TULSA LITFEST 2025
APRIL 24 - APRIL 27, 2025 | TULSA, OK
Tulsa Artist Fellowship is proud to support Tulsa LitFest 2025 through a series of public programs that highlight the creative voices of our awardees and special guests.
FIRST FRIDAYS:
MAY 2025
MAY 2, 2025 | 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Since its inaugural program year in 2016, Tulsa Artist Fellowship has hosted First Fridays, featuring artistic workspaces, exhibitions, workshops, performances, and food across our studios, roof terrace, and gallery spaces. As always, First Fridays are free and open to all.
PICTURE'S UP!
A TULSA FILM COLLECTIVE WORKSHOP SERIES
MARCH 22 - MAY 3, 2025
The Tulsa Film Collective presents Picture’s Up — a free workshop series led by department heads and key crew from the award-winning Reservation Dogs and Sterlin Harjo’s latest Tulsa-based series. Learn firsthand from industry pros bringing these groundbreaking productions to life.
KAHÂRIWIS (CLIFF SWALLOW)
SITE VISIT
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025 | 9:00AM - 11:00AM
Tulsa Artist Fellowship invites you to Osage County’s Tallgrass Prairie Preserve for an immersive cliff swallow excursion. University of Tulsa’s Dr. Charles R. Brown will unveil four decades of swallow biology and habitat research, followed by awardee Warren Realrider, who presents his Kahâriwis (Cliff Swallow) art project bridging Pawnee heritage with contemporary Nebraska.
EXHIBITION
MICAELA TOBIN AND ALICIA SMITH:
SACRED SIGNS
APRIL 4 - MAY 3, 2025 | FLAGSHIP
The 2025 exhibition program at Flagship launches with Sacred Signs, a presentation of Tulsa Artist Fellowship awardee video works by composer and sound artist Micaela Tobin and multidisciplinary artist and activist Alicia Smith.
APPLY NOW
2026 - 2028 TULSA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP AWARD
ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS | APRIL 2 - MAY 29, 2025
Tulsa Artist Fellowship invites applicants from all arts disciplines to apply for the 2026 – 2028 award term. Submissions open Wednesday, April 2, 2025, and close on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
Inclusivity drives us forward.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship welcomes artistic practitioners from all disciplines, backgrounds, and identities.
LATEST NEWS
TULSA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026–2028 AWARD TERM
The Tulsa Artist Fellowship (TAF), a place-based, durational award dedicated to supporting visionary arts practitioners, is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2026-2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship award term on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The commencement of this upcoming cohort will bring the place-based residency program to its fully expanded award structure, which began during its 2024-2026 inaugural term, awarding thirty artists and arts workers who will overlap in their first, second, and third award years. 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
