Are you an artist who is interested in sharing your talents with the Tulsa community? Current opportunities are below.
THE GALLERY @ Mayfest is a new concept show which replaces the former Invitational Gallery. THE GALLERY @ Mayfest invites Oklahoma-based artists and collectives working in all visual arts media to propose original exhibition concepts. We will accept and review applications for completed works of art, but with a fresh vision for this gallery, we want to encourage artists to bring something inspired and original – something we’ve not seen before.
THE GALLERY @ Mayfest will be located in the first-floor GALLERY at ahha Tulsa. Works selected by the Mayfest Exhibition Committee will be on view for a two-month period beginning April 1, 2022 through May 22, 2022, with the opening reception taking place before the April 1, 2022 First Friday Art Crawl from 5:00-6:00pm.
Application deadline: February 25, 2022
Submissions will be selected by the Mayfest Exhibition Committee. This committee is comprised of individuals who are artists, work in the arts field and have served on art juries. It will not be a blind selection process. The submissions will be judged on the following criteria:
Originality: Is the submission the artists’ unique vision? Does the proposed artwork demonstrate creativity and imagination?
Audience Appeal: Does this submission appeal to a wide variety of audiences? Is the exhibition interesting and relevant to the Tulsa community?
Quality: Is the work in the exhibition of the highest professional quality?
Learning Value: Does the submission inform/educate the community? Does this work bring insight to cultural, historical, social or other contemporary issues?
The main contact for the exhibition proposal will be notified of acceptance or denial via email by the end of day on March 7, 2022.
February 25, 2022 – Concept Application Deadline
March 7, 2022 – Artist Notification via email
March 11, 2022 – Artist Commitment Deadline
March 25, 2022 – Artwork Installation
April 1, 2022 – THE GALLERY @ Mayfest opening
May 24, 2022 – THE GALLERY @ Mayfest deinstallation, Artwork pickup
Please contact Bracken Klar: bklar@ahhatulsa.org.
Violence and Bullying: Depictions of gratuitous violence are not allowed. Content should not contain materials that threaten, harass, or bully others.
Hate Speech: We don’t allow the promotion of hatred toward groups of people including but not limited to: their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Intellectual Property: Content may not infringe on the intellectual property rights of others (including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, and other proprietary rights), or encourage, or induce infringement of intellectual property rights.
Personal and Confidential Information: We don’t allow unauthorized exhibition, or disclosure, of people’s private and confidential information, or any other information that is not publicly accessible.
Sexually Explicit Material: All materials displayed at THE GALLERY @ Mayfest must be appropriate for general audiences. The Exhibits Committee must pre-approve all nude or explicit depictions prior to acceptance of the artwork for exhibition.
Mayfest reserves the right to deny exhibition to any work of art that it deems in its discretion inappropriate for its audiences.
*Please note, this is a registration-based exhibition. If you register, your work will be shown as long as it meets the stated exhibition guidelines. You will not receive a separate acceptance email.
K-12 students attending any school or homeschool located in the Tulsa Metro area are invited to register to display a single piece of original 2D or 3D artwork in the Mayfest 2022 Youth Art Gallery Exhibition. Artwork will be displayed in the first-floor GALLERY at ahha Tulsa from April 1st through May 22, 2022.
Students will have the option to sell their artwork. Students will receive 70% of the sales price and ahha Tulsa will retain 30% of sales to cover administrative costs. When submitting your registration, you will have the option to mark the piece as “Not for Sale” or insert the price of your choosing.
All artwork will be juried by ahha Tulsa Director of Programs & Engagement, Exhibitions & Facilities Manager and School & Community Programs Manager.
Artwork will be juried in the following categories:
Prizes (awarded per age group):
One high school student will receive the Mark of Excellence Award, a $500 cash prize, for outstanding creativity and technique.
Award winners will be notified via email by noon on March 30th.
Online registration must be complete by midnight central time on March 21, 2022.
All entries must be delivered to ahha Tulsa, 101 E. Archer, Tulsa, OK 74103 on Saturday, March 26th, between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Student artists and one guest will receive unlimited free admission to ahha Tulsa during the run of the exhibition. Additional guests will be charged regular admission.
Entries must remain in the Youth Art Gallery until Sunday, May 22, 2022. All work must be picked up between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 23. Mayfest/ahha Tulsa is not responsible for the return or storing of any art left after this time.
Please contact Bracken Klar, bklar@ahhatulsa.org if you need assistance or have any questions.
Violence and Bullying: Depictions of gratuitous violence are not allowed. Content should not contain materials that threaten, harass, or bully others.
Hate Speech: We don’t allow the promotion of hatred toward groups of people including but not limited to: their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Intellectual Property: Content may not infringe on the intellectual property rights of others (including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, and other proprietary rights), or encourage, or induce infringement of intellectual property rights.
Personal and Confidential Information: We don’t allow unauthorized exhibition, or disclosure, of people’s private and confidential information, or any other information that is not publicly accessible.
Sexually Explicit Material: All materials displayed at Mayfest Youth Art Gallery must be appropriate for general audiences. The Exhibits Committee must pre-approve all nude or explicit depictions prior to acceptance of the artwork for exhibition.
Mayfest reserves the right to deny exhibition to any work of art that it deems in its discretion inappropriate for its audiences.
Ahha Tulsa invites local and regional artists to sell original artwork in the ahha Gift Shop on a consignment basis.
Please note: 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.
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.
Ahha Tulsa handles all sales and processing. Once per month, consignment checks are mailed to artists who sold merchandise the prior month.
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).
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.
Interested in submitting work to The Gift Shop? We’ll need your: