Reporter’s Notebook: TCC students participate and showcase work in the annual art exhibition

Part Two: The art contest winners present unexpected concepts. Editor’s Note: The review of the TCC (Tulsa Community College) Student Art Exhibition 2023 will be a four-part series. Several program entries will be profiled. This is the second review of the series. The TCC Student Art Exhibition 2023 was a great success. Three TCC art…

Reporter’s Notebook: TCC students participate and showcase work in the annual art exhibition

Part One: New rules of submission and judges-outsiders proposed Editor’s Note: The review of the TCC Student Art Exhibition 2023 will be a four-part series. Several program entries will be profiled. This is the first review of the series. A selected number of artistic works were on display at the TCC Student Art Exhibition 2023…

TCC Bursar clerk, Pamela Alec, is on a mission to preserve Native American art

Pamela Alec has worked as an accounting clerk at the Tulsa Community College (TCC) West Campus Bursar office for five years. Besides that, she has a hobby inherited from her ancestors. Alec loves Native American beading and sewing ribbon skirts. “I was born in Oklahoma, and I am a full-blood Native American,” Alec says. “My…

TCC Theatre presents Original Student Play, The World of What

Tulsa Community College Theatre presents, The World of What, an original stage play by TCC Theatre student, Micah Timmons, which will be performed in the PACE Studio Theatre at Tulsa Community College Southeast Campus April 20-21-22 at 8pm and April 23rd at 2pm. The play is student directed and student designed. The student director is Adrianna Moyer,…

Review: “Fun,” “Fabulous,” Beautiful,” and “Teamwork” describe Kinky Boots: The Musical 

These boots are made for walking! More like these Kinky boots are made for walking! I know a lot of people have seen someone walk in heels, but have you seen someone do dance choreography in heels before, other than Beyonce?  Well, the audience was in luck because they were shown wonderful choreography, singing, and…

The public learns wet-on-wet painting technique at the Center for Creativity

On March 6, “I Can’t Paint a Landscape” workshop attracted lovers of art to the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity. Maddy Witt, an instructor at Gilcrease Museum, gave a step-by-step lesson on how to paint a landscape with watercolors. First, the workshop participants drew a tree, defined the background, and foreground. Then the…

TCC’s historian, Marina Metevelis, dies at the age of 100

Marina Metevelis was Tulsa Community College’s (TCC) historian. She turned 100 years old in spring 2022. During winter 2023, TCC and the Tulsa community received the sad news that Metevelis had passed away. Many TCC employees and students remember Metevelis as a nice, generous person, and an incredible companion. Here are some facts from Metevelis’s…

Labor Secretary Walsh visits Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh was in Tulsa to tour the historic Greenwood district on Feb. 9. Area college students were invited to meet with Sec. Walsh during his visit. Those students were from Tulsa Community College and its media group, TCC Connection; TCC African American Student Association (AASA), Oklahoma State University, and Tulsa…