Don’t miss June’s edition of the First Friday Art Crawl at 101 Archer!
In the South Gallery, see “Unexpected Company,” featuring Andrea Kowch’s renowned painting of the same name, alongside works by Cherokee Nation artist Richard D. York. In the North Gallery, you don’t want to miss “Finding Oklahoma”, a photography exhibit by Leonid Furmansky showcasing the state’s rich built landscapes.
Plus, Johnny Murrell, Tulsa-based singer, songwriter, and pianist, will be bringing the house down all night long.
As always, admission is FREE. See you at 101 Archer for a jam-packed Art Crawl!
Join us at 101 Archer for a celebration honoring 70 extraordinary years of creative writing at The University of Tulsa! Enjoy live readings from both Nimrod International Journal and Stylus: Student Journal of Art & Writing at the University of Tulsa, with copies available for purchase, along with light bites and refreshments.
This event is free and open to the community!
The Stylus Journal of Art & Writing, UTulsa’s student-run literary and fine arts magazine, is hosting their annual awards ceremony to celebrate the 25th edition.
The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities is pleased to feature Musonium Grand Prize Award winner Andrea Kowch’s “Unexpected Company,” as well as works by Cherokee Nation artist Richard D. York, in the South Gallery on from May 1 – June 27.
Andrea Kowch is an internationally recognized American painter whose work in magical realism has earned her widespread acclaim across major museums, galleries and global publications. A graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, where she earned her BFA summa cum laude with High Honors, Kowch has built a distinguished career defined by evocative, narrative-driven paintings that bridge the real and the surreal.
Kowch’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, most recently Mysterious Realms at the Museum of Art – DeLand (2023), a sweeping retrospective that solidified her place among leading contemporary figurative painters. Her paintings have also been exhibited widely in prestigious group exhibitions, including Truthful Illusions: Realism in the Age of Abstraction at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art (2025) and Transcending Tradition: Selected Works from The Bennett Collection of Women Realists at the Muskegon Museum of Art (2025). These exhibitions highlight her continued relevance in conversations surrounding contemporary realism and narrative painting. Read more about Andrea Kowch and Richard D. York here!
This exhibit runs May 1 – June 27, at UTulsa’s 101 Archer in the South Gallery. Our galleries are open Wednesdays through Saturdays from noon until 5 p.m. Special closures for private events will be announced on our social media pages. As always, admission is free.
“Finding Oklahoma” features original photographs by Leonid Furmansky of our state’s strangest, most beautiful and often overlooked structures. Discover what makes Oklahoma’s built landscapes rich—and maybe even a bit surprising!
Leonid Furmansky is an architectural photographer based in Austin, Texas who explores the built environment and the ways architecture shapes how we live. His work spans commissioned projects and editorial assignments, combining clear visual storytelling with a strong sense of place. Furmansky was named one of ArchDaily’s Top 25 Emerging Photographers representing what is now often called the United States and was featured in AN Interior’s Future of Vision. He earned a degree in Photography from the Photography + Visual Media Program at ACC.
His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, Divisare, Houston Cite, Glasstire, The Architect’s Newspaper, AN Interior, Texas Architect, Dwell, Architectural Record, Dezeen, Apalmanac, East Side Magazine, Austin Home, PaperCity, Tribeza, and ArchDaily. Outside of commissioned work, Leonid enjoys documenting rural landscapes and densely populated cities, and can often be found riding BMX with friends.
This exhibit runs May 1 – June 27, at UTulsa’s 101 Archer in the North Gallery. Our galleries are open Wednesdays through Saturdays from noon until 5 p.m. Special closures for private events will be announced on our social media pages. As always, admission is free.
Don’t miss May’s edition of the First Friday Art Crawl at 101 Archer!
In the South Gallery, we can’t wait to debut “Unexpected Company,” featuring Andrea Kowch’s renowned painting of the same name, alongside works by Cherokee Nation artist Richard D. York.
In the North Gallery, we’re excited to present “Finding Oklahoma”, a photography exhibit by Leonid Furmansky showcasing the state’s rich built landscapes.
Plus, Jerry & the Jazzy Boys will provide live music all night long. Come stop by!
A century ago, Alexander Voloshin fled his native Ukraine as the Red Army advanced on Odesa and Crimea. His tragicomic epic poem, “Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood,” chronicles his escape and his efforts to build a life abroad. A century later, Ukraine’s best-known novelist, Andrey Kurkov, has also turned his attention to the events of 1919 in a series of historical detective novels—written in the shadow of another bloody invasion. Boris Dralyuk will discuss his translations of these works, which speak to one another across decades.
Plus, onsite book sales will be provided by our lovely friends at Magic City Books. Join us at 101 Archer for this free event!
The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities is excited to welcome artist, Jillian Conrad, to 101 Archer for a talk on Thursday, April 16.
Jillian Conrad makes sculptures and drawings where a branch becomes a line and a chain becomes a river. In The sky is a drawing, she traces myth as a living system: embedded in landscape, encoded in materials, and always asking the oldest question — why is the world this way, and not some other way?
The event is free and open to all. See you at 101 Archer!
About the speaker:
Jillian Conrad’s artistic practice addresses themes of materiality and intangibility. Her sculptures and works on paper look to landscape and the details of the physical world as thresholds that connect the human and the universal, the visible and the invisible. Her work has been exhibited at and supported by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bronx Museum, Smackmellon, Socrates Sculpture Park, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program, Headlands Center for the Arts, The Core Program (at the MFAH, Houston) and Artadia. Recent solo exhibitions include The Earth as Air, Un Lieu Une Oeuvre, Ménerbes, France (2023), Hydras, BioScience Research Center, Rice University, Houston, TX (2022), and Airspace, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX (2019). Conrad’s work has been reviewed and discussed in numerous publications including Artforum, Hyperallergic, Art Lies, and the New York Times. She is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Sculpture Department at the University of Houston.
“What would you like to do?”
“I’d like to try again. Can we try again?”
Two sisters grieve the deaths of their two warring brothers. One takes revolutionary action against those responsible. The other is left to navigate the ruins of her home and country alone. In this world-premiere adaptation of Sophocles’ famous tragedy by Riffraff Executive Artistic Director, Meagan Mulgrew, Antigone & Ismene is a poetic examination of generational trauma, civil disobedience, and the promises we make to the dead.
Grab your tickets HERE!
*Content Advisory: This production explores mature themes, including death, violence, and suicide. This show is best enjoyed by viewers 12 years and older.
“What would you like to do?”
“I’d like to try again. Can we try again?”
Two sisters grieve the deaths of their two warring brothers. One takes revolutionary action against those responsible. The other is left to navigate the ruins of her home and country alone. In this world-premiere adaptation of Sophocles’ famous tragedy by Riffraff Executive Artistic Director, Meagan Mulgrew, Antigone & Ismene is a poetic examination of generational trauma, civil disobedience, and the promises we make to the dead.
Grab your tickets HERE!
*Content Advisory: This production explores mature themes, including death, violence, and suicide. This show is best enjoyed by viewers 12 years and older.
