Art as Witness: An Artist Talk and Community Conversation

Join artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh for Art as Witness, a multimedia conversation on race, gender, and community in Tulsa in the Fellowship’s Archer building project space. Tatyana will share images and video from her socially engaged art practice, along with her goals and questions for Tulsa. This event invites the public into both reflection and participation by having a community dialogue where attendees will be asked: What is kept quiet in Tulsa that needs to be said out loud? How do you experience race and gender in your everyday life? There will be an opportunity for community portraits, where participants can be photographed by Tatyana or write statements to express their experiences.

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, public art, and multimedia installation. Born in Oklahoma City to a Black mother and Iranian father, her art centers Black feminist praxis, using image-making as a tool for protest, affirmation, and possibility. In her studio, she creates evocative portraits with oil paint and graphite, while her public art—most notably the globally acclaimed Stop Telling Women to Smile series—explores how race and gender shape experiences in physical spaces through community-centered, site-specific installations. Tatyana has lectured at prominent institutions such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, and Time, with work featured in exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum. In 2025, she joins the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.

Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s third annual Open House, taking place from October 3-5, 2025, embodies our commitment to nurturing Tulsa and its visionary artistic practitioners. Programs foster interconnectedness through community care and collaboration.

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