Gilcrease : A Mirror of the American Identity
The concept of American identity often conjures images of thick-skinned explorers and triumphant western expansion. Indeed, Gilcrease Museum is known for world-class American western art celebrating names like Thomas Moran and Frederic Remington. But this collection also contains a more nuanced story, wherein the ideology of manifest destiny throughout the American continents is stained by …
Inside Look: The Bob Dylan Archive®
Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond is not the only thing drawing visitors from far and wide to Gilcrease Museum. The Bob Dylan Archive®, housed in The University of Tulsa’s Helmerich Center for American Research on the Gilcrease campus, attracts researchers from around the world seeking to dive deeper into the legacy of the folk …
Director’s Report
We continue to be amazed at all of the wonderful things happening in Tulsa’s arts scene and take pride in becoming more integrally woven into our city’s cultural fabric. This is due largely to presenting exhibitions and programming that resonate with both the city and national conversations, and striking a balance between relevance and fun. …
Taking Bob Dylan at Face Value
Mason Whitehorn Powell Face Value is a collection of 12 portraits in pastel by Bob Dylan that were first unveiled at the London National Portrait Gallery in 2013. These works are featured in their regional debut at the Gilcrease exhibition Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond, which runs through Sept. 15, 2019. Dylan’s portraiture will …
Bob Dylan to Exhibit Portraits, Handwritten Lyrics at Tulsa Art Museum
Rolling Stone Daniel Kreps Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond, opening this May, will also display Dylan’s Andy Warhol screen tests, leather jacket from “electric” 1965 Newport Folk Festival gig. Bob Dylan’s artwork and handwritten song lyrics will exhibit at a Tulsa, Oklahoma art museum beginning in May. The Gilcrease Museum’s “Bob Dylan: Face Value …
When news becomes history: Gilcrease brings ‘Pulitzer Prize Photographs’ exhibit to Tulsa
Tulsa World James D. Watts Jr. It was one time when Mark Dolph was quite happy to miss the bus. Dolph, the curator of history at Gilcrease Museum, was in Washington, D.C., about four years ago to take part in a conference, for which one of the planned activities was a visit to the Newseum, …
First major exhibit from Bob Dylan Archives opens May 10 at Gilcrease
Tulsa World James D. Watts Jr. A new exhibit on the life and work of Bob Dylan, centered on 12 pastel portraits that make up his “Face Value” series, will go on display May 10 at Gilcrease Museum. The exhibit, titled “Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond,” is the first major show to be drawn …
Bob Dylan Center Announces Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond Opens May 10 at Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa
Highlights include first regional showing of artist’s renowned Face Value portrait series, and debut of drawings, filmed performances, writings, personal effects and ephemera exclusive to The Bob Dylan Archive®. TULSA, Okla. (March 26, 2019)—The Bob Dylan Center℠ will present a new exhibition, Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond, beginning May 10 at the city’s acclaimed …
The Last Word with Tony Moore
Saltatio is the Latin word for renaissance; meaning a rebirth or a renewal of interest. So appropriately, I coined a new term… Tulsa-ltatio, pronounced Tul-salt-ta-tio, meaning the renaissance of Tulsa. As in the great European Renaissance, where religion, art, politics and economics influenced the cultural rebirth, I believe that Tulsa is experiencing a revival of its own. …
Keeping an Eye on the Archives
Renee Harvey, librarian/archivist at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) at Gilcrease, is a self-proclaimed bookworm. “My love for books goes back to my first Little Golden Book,” said Harvey. “I remember holding the book in my hands and thinking it was the most magical thing ever and it was all mine. My love …