We have seen some art this year, indeed we have. But it’s not over yet. December brings new exhibits on themes I think we can all relate to, from “hidden beauty” to “the American South’s relentless war against women and the queer community” to “WTF is even real??” Tulsa’s artists and curators know what’s up—let their work do its work on you before the holidays creep up.
NEW STUFF
First Friday at Tulsa Artist Fellowship
December 5, 6pm
Tulsa Artist Fellowship Archer Studios + Flagship
In addition to the usual dynamic range of the Fellowship's open studio offerings, this month's First Friday includes a limited preview of awardee Alicia Smith’s film series Toci. Guests will have exclusive access to the set of “Chapter 2: The Axolotl Women,” which features Tonacatecuhtli, the Aztec God of Abundance, expanding Smith’s larger narrative universe where science fiction and Aztec cosmology intersect. In Toci, Indigenous women flee the 1492 Spanish conquest in a pyramid-vessel—Teocalli—that carries them to Mars, creating a postmodern mythos grounded in historical fabrication and cultural resilience.
In the studios’ entry gallery, you'll find music videos from the forthcoming Oklahoma Premiere of New Wave, screening December 6 at Circle Cinema in partnership with Tulsa Film Collective and Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Blending classic songs, synths, and lyrics in tiếng Việt, New Wave captures how the rise of a sound sparked a vibrant culture of music, fashion, and late-night dance floors, creating sanctuary and release during a challenging chapter for the Vietnamese diaspora.
“Silent Voices In Sacred Spaces” by Allison Ward
Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 E. Reconciliation Way
December 5-20
