A Vibrant Contest Awes with Beauty The Oklahoma Pastel Society held its annual brightly colored pastel art exhibition at a reception, where members displayed their artwork at the Tulsa Community College’s McKeon Center for Creativity. The contest was judged on “creativity, originality, composition, color, value, shape/form perspective, and how did the subject communicate meaning to […]
‘I Can’t Play Harmonica’ features a seasoned musician engaging beginning performers
On June 22, the McKeon Center for Creativity featured harmonica player Dave Bernston, a member of the Route 66 Harmonica Club and who has played and taught blues harmonica for over 30 years. As a part of C4C’s “I Can’t” workshop series, Bernston was the headliner for “I Can’t Play Harmonica.” He shared the basic […]
Review: Open Play Improv leads to memorable laughs
Every other Thursday of the month, Open Play Improv is held at the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity, led by a member of Third Space Tulsa (an improv-centered theater education collective founded in May of 2023), Cory Foster. The Open Play Improv kept its participants on their feet and laughing as they followed instructions […]
Review: Beautiful performance of Tulsa Opera singers touches the hearts of viewers at the Center for Creativity
The recent performance of Tulsa Opera singers at the “I Can’t Enjoy Opera” workshop changed someone’s opinion that opera is a boring art. Two opera singers and a pianist presented four arias at the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity on Feb. 24. Maddie Breedlove, a singer and a Filstrup Resident Artist in the […]
Hollywood actor and OU graduate shares tips on acting
On April 10 at the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity, renowned on-screen actor Cody Mayo (who starred in Marvel’s “Runaways,” and ABC’s (formerly on FOX) “911”) presented us with a how-to crash course on acting. Audience members were used as volunteers in an exciting opportunity to express themselves and learn how to project themselves […]
Review: ‘I Can’t 3D Print’ turns into ‘Wow, I Can’ at the high-tech workshop
Tulsans were placed into the heartbeat of the new, exciting technology of 3D printing at the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity on Feb. 24. The demonstration of 3D printing was organized by “Engage Learning,” a new partner of the Center for Creativity, according to Annina Collier, dean of the TCC Center for Creativity. […]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE TO MEET IN TULSA,APRIL 12-13
The National Association of Black Journalists Region III will be hosting its annual conference in Tulsa, April 12-13. The theme is “Press and Prosperity: NABJ Meets Black Wall Street.” The host site is Tulsa Community College Center for Creativity. Hundreds of journalists from the region and the country are expected to gather in Tulsa. The […]
TCC Hosting Three-Part Series with International Scholars
The Tulsa Community College Foundation is sponsoring a three-part series, featuring three international scholars in public lectures at the Center for Creativity. The scholars will interact with the students in their classrooms. The guest lecturers will target their remarks to their areas of specialty and curriculum. “It’s a very simple kind of bifurcated model. One is […]
Storytelling is celebrated at OK SO Storyslam
Annina Collier, dean of the McKeon Center for Creativity, during a storytelling workshop, noted that creating a story is a collaborative experience. With platforms such as The Moth, interest in storytelling has grown in popularity. Accordingly, the need for workshops is being addressed at TCC recently. The theme for this month’s OK SO Tulsa Storyslam held […]
Tulsa City-County Library offers free macrame class at the Center for Creativity
The “I Can’t Macramé with Tulsa City-County Library” free workshop occurred at the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity during the fall 2023 semester.