This winter, Oklahoma Pastel Society (OPS) presented works of dozens of artists on the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity website. The society was founded in 2003. It has 55 members from Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas. The society’s website states, “…the state of Oklahoma (has) many excellent pastelists who are hungry for…
The Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity recently switched its face-to-face events to an online format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The workshops and forums are now delivered right to someone’s smartphone, laptop, or tablet via Zoom. But it was only a technological change. The quality of the workshops and discussions is still very…
Tulsa Community College (TCC) Campus Police has changed the exterior design of its vehicles this year. The new wrapping includes the TCC abbreviation on the hoods of the cars, elegant curved blue shapes on the sides, and “Police: Keeping Students Safe” slogan on the trunks. TCC digital media students worked on the versions of the…
The Tulsa Punk Rock Flea Market, organized by Tony and Michelle Cozzaglio, began in 2013. The Cozzaglio duo are also responsible for the punk street festival FYWROK, but the two have a mission to accomplish in Tulsa. Their mission is to bring the people of Tulsa’s punk rock community together and give an outlet to…
Tina Bill is a musician and singer from Sand Springs, Okla. Bill has the quality of beauty, voice and talent, which deserves to be on a big stage, such as “America’s Got Talent.” Bill’s talent began flourishing at a very young age. She started singing in a church at the age of three. Later, the…
Muriel Fahrion, designer of the Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears cartoon characters, surprised TCC students with her visit. Fahrion is as humorous as the dozens of characters she has created for the greeting card and toy industries. Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears and Get-Along-Gang characters were animated. After the celebrity artist conducted a workshop at the…
On November 9th, Raindrop Turkish House and Cultural Center hosted its tenth annual Turkish Food & Art Festival. The event was open to the public and free of charge. In order to keep the event organized for vendors local patrons were able to purchases tickets to use as currency for food and art. Some vendors…
“The Nutcracker” at Chopin Theatre, otherwise known as the Chicago House Theatre, was not a traditional rendition of the ballet or play that audiences usually think of when they hear the name “The Nutcracker”. Much of the plot points differed from that of the original play but this variation followed the same tale loosely. The…
Philbrook Art Museum welcomed artist Anila Quayyum Agha and her “Shadow of Time” installation to its main level on November 10th. The main installment of “Shadow of Time” is on display in the Helmerich Gallery and include Anila’s immersive award-winning piece “Intersections” and seven paper pieces. Agha also has two of her works in other…
