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Publishing from the Ground Up

The University of Tulsa, in partnership with LitFest, Art Directors Club, and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, presents Publishing from the Ground Up, a symposium about independent publishing and the creative communities it sustains.

Join us on Saturday, April 25, for two roundtable conversations and a hands-on workshop with creatives who are working at the forefront of literary and art publishing internationally.

Beginning at 9:30 a.m., Matt Carney (editor-in-chief of The Pickup) will moderate a panel about publishing and promoting literature in translation, organized by Boris Dralyuk and featuring Will Evans (founder of Deep Vellum, Dallas), Shook (poet, translator, and founder of Phoneme Editions) and Daniel Simon (editor-in-chief of World Literature Today).

The second panel at 11 a.m., moderated by M. Wright, will feature graphic designers who publish in collaboration with artists and activists: James Ewald (partner at Velvet Jam Press and co-organizer of the OKC Art Book Fair), Eric Von Haynes (founder of Flatlands Press, Chicago), Emily Larned (founder of Alder & Frankia Press, Bridgeport, CT) and Jimmy Luu (co-founder of Riso Riso, Austin).

The two panel discussions will be followed by a hands-on bookbinding workshop from 1:30–3:00 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. This symposium is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The University of Tulsa College of Arts & Sciences.

To request accommodations, please contact the Tulsa Artist Fellowship at: +1 539 302 4855 or info@tulsaartistfellowship.org.

Promoting Translation & Building Readerly Communities

The University of Tulsa, in partnership with LitFest, Art Directors Club and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, presents Publishing from the Ground Up, a symposium about independent publishing and the creative communities it sustains.

Join us on Saturday, April 25, for two roundtable conversations and a workshop with creatives who are working at the forefront of literary and art publishing across the United States.

Matt Carney (editor-in-chief of The Pickup) will moderate a panel about publishing and promoting literature in translation, organized by Boris Dralyuk and featuring Will Evans (founder of Deep Vellum, Dallas) Shook (poet, translator, and founder of Phoneme Editions), and Daniel Simon (editor-in-chief of World Literature Today).

For more information, please visit https://www.tulsaartistfellowship.org/events.
To request accommodations, please contact the Tulsa Artist Fellowship at: +1 539 302 4855 or info@tulsaartistfellowship.org.

The Art of Publishing & Community Solidarity

The University of Tulsa, in partnership with LitFest, Art Directors Club and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, presents Publishing from the Ground Up, a symposium about independent publishing and the creative communities it sustains.

Join us on Saturday, April 25, for two roundtable conversations and a workshop with creatives who are working at the forefront of literary and art publishing across the United States.

The panel beginning at 11 a.m., moderated by M. Wright, will feature graphic designers who publish in collaboration with artists and activists: James Ewald (partner at Velvet Jam Press and co-organizer of the OKC Art Book Fair), Eric Von Haynes (founder of Flatlands Press, Chicago), Emily Larned (founder of Alder & Frankia Press, Bridgeport, CT) and Jimmy Luu (co-founder of Riso Riso, Austin).

The two panel discussions will be followed by a hands-on bookbinding workshop, from 1:30–3 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. This symposium is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The University of Tulsa College of Arts & Sciences.

To request accommodations, please contact the Tulsa Artist Fellowship at: +1 539 302 4855 or info@tulsaartistfellowship.org.

Percussion Ensemble and SteelBand Concert

The University of Tulsa Percussion Ensemble and Steelband is a unique ensemble of major and non-major percussionists who will perform an “all percussion” concert, including the world premiere of a new composition by local composer Adam Bruce and the first ever performance of the UTulsa Steelband, an all acoustic percussion group performing on steel pans (all metal instruments made from 55 gallon oil barrels). You might feel the urge to start a conga line!

Free and open to the public.

58th Gussman Juried Student Exhibition: Opening Reception

The Gussman Juried Student Exhibition is the capstone exhibit of the academic year, showcasing works produced by students in UTulsa’s School of Art, Design & Art History.

Please join us for a reception and awards ceremony on Thursday, April 2, 2026, in the Alexandre Hogue Gallery in Phillips Hall.
Refreshments will be served.

Opening reception: 5–7 p.m.
Awards announcement: 5:30 p.m.

This year’s juror is Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Assistant Curator of Art at the Philbrook Museum.

 

The exhibition will remain on display April 2–23, 2026, in the Alexandre Hogue Gallery in Phillips Hall.

Gallery hours: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

This exhibition is endowed by The Gussman Juried Student Exhibition Endowment Fund for the School of Art, Design & Art History.

58th Gussman Juried Student Exhibition

The Gussman Juried Student Exhibition is the capstone exhibit of the academic year, showcasing works produced by students in UTulsa’s School of Art, Design & Art History.

The exhibition will be on display April 2–23, 2026, in the Alexandre Hogue Gallery in Phillips Hall.

The Hogue Gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

This year’s juror is Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Assistant Curator of Art at the Philbrook Museum.

This exhibition is endowed by The Gussman Juried Student Exhibition Endowment Fund for the School of Art, Design & Art History.

Sound and Unity

UTulsa Jazz will play host to the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music Jazz Orchestra and Frost Extensions, a vocal jazz ensemble. They will be joined in concert by the UTulsa FOCUS jazz combo.
Frost Extensions is a multiple Downbeat award-winning vocal jazz ensemble directed by Dr. Kate Reid. They received top honors at the 2015 Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival.
The Frost Jazz Orchestra is a Grammy-nominated jazz big band directed by Dr. John Daversa; long-time friend and collaborator of Professor Mancini’s.
The UTulsa FOCUS Combo is a six-piece student jazz combo directed by UTulsa Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Professor Nick Mancini, performing the music of Horace Silver. The band consists of TU students Shaun Roberts tenor sax, Cole Huggins trumpet, Peter Chesser guitar, Cameron Stultz piano, Mason Chow bass, Sam Bostic drums.

Chris Skillern: Thoughts from a Cherokee Type Designer

Lecture and Q&A with Cherokee font designer, Chris Skillern.

Chris Skillern is renowned in the international design community for his work designing typefaces for the Cherokee syllabary. Recent projects include designing a custom font for the Cherokee-language dub of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, and contributing to the Indigenous North American Type Project for the Dutch type foundry Typotheque. He has also collaborated with XYZ Type on custom projects for the London Stock Exchange Group, and releases fonts under the banner of his own type foundry, Tulsey Type.

He has presented his work at conferences and universities across the US, and we are pleased to welcome him back to his alma mater for a public lecture at The University of Tulsa.

SPLICE Fellowship Concert

The SPLICE Fellowship concert features the acclaimed pianist Keith Kirchoff bringing new music for piano and electronics to The University of Tulsa campus. Along with UTulsa students Luis Núñez, Rebekah McCarty, and Nathan Aery, Kirchoff will give the world premiere of five new works commissioned by the SPLICE fellowship. The SPLICE Fellowship Program is a free opportunity for emerging performers and composers to engage with music that integrates live performance with electronics. The goal of this program is to provide a unique avenue for electroacoustic music training, particularly for musicians new to the field. All Fellows will receive private coaching, automatic acceptance to SPLICE Institute 2026 and live performances. For its pilot year, SPLICE Music is partnering with The University of Tulsa and the Hartt School of Music.