It’s Your Guide To August’s Art Openings

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Artists are bringing the kind of heat we actually appreciate to downtown this First Friday. We've got the full list of exhibits and activations right here, along with a new show on First Saturday at Positive Space. Also! Sunday, August 3, is your last day of all time to catch the "SAMURAI" show at Philbrook that made The Pickup's Z.B. Reeves achieve transcendence. Let's get into it!

First Friday x Record Club: Street Art Edition
Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
August 1, 6pm

This edition of Record Club dives into the global language of street art, from Banksy to RETNA to REVOKE. Tulsa’s own Clean Hands Army will turn Guthrie Green into a living canvas with a live, collaborative mural experience. DJ Doc Free will be spinning deep cuts from hip-hop icons like Madlib, MF DOOM, and Peanut Butter Wolf—the soundtrack behind modern muralism. The Guthrie Green vendor market will be out in full force for First Friday, too. 

Tulsa Artist Fellowship Open Studios 
Tulsa Artist Fellowship Archer Studios, 109 MLK Jr. Blvd. E. 
August 1, 6pm