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As this month's massive list attests, Tulsa's artists and curators are working. Here’s everything that's coming up—including First Friday openings in the Arts District on February 6—so you can get out and find your creative connections this month.
"Grown From This Threadbare Ground" by Sally Garner + Community Weaving Session
Phillips Theological Seminary, 901 N Mingo Rd
February 5
As part of her current Artists Creative Fund project, textile artist Sally Garner invites the community to participate in a collaborative weaving on a huge loom she built at Fab Lab. The collaboration is part of a show (on view through April 3) that also includes Garner's stunning sculptures and installations, focused on the importance of making conscious material choices for the enrichment and preservation of the natural environment.
“Spotlight: Recent TU Student Work”
University of Tulsa McFarlin Library, 2933 E 6th St
February 5-May 22
“Roughly Right” by Alicia Kelly
108|Contemporary, 108 Reconciliation Way
February 6-March 21
Born and raised in northeastern Oklahoma, Alicia Kelly now calls Kansas home, working as an artist and curator in Lawrence and Kansas City. She's back in town this month for a solo show featuring her intricate, 3D paper installations.
First Fridays: February 2026 Open Studios
Tulsa Artist Fellowship Studios, 109 MLK Jr. Blvd E.
February 6
Open Studio nights are a casual chance to chat with Tulsa Artist Fellows in their studios, see what they're working on, and wander the art-filled halls with snacks and drinks. It's like art recess for grown-ups, and it's a cozy stop on your First Friday crawl.
“Monument Eternal” by Le’Andra LeSeur
Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship, 112 N. Boston Ave
ongoing through March 21
“Between Sky, Soil and Spirit” by Todd Horner and Jose D. Trejo-Maya
Tulsa Artists Coalition, 9 Reconciliation Way
February 6-28
Jose D. Trejo-Maya is a California-based poet and sculptor, a remnant of the Nahuatlacah oral tradition, a tonalpouhque Mexica, and an immigrant to the U.S. Todd Horner is an Osage County resident who's been photographing the tallgrass prairies of Kansas and Oklahoma for almost a decade. TAC Gallery brings them together this month in a show focused on protecting what's in danger of being lost.
Champagne & Chocolate Member Showcase
Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 E Reconciliation Way
February 6-March 14
Champagne and Chocolate is Living Arts' annual spring member showcase, but it's also the occasion for its biggest fundraising event of the year. This year's event features Tyler Thrasher, who'll be bringing his vision to the "Avant Garden" gala on February 21.
“Moving Towards Spring” by Marshall Noice + Winter Mix
M.A. Doran Gallery, 3509 S Peoria
February 6-March 12
These colors! These details! New works by Marshall Noice (Montana) explore that moment when the seasons start to shift and winter's stark lines soften with new warmth. Sniff some springtime into your brain with these gorgeous paintings, shown alongside a collection of color-infused work by M.A. Doran gallery artists.
Girlhood: A Multimedia Art Exhibition by Bianca Worley & Emily Dangott
Studio 75, 2318 E Admiral Blvd
February 6
Gallery Opening by Jason Clark
Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E 4th St
February 6
“Permission to Breathe: A Black Woman’s Perspective on Living Life Unapologetically” curated by Ebony Iman Dallas, Elizabeth Feahther Henley, and Jaiden Jiji McClellan
Positive Space Tulsa, 1324 E 3rd St
February 7-28
Positive Space Tulsa's first exhibit of 2026 honors Black womanhood with a multimedia group show curated by three major forces in the Tulsa art community, who promise "a celebration of survival and joy, and an invitation to witness, participate, and breathe deeply together."
I Heart Art Week
Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S Rockford Rd
February 11-15
Take your sweetie, your bestie, or yourself to Philbrook for five days of Valentine's programming in the museum, from a love-themed curator tour to a Sleepover screening to a free "Take Yourself on a Date" day the morning after.
“Homeward to the Prairie I Come” by Gordon Parks
Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S Rockford Rd
February 11-June 19
“Silver Clouds” by Andy Warhol
Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S Rockford Rd
February 11-June 14
“Heart in the Sky” by Marie Watt
Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S Rockford Rd
February 11-June 14
Three new exhibits are going up on the same day this month at Philbrook, and you've never seen any of it in Tulsa before. See photographs, poetry, and prose by legendary photojournalist Gordon Parks, Andy Warhol's experimental 1964 "floating painting," and contemporary Seneca artist Marie Watt's monumental cloud forms made from jingles and a neon wheel-of-the-year that marks time's passage with the names of thirteen moons.
“Savage/Moon” by Autumn Savage and Clare Moon
Liggett Studio, 314 S Kenosha Ave
February 13-27
Clare Moon's atmospheric paintings meet Autumn Savage's mosaics and assemblages in this duo show—a dialogue between the ethereal and the tactile.
Flywheel Presents: Big Scene
65 N Madison Ave
February 13-15
Curated by Lisa Marie Evans and Karl Jones, Big Scene invites guests to imagine Tulsa 10 years in the future by stepping inside interactive, site-specific environments shaped by artists Trueson Daughtery of The Parlour, Chris Vanndy, Symon Hajjar of Hot Toast Music Company with Luis Flores of Not Boxed In, Kalup Linzy with Queen Rose Art House, Jamie Pierson of Scraps Designs, and Logan Sours of Dreamspace Lab.
“Killing the Negative: A Conversation In Art & Verse” by Joel Daniel Phillips and Quraysh Ali Lansana
Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S Rockford Rd
February 21-May 24
Since 2019, Tulsa Artist Fellowship alum Joel Daniel Phillips has been working with "killed negatives"—hole-punched photographs that originated from the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a government agency that sent photographers across the U.S. to document widespread poverty during the Great Depression. With poetry by Quraysh Ali Lansana, written in response to these photos, and Phillips' meticulous drawings, "Killing the Negative" meditates on discarded images, erased histories, and the power of reclaiming human stories.
