Generosity Fuels Endowment Growth
As 2018 draws to a close, Gilcrease is celebrating another milestone in the journey to transform the museum. With the vision for the museum’s new interpretive plan becoming clearer, the related Campaign for Gilcrease won another generous gift. The campaign kicked off in May 2016 with a $1 million gift from the Stephenson Family Foundation. …
A Day at Gilcrease: Following the Fischer Family
What happens when you load up a family of nine with cameras and let them have the museum to themselves? A lot of fun! Follow the Fischer family’s day at Gilcrease as they toured the galleries and explored the Kravis Discovery Center. Capturing every moment along the way, it is easy to see why Gilcrease …
Gilcrease Teams Up with YMCA to Serve 1,600 Kids
For the second year in a row, Gilcrease participated in the YMCA of Greater Tulsa’s Summer GO program. Located at Wright, Cecilia Clinton, Clinton West and Gilcrease elementary schools, students spent half the day working on core subjects and the other half focusing on the arts, science, technology, engineering, math, nutrition and coding. Gilcrease on …
The Art of Storytelling
This summer, Gilcrease launched a partnership with the Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) as part of its 2018 Summer Reading Program to further foster literacy and connect reading to other disciplines — like art. In June, Gilcrease visited seven TCCL libraries to lead a series of one-hour programs tying storytelling, art and history together through interactive …
Behind the Scenes with Curt Selby, chief preparator
From unpacking art to painting walls and guiding exhibition design, the Gilcrease Museum prep team is behind the scenes making it all happen. We sat down with Chief Preparator Curt Selby to learn more. Q: Where are you from? A: I grew up in Decatur, Illinois (go Cubs!). Q: How long have you worked at …
Gilcrease Museum and The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma Team Up
As one of the most highly anticipated exhibitions on the 2018 calendar, Gilcrease Museum is excited to team up with The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma for Albert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West to highlight the impact Bierstadt’s work had on the conservation movement. While Bierstadt is most widely known for his beautiful landscape paintings …
A Message from the National Advisory Board Chair – Fall 2018
I am happy to serve as chairman of the Gilcrease National Advisory Board at an exciting moment in the museum’s history. We are fully engaged in planning the museum’s renovation and expansion that will launch in the coming year. The steps we take now are critically important to the future of the museum as well …
Director’s Report – Fall 2018
Fast and Furious is the movie title I would choose to best describe my first year as Gilcrease’s executive director. Although marked by the loss of committed Gilcrease leaders, this year also brought great joy in working with a wonderful, multi-organizational team — Gilcrease, TU and the City of Tulsa — to implement our strategic …
Jenny Keller Named Peabody Essex Museum Fellow
Gilcrease Museum is excited to announce Jenny Keller, administrative assistant in the executive office, has been named a Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) Native American Fellow and will participate in PEM’s 11-week program this summer. Currently a second-year student in The University of Tulsa’s Museum Science and Management master’s program, Keller was one of six fellows …
The Business of Creating Culture
In April, the Business Art Alliance (BAA) welcomed Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University history professor, CNN presidential historian and Bob Dylan scholar to the Helmerich Center for American Research. In addition to his work, Brinkley discussed the Bob Dylan Archive℠, the growing reputation of Tulsa and Gilcrease’s role in all of it. He also made …