# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Please Touch the Art Exhibition
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am
- **Event Description**: Please Note: The exhibition will be on display Sept. 5 - Oct. 31. To schedule your visit, contact cindy.pederson@tulsacc.edu; 918-595-7339.
Mark your calendars for “Please Touch the Art,” opening Friday, September 5. This exhibition engages all five senses — yes, even taste! Designed with a special focus on visitors and artists who are blind or visually impaired, Please Touch the Art invites everyone to experience art in a new way—especially those of us who’ve had to resist the urge to touch a painting in a museum! 

The exhibition features artwork by Michael Naranjo, a Tewa artist who was blinded and lost the use of his right hand after being injured by a grenade while serving in Vietnam. While recuperating in a military hospital, Naranjo began sculpting using only his left hand and a small piece of modeling clay a hospital volunteer gave him. Michael went on to create world-renowned artwork  that draws on Native American traditions and memories of his childhood in New Mexico. His work is displayed around the world, including in the Heard Museum, the White House, and the Vatican. 

Additional featured artists include Lily Dickson, a legally blind artist and recent graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, and spoken word poet and blindness advocate Jeanetta Price of Texas.

"Please Touch the Art" is part of the Any Given Child program, a partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center. The program provides  arts experiences for every Tulsa Public Schools student in grades K-8. The Center for Creativity is the sixth grade partner, and its staff will welcome hundreds of students to TCC's metro campus during the run of the exhibition. 

The Center for Creativity is extremely grateful to our partners: the Tulsa Community College Foundation, the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges, Envision, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma School for the Blind, NewView Oklahoma, and Jeri’s House.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tulsa/please-touch-the-art-exhibition/200028736735513
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, nonprofit, fine-arts, literary-art, calendar, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 38

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Tulsa
- **state**: OK
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 910 S. Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States, Oklahoma 74119
- **lat**: 36.14778
- **long**: -95.98691
- **full address**: 910 S. Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States, Oklahoma 74119

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Please Touch the Art Exhibition being held?
  - **A:** Please Touch the Art Exhibition takes place on Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am to Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am at 910 S. Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States, Oklahoma 74119.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Please Touch the Art Exhibition?
  - **A:** Please Touch the Art Exhibition is organized by TCC McKeon Center for Creativity.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Please Touch the Art Exhibition is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Tulsa, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Please Touch the Art Exhibition sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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