UPENDING EXPECTATIONS FOR INDIGENOUS MUSIC, NOISILY

After long being consigned to a legacy of stereotypes, Indigenous American artists are making some of the country’s most engaging experimental music.

Press ReleaseCOALESCENCEAugust 16, 2022New York Times

TRANSLATION IN TULSA

Enjoy highlights about the work of acclaimed Mexican writer Fabio Morábito, along with the thriving community of literary translators living in Tulsa, Oklahoma thanks to the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.

Press ReleaseCOALESCENCEJune 22, 2022Latin American Literature Today

HOME MAKES YOU HAPPY

Artist Yatika Starr Fields works to advance Native American art in Oklahoma.

Press ReleaseCOALESCENCEApril 26, 2022Oklahoma Magazine

CHEROKEE FILMMAKER BRIT HENSEL SECURES PLACE IN SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL HISTORY

Tulsa-based filmmaker Brit Hensel enjoys telling Cherokee stories. She’ll be sharing one of those stories with a Sundance audience.

Press ReleaseCOALESCENCEJanuary 19, 2022

FOUND IN TRANSLATION: NEW TAF FELLOWS AND THE ART OF LISTENING

Poet and translator Kaveh Bassiri knows a thing or two about the art of landing in a new place… Now he joins the just-announced new cohort of Tulsa Artist Fellows as one of 52 TAF awardees currently based in Tulsa thanks to the two-year, $40,000 fellowship, which also provides stipends for housing and studio space.

Press ReleaseCOALESCENCEJune 7, 2021Root Tulsa