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The University of Tulsa School of Art is a stimulating but intimate environment to practice, underst

10/26/2026

We are so lucky to have the great Jen Boyd Martin, Executive Director of 108|Contemporary (and alumna!) guiding our ACE Management students through the decision-making process to make The Route 66: Lost, Found Office a reality.

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10/19/2026

Please join us for a very special exhibition in the Hogue Gallery, celebrating the artwork of TU Art alumni who have graduated over the past 65 years! 🎉

The exhibition will open with a reception in the gallery:
Thursday, October 22
5:00–7:00pm

Light refreshments will be served. 🧁

The exhibition will remain on view through December 10, 2026. The Hogue Gallery is free and open to the public. Please come visit us Monday through Friday, 9:00am–4:30pm.

Image credits:
1. Bill Patterson (BFA, 1966)
2. Sam King (BFA, 2003)
3. Neal Galloway (BA, 2007)
4. Jean Ann Fausser (BA, 1973)

10/07/2026

The UTulsa School of Art, Design & Art History loves fostering the creativity of students of all ages! Eighth grade students from the University School recently visited Phillips Hall, joining UTulsa students for a lesson in anatomical drawing with Professor Rafferty. Sketching alongside college students, USchool students asked great questions and took ownership of their learning. Many commented on how much they enjoyed being in a college classroom and envisioned taking art classes alongside coursework in their chosen majors.

Special thanks to USchool art teacher Leslie Gore for arranging this classroom visit along with Prof. Rafferty!

09/29/2026

Kicking off this Friday!! Inspired by the familiar lost-and-found office and ignited by the centennial of Route 66, our UTulsa ACE Management students will be leading this participatory artwork that explores the things we lose and find along America’s historic mother road. The public is invited to share objects and stories, culminating in an open-to-the-public Lost, Found Office at Mother Road Market on November 6.

We kick off this Friday with collections at Mother Road Market 11am-1pm and with student-led activities at First Friday at 101 Archer 6-9pm. Swipe for more details!

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This project is led by J. Donald Feagin Visiting Artist Adam Rozan in partnership with The Route 66 Alliance.

Promotional design by Abigail Tuggle, Third Floor Design.

09/22/2026

Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23rd for the opening reception of Spotlight: Recent TU Student Work, from 4:00-6:00PM in McFarlin Library!

Light refreshments will be served.

Presented with support from the Hardesty Family Foundation.

09/14/2026

We're excited to announce that nationally recognized museum audience-engagement expert Adam Rozan joins the students of UTulsa’s Arts, Culture & Entertainment (ACE) Management to present The Route 66: Lost, Found Office.

This new participatory artwork, conceived by Rozan, is inspired by the familiar lost-and-found office. Ignited by the centennial of Route 66, the project explores the things we lose and find along America's historic mother road. Throughout the project, the public will be invited to share objects and stories that reflect the places, people, moments, and experiences of those who live and work along Route 66, plus those who visit.

The project will culminate in a “Lost, Found Office” at the Mother Road Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which will open to the public on November 6. Visitors will be invited to share their stories in person and explore the growing collection of objects and stories displayed in the office.

Prior to the November opening, ACE Management students (led by members of the ACE Associates consulting cohort) will lead all aspects of the project. Gathering stories and objects, conceiving of and carrying out engagement activities, spearheading marketing and promotions, and designing a curatorial concept for the Lost, Found Office.

Stay tuned as this project evolves! If you already have a story or object you’d like to share, are interested in partnering, or simply want to learn more: please email [email protected]

This project is made possible by the J. Donald Feagin Visiting Artist Fellowship.

09/11/2026

Drawing 1 with Professor Rafferty has just completed our first project of the semester! Students collaboratively assembled a still life installation including objects that they contributed. The class worked together to construct the setup, which included reflective mirrors and a challenging variety of textures and forms to draw. Here are some of the pieces from our first critique!

This class is offered both spring and fall semesters. It is a Quad 1 class with no prerequisites open to all majors at UTulsa, and no prior experience is necessary to take this course!

09/03/2026

Announcing the first exhibition of the new season in the Alexandre Hogue Gallery, featuring the work of UTulsa alumnus Josh Butts (BFA ’09)!

Please join us for an artist’s talk and opening reception:

Thursday, September 3, 2026
5:00–6:00pm | Artist’s Talk in the gallery

The artist’s talk will be followed directly by a reception from 6:00 to 7:00pm.
Refreshments will be served.

LIGHT•WEIGHT is a new series of landscape paintings completed during the artist’s time living in Wyoming. Working in the tradition of American Regionalists like Thomas Hart Benton and Alexandre Hogue, Butts treats the landscape as design elements—tight, faceted, textured, and intentional.

Walt Whitman traversed this same ground in 1871 and saw not desolation but design: “the rocks in grotesque shapes, the buttes.”

Light•Weight picks up that same correspondence: erosion as a record of endurance, stone as a way of talking about what it costs to hold together under pressure, and what’s left standing once you do.

The exhibition will remain on view September 3–October 1, 2026, in the Alexandre Hogue Gallery.

Gallery hours:
Monday–Friday, 9:00am–4:30pm
Free and open to the public

Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Phillips Hall
2930 E. 5th Street, Tulsa

08/31/2026

Last week we started off the fall semester with a UTulsa Art tradition, our sketchbook making workshop! Prof. Martin guided art students through creating a handmade book to be filled with sketches and art ideas! Then on Saturday, the UTulsa School of Art, Design & Art History showed recent student artwork and designs at the Maker Faire Tulsa in a pop-up exhibition, R2-D2 even stopped by our booth!

Speaking of robots, our Fab Lab Tulsa art student interns Austin Nguyen and Ava Boswell helped to fabricate a model of “Makey,” the Faire’s mascot!

Image 1: Sketchbook making workshop at UTulsa Art
Image 2: UTulsa art exhibition at Maker Faire Tulsa
Images 3-4 Artwork by Madi Kowal and Mackenzie Krailo were included in works exhibited at Maker Faire.
Image 5: “Makey” the mascot of Maker Faire Tulsa

08/30/2026

This week we started off the fall semester with a UTulsa Art tradition, our sketchbook making workshop! Prof. Martin guided art students through creating a handmade book to be filled with sketches and art ideas! Then on Saturday, the UTulsa School of Art, Design & Art History showed recent student artwork and designs at the Maker Faire Tulsa in a pop-up exhibition, R2-D2 even stopped by our booth!

Speaking of robots, our art student interns Austin Nguyen and Ava Boswell helped to fabricate a model of "Makey," the Faire's mascot!

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