project.