SOUTH GALLERY

Envisioning Tomorrow: Photography by Anitra Lavanhar

On display until April 25th

Envisioning Tomorrow, a free, all-ages photography exhibit by award-winning photographer, Anitra Lavanhar, opens Friday, March 6th at the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities.

The exhibit, which is supported by the Artists Creative Fund, consists of 26 large-scale black and white portraits, each paired with a short narrative that draws from the subject’s hopes and dreams for the future. Visitors will be invited to participate in the exhibit by contributing their own written narratives on a designated wall.

“Envisioning Tomorrow was born from my deep concern about the fear and division shaping so much of our national conversation, and from a belief that another story is possible,” says Lavanhar. “This portrait series reflects a small but powerful cross-section of the remarkable diversity found in the Tulsa area and challenges the assumption that differences in belief, background, and lived experience must inevitably divide us.”

Lavanhar asked each of her subjects to imagine the future they hope to create.

“By speaking our hopes aloud and making them visible, Envisioning Tomorrow reveals the common threads of humanity that bind us together, reminding us of our collective power to turn what we imagine into what we can build, together,” she says.

NORTH GALLERY

American Myth

On display until April 25th

American Myth is a student-led exhibit which started as a Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (TURC) project. This exhibit represents a deep dive on American myths, stories that have shaped what today is called “America” and its people. The pieces in this collection reflect something that is deeply, truly and comprehensively American in nature and origin, from Indigenous stories to political narratives that frame this land’s history. Join us at 101 Archer to look at myths through five different lenses: Invention/Creation, Cryptids/Fears, Doomsday/Violence, Hope/Heroes, and Reinvention/Resilience.

The project was spearheaded by Emmalie Maez, with research support from fellow TURC students Aeric Beck and Katherine Renteria.