Realizing George Kaiser Family Foundation’s vision grounded in social change, Tulsa Artist Fellowship is committed to fostering an environment where a visionary community of artists and arts workers have the opportunity to thrive.

 
 
 
 
 
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AWARD STRUCTURE

Tulsa Artist Fellowship provides awardees the following resources:

$150,000 stipend paid over three-years for awarded project deliverables and general artistic practice costs

$36,000 housing stipend over three-years

$1,500 one-time studio move-in stipend

Fully subsidized studio space with access to shared facilities including a ceramics studio with kilns, woodshop, metal shop, media lab, roof terrace, performance rehearsal space, podcast recording studio, and meeting rooms with video/audio capabilities - estimated resource value of $36,000 over 3 years

$3,600 studio assistant stipend over three years

$3,600 health and wellness stipend over three years

YMCA memberships to access fitness facilities

Facilitated cohort gatherings & meals

Open studio events

Childcare reimbursements coinciding with key Fellowship activities 

 
 
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ARTHUR HAYWOOD

I am deeply gratified to be a part of this uplifting and supportive community. The Fellowship has given me the time and space to expand my illustration and mural practice in ways I had only imagined.
— Arthur Haywood, 2022-2023 Awardee
 
 
 
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QUALIFICATIONS

 

National and local artists and/or arts workers of any medium and/or discipline with a minimum of five-years of arts field experience.

 

Applicant must be at least 25 years old and a U.S. citizen, permanent legal resident, or O-1 Visa holder.

 

During three-year award term, awardees commit to living and working in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

With the recognition that groundbreaking art practices thrive within an intention-setting framework, awardees will commit to actualizing a proposed project during the three-year program term. Competitive project submissions will extend from the applicants’ artistic practice, be forward-thinking, demonstrate impactful community engagement, and will significantly contribute to Tulsa’s arts identity.

 

Previous Tulsa Artist Fellowship awardees are ineligible to reapply for additional award terms.

 

George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF), Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF), and GKFF Operating LLC employees are ineligible for this award.

 
 
 
 

JENNIFER CROFT

It has been so wonderful to come back to my hometown and discover such a thriving as well as welcoming arts community, and the immense generosity of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship has allowed me to slow down and work better, rather than endlessly chasing honoraria without thinking about longterm goals.
— Jennifer Croft, 2022-2023 Awardee
 
 
 
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2025-27 APPLICATION CLOSED


 

Tulsa Artist Fellowship's 2025-2027 award application is now closed. All applicants will receive status notifications by August 2024. Top candidates will be invited to virtually interview, and the anticipated public announcement is October 2024. The award term is January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027.

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