Tulsa Artist Fellowship is a place-based, durational award dedicated to supporting visionary arts practitioners.

Annually, Tulsa Artist Fellowship opens applications for artists and arts workers of any medium or discipline with at least five years of experience in the field. Ten selected awardees will each receive a $150,000 stipend over three years, along with a $12,000 annual housing stipend, $1,200 yearly health stipend, $1,200 yearly studio assistant stipend, a $1,500 relocation stipend, fully subsidized studio spaces, and access to shared art-making facilities. In total, the cohort will receive over $2.35 million in support and resources.

Tulsa Artist Fellowship recognizes that groundbreaking art practices thrive within an intention-setting framework. Awardees commit to actualizing a project during the three-year program term.

Our studios and programming space are integrated into a vibrant downtown cultural district with museums, galleries, performance venues, green space, independent bookstores and retailers, restaurants, and more.

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.

 
 
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OUR LAND, HISTORY & CULTURE


Every community owes its existence and vitality to generations from around the world who contributed their hopes, dreams, and energy to making the history that led to this moment. Some were brought here against their will, some were drawn to leave their distant homes hoping for a better life, some have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted, and some fled Tulsa, never to return. Truth and acknowledgment are critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of heritage and difference.

Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement upon this land. Tulsa Artist Fellowship offers our care and commitment to acknowledging these truths and resisting injustice through intentional programming and artistic practices.

 
 
 
 
 

Inclusivity is our driving force.

Tulsa Artist Fellowship welcomes artistic practitioners of all mediums and arts workers. We strive for accessibility and promote diversity within our fellowship across disciplines, experiences, and backgrounds.

 
 
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The Tulsa Artist Fellowship has given me the time and resources to pursue my creative practice, here, near my tribal community. And the fellowship locates me within an inspirational community that inspires my art-making.
— Joy Harjo
 
 
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Arts practitioners in their own right, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship team brings specialized expertise and cultivates partnership opportunities to ensure that awardees thrive creatively.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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