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 …
Susan Neal: Planned renovation will open up Gilcrease
Tulsa World Susan Neal Almost three years ago, Tulsans voted by wide margins to pass the Vision Tulsa package, which not only included funding for the renovation and expansion of Gilcrease Museum, but funding for the Tulsa Zoo, Expo Square and more infrastructural improvements across the city. Since then, Tulsa has only seen more opportunities …
News and Notes Regarding the Forthcoming Expansion of Gilcrease Museum
KWGS Rich Fisher Our guest is Susan Neal, the executive director of Gilcrease Museum here in Tulsa. It was recently announced that Gilcrease is now gathering applications from architectural firms seeking to execute the renovation, redesign, and expansion of the museum. (Tulsa voters, some time ago, approved $65 million for this expansion through the Vision …
Redesigned Gilcrease Museum will take different approach to telling stories
Tulsa World Kevin Canfield The city’s ambitious plan to reimagine Gilcrease Museum has taken two significant steps forward. The $65 million Vision Tulsa project is now a $75 million project, thanks to a $10 million donation from the A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Foundation to the University of Tulsa, which operates the museum for the city. …
Sounds of the Black West: A conversation with Dom Flemons
The Tulsa Voice Jake Cornwell Folk multi-instrumentalist and Carolina Chocolate Drops co-founder Dom Flemons knows the historical black cowboy because he has painstakingly resurrected his existence through the narrative of song. Now in the midst of a successful solo career, Flemons converses with these ghosts of the past through his newest endeavor, Black Cowboys, a …
Wild West’s Black Cowboys Featured In Gilcrease Museum Exhibit
News On 6 Rick Wells TULSA, Oklahoma – A new exhibit at the Gilcrease Museum shows a different side of what it was like to be a cowboy in the 50s. The Chisholm Kid cartoon strip display features an African-American cowboy hero. The Chisholm Kid is the lone fighter for justice for all – and the …
White hat, black history
The Tulsa Voice December 5, 2018 Jezy J. Gray During his 1965 debate with William F. Buckley, author and cultural critic James Baldwin offered a bruising observation about representation and the American western genre. “It comes as a great shock to see Gary Cooper killing off the Indians,” he said of watching white heroes in …