“Feather on a Leather” brings joy to the participants of “I Can’t Leathercraft” workshop

On Sept. 10, Larry Simmons, creator of Divine Leather, in partnership with the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity (C4C), presented the “I Can’t Leathercraft” workshop.  With leather tools borrowed from Tandy Leather of Tulsa, a sponsor of the event and a leather workshop and leather-working supplies store, Larry Simmons led the participants on carving…

Vampires of the Wild West (A Parody) October 6-9th at TCC 

Tulsa Community College Theatre Department presents Vampires of the Wild West (a Parody) by Mark Frank. The production will be presented at the Southeast Campus Pace Studio Theatre at 8pm October 6-8 and 2pm on October 9th. For tickets go to: https://pacetickets.tulsacc.edu/events or call 918-595-7777.    Vampires of the Wild West welcomes us to Empire Valley in 1865 where a rogue vampire…

Jamie Pierson believes ‘Design is Play’; supports removal of I-244 and owning our public spaces 

On Aug. 5, ahha Tulsa held its Open Studios for the public during the First Friday Art Crawl. Two of the artists from ahha Tulsa, Jamie Pierson and Antonio Andrews, and J.Preston Witt from Tulsa Artist Fellowship were featured in the collection of articles about the August First Friday Art Crawl.  As the ahha goers…

Cyber Skills Center’s “Afrofuturism” and The Path to a Tech-Immersed Tulsa 

On July 8, 2022, Tulsa Community College (TCC) and Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL), in partnership with edX, the global online learning platform from 2U, Inc., and SkillStorm opened the Cyber Skills Center (CSC) in Tulsa. The center will serve as an educational facility for adult students seeking cyber security and data science careers at no…

Review: “Shrek the Musical” brings laughs, message of hope 

If you are reading this, I’m going to assume you know who Shrek is. But have you heard him sing?   That is what audience members were treated to at performances of “Shrek the Musical” put on by CRAFT Productions of Oklahoma at Tulsa Community College’s VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education (PACE). The show ran…

Genderqueer Sculptures of Shelby Head on display at the Open Studios at Archer Studios

Shelby Head is the one of three creatives profiled in a series featuring artists from Archer Studios. All three profiles may be found here on the TCC Connection website. Walking into the studio of Shelby Head, one was greeted with white walls on which minimalist metal works depicting stick figures went out of a straight…