Ginnie Graham: Family stories of Dust Bowl, Great Depression survival left at Gilcrease Museum
Tulsa World Ginnie Graham Burials on the roadside. Starvation. No clothes. Lost businesses. These are among themes in handwritten notes left at a Gilcrease Museum kiosk at the end of a current exhibit of Dorothea Lange photographs. It’s a reminder how much the Great Depression and Dust Bowl are Oklahoma stories. The state was hit …
Rethinking Colonialism in Mexico and the Americas: Past, Present and Future
La Semana TULSA, OK – Scholars and community leaders from across the country will meet in Tulsa on November 1 to reexamine Spanish colonialism and promote current dialogue on hot topics such as migration, immigration and cultural identities at the Helmerich Center for American Research during a one-day conference. Framed by centenary documents that provide …
Exploration and Education: Inaugural Duane H. King Postdoctoral Fellow
This fall, the Helmerich Center for American Research welcomed its inaugural Duane H. King Postdoctoral Fellow, Travis Jeffres. Jeffres is a historian of colonial and native North America and received his doctorate in early American history from Rutgers University in 2018. Originally from upstate New York, Jeffres has traveled frequently for his research. “I’m …
The People. The Land. The Art.
“It’s crucial that the right information, dialogue and the right paths are being made to create journeys for everyone to walk into. It’s never-ending, but I think we are on the right path.” Yatika Starr Fields Anita: A suppression of our history has always been here, so I think it’s really important that people …
Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond Exhibition Adds Never-Before-Seen Items from Blood on the Tracks Era
The Tulsa exhibition focuses on Dylan’s visual art, featuring his Face Value portrait series, along with historic lyric manuscripts and ephemera from The Bob Dylan Archive® collection. The Bob Dylan Center℠ has updated its exhibition, Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond with never-before-seen items from Dylan’s mid-1970s period that produced the renowned album Blood on the Tracks and the Rolling Thunder …
Gilcrease Museum announces free admission for Oklahoma teachers
Gilcrease Museum is pleased to announce free admission for Oklahoma teachers (and one guest) beginning October 5, 2019. The museum is honored to work with teachers across the state on a daily basis to foster a love of arts and culture in students and is committed to supporting teachers inside and outside the classroom. “Providing …
Christopher Mott: Helmerich Center for American Research Fellow
Think apocalyptic culture is a new phenomenon and isolated from history? Think again. Meet Christopher Mott, Ph.D., freelance author/researcher, one of our Helmerich Center for American Research travel grant recipients who was here conducting research for his book on Native American geopolitics and how apocalyptic events such as disease and land theft created unique, indigenous …
Fall Break Events at Gilcrease Museum
Celebrate fall break at Gilcrease Museum. Throughout the week of October 15, we will have several activities for families to enjoy together. Activities include: Drop-In Art: Drop in and create art inspired by fall in Helmerich Hall from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15 and Thursday, Oct. 17. Join teaching artists and discover …
Mexican Modernism exhibit now on display at Gilcrease
La Semana TULSA, OK — Mexican Modernism: Revolution & Reckoning is now on view at Gilcrease Museum. This exhibition features a rotation of works representing a pivotal time in Mexico’s history, from the end of the Mexican Revolution to the middle of the 20th century. Over the course of one year, this exhibition will display …
Tour de Quartz at Gilcrease Museum
Oklahoma high school students are displaying artwork at Gilcrease Museum September – October in conjunction with the Oklahoma Arts Institute’s Tour de Quartz exhibition. Artwork featured in the Tour de Quartz exhibit was created during the 2019 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain (OSAI), a prestigious arts academy held every June at Quartz Mountain …