Artists

Call to Artists

Exhibition Opportunities

Are you an artist who is interested in sharing your talents with the Tulsa community? Current opportunities are below.

MESSAGES OF HOPE AND RECONCILIATION: CHALK MURAL PROGRAM

Ahha Tulsa is pleased to extend our building as a canvas for Black artists to create temporary chalk murals centered around the theme: Messages of Hope and Reconciliation. In the interest of time, the first two mural artists have identified and contracted by ahha exhibition staff. This call is to fill slots for the remaining six murals that will be created January – June 2021.

Timeline

Murals will be created monthly to coincide with First Fridays (weather permitting) – November 2020 – June 2021 (8 murals total)

Program Goals

Provide an opportunity for Black artists to create highly-visible, temporary works of art in the Tulsa Arts District
Use ahha Tulsa as a physical canvas to display uplifting messages of hope and reconciliation for the Tulsa Community to enjoy monthly between November 2020 and the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre in June of 2021

Artist Benefits

A stipend of $1000 per mural will be paid to mural artists
Artists will receive free admission (with a plus one) to visit ahha during the month when the artist’s mural is created
Supplies of the artist’s choosing will be provided by ahha
Ahha will professionally photograph murals to share with artists for their portfolios
Mural Photographs, as well as artist bios, will be featured in a Chalk Mural Gallery on the ahha Tulsa website

Deadline

EXTENDED: Applications are due by midnight on January 31st

Artist Selection and Notification

Artists will be selected by a diverse panel of ahha exhibiton staff and community members
Selected artists will be notified by email no later than Tuesday, February 18th at 6:00 pm

Questions

Please email Dr. Amber Litwack, Director of Education and Exhibitions at alitwack@ahhatulsa.org

GIFT SHOP

Ahha Tulsa invites local and regional artists to sell original artwork in the ahha Gift Shop on a consignment basis.

*January 2020: The gift shop is currently full. Feel free to still submit your art to be placed in the queue. See “Review Process” below for more information.

Consignment Structure

Each selected artist must sign a consignment agreement with a term of at least 90 days. Inventory must be delivered at the artist’s expense to the ahha Hardesty Center. Artists receive 60% of each sale and the ahha receives 40% of each sale. Staff and Members of ahha Tulsa receive a 10% discount on all gift shop sales.

Sales Process

Ahha Tulsa handles all sales and processing. Once per month, consignment checks are mailed to artists who sold merchandise the prior month.

Eligibility

Gift Shop consignment sales are open to all artists, but preference is given to artists living in the state of Oklahoma. All items must be handmade, original works of art or craft. The following items are currently accepted as approved by the committee: paintings, drawings, original prints, photography, clothing, textiles, pottery, ceramics, wood carving, sculpture, jewelry, toys and games, children’s items, paper works (art cards, notecards, calendars, hand-bound books, glasswork, metalwork, traditional art).

Review Process

Merchandise proposals are currently reviewed by our Guest Services Manager. Your submittal will be put into a queue. When space is available in the gift shop, the Guest Services Manager will pull from these submittals in the order they came through.

Submission Requirements

Interested in submitting work to The Gift Shop? We’ll need your:

Artist statement
5-10 images of your work
Contact information