Between Practices at Flagship
November 7 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
10–10:30 AM | Brunch by Prism
10:30–10:35 AM | Opening Remarks
10:35–11:15 AM | Inheritance Aesthetics
Myiesha Gordon Beales, Bobby C. Martin (Muscogee Nation), and Jenny Keller (Cherokee Nation) consider how ancestry, history, and place inform artistic practice.
11:25 AM–12:05 PM | Creativity, Collaboration, and Compromise in Public Art
Rehab El Sadek and Curt Gettman discuss the creative decisions, relationships, and negotiations involved in making public art.
12:15–12:55 PM | Infrastructure, Environmental Connection, and Tulsa’s Changing Spaces
Melissa Lukenbaugh joins Nico Albert Williams (Cherokee Nation), Julio Badin, Karl Jones, Nathan Pickard, and Lester (Doc) Shaw to explore how the places we inhabit shape collective life.
12:55–1:05 PM | Sacred Grounds: Introduction, Trailer + Coffee
Eyakem Gulilat introduces Sacred Grounds through a brief reflection and trailer screening, accompanied by coffee from his family’s farm in Ethiopia.
1:05–1:45 PM | Lunch Break
1:45–2:25 PM | Creative Exchange and Adaptation
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh and Le’Andra LeSeur reflect on how artistic practices develop through working together.
2:35–3:15 PM | Black and Indigenous Solidarity Through Storytelling
Colleen Thurston (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Kolby Ari, Alex DeRoin (of Osage, Otoe, Pawnee, Blackfeet, and Ioway descent), and Taryn Evans (of Mvskoke, West African, and Indigenous Mexican descent) explore relationships and shared possibilities through storytelling.
3:25–4:05 PM | Visibility and Representation Through Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
Quraysh Ali Lansana, Jessica Mehta (Cherokee Nation), and Amir Saadiq explore visibility and representation through Ellison’s novel.
4:15–4:25 PM | Concluding Performance by Phetote Mshairi
Fellowship alum Phetote Mshairi offers a performed reflection on whether creative spirits or their visions ever truly expire.
Following Between Practices, enjoy a break before joining us at the Fellowship Studios roof terrace for A Shared Table at 5:30 PM.