A program of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
2022 Thrive Awardees
Workshop Series for 'Art Friends'
Katelynn Noel Knick
Visual artists across the state of Oklahoma deserve the benefits that a creative network can offer, regardless of their ability to access said network.
Exchanging Horizons
Francheska Alcantara
Taking inspiration from longstanding BIPOC solidarity and coalition-building, Exchanging Horizons will document connections between Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities in Tulsa, OK via photographic documentation.
Beyond the Whitewash
Shelby Head
This project invites Black, Native American, and White visual artists to collaborate on a 2023 exhibition about the complex, interconnected, and nuanced issue of racism.
Shyanne Dickey & Edward Grady: Rising
Helen Opper
This community-focused exhibition will showcase two artists, Shyanne Dickey and Edward Grady, whose work highlights the power of art as a storytelling and healing tool.
Stitching Memories: a Quilt Memorial for Greenwood
Katrina Ward
This project will create a quilt memorial for Greenwood to honor everything lost in the Tulsa Race Massacre and a space to process ongoing harms.
Yes, I can, Roger!
Gregg Standridge
“Yes I Can, Roger” is a grand scale wooden inlay exhibition portraying a roller skater confronting her buffalo fears through a graphic novelesque experience.
Mythology, Folklore & Fables: Celebrating Mermaids of Color
Debra Martin-Barber
Mythology, Folklore & Fables: Celebrating Mermaids of Color is a visual presentation that uniquely contrasts the Eurocentric narrative to that of marginalized perspectives.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Erin Latham
Rock Paper Scissors collaborative will create immersive pop-up art installations around Oklahoma that engage viewers in joy as an act of resistance to the everyday mundane.