Are you an artist who is interested in sharing your talents with the Tulsa community? Current opportunities are below.
Ahha invites Tulsa area artists to submit up to three works to be considered as part of our COVID-19 Artist Relief Exhibition. The goal of this exhibition is to assist artists in recovering from financial loss due to COVID-19 through providing physical gallery space to help facilitate the sale of work. Ahha will retain 10% of sales to help cover administrative costs and artists will retain 90% of sales.
Exhibition location: 3rd Floor Community Gallery at ahha Tulsa
Application deadline: TBD (soon after ahha is able to resume operations or until gallery capacity is reached)
Exhibition dates: TBD (soon after ahha is able to resume operations)
Eligibility Requirements:
Please review application packet below for more information.
Ahha Tulsa manages artist calls for Arts & Humanities Council Members and partners as a paid benefit. Open calls are listed below.
No Open Calls at this time. Please check back often.
Ahha Tulsa seeks proposals for large-scale chalk murals on the sidewalks surrounding the ahha Hardesty Center. Experience with chalk art is preferred, but not required. This application is offered on a rolling, seasonal basis.
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.
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: