Stephen Towns Eddie Faye Gates Lecture

Join Gilcrease Museum for the Annual Eddie Faye Gates Program featuring nationally renowned artist Stephen Towns, the museum’s inaugural Gillies Artist-in-Residence.

Towns will reflect on his time in Tulsa exploring the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection and visiting sites throughout the historic Greenwood District. His lecture will consider how these stories of resilience and remembrance inform his ongoing artistic practice and inspire new creative work.

This annual program honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, whose lifelong dedication to documenting the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre continues to shape our understanding of history and community.