Visual Arts Center Coming 2011 - Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa

Visual Arts Center

the project

For nearly fifty years the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa has taken the arts into classrooms and social service agencies throughout the Tulsa area. Currently, more than 127,000 youth and adults annually have access to the arts through our programming. Over the years, we have impacted the lives of millions who otherwise would not have had exposure to the arts. This has happened from the beginning because of a rich community of dedicated artists.

Our history as the arts education leader in Tulsa positions us during the next fifty years to impact the lives of millions who remain unreached. To meet this responsibility we are building the Visual Arts Center. We have formed a partnership with the City of Tulsa and entered into a 99-year lease for the Mathews Warehouse. The Warehouse is located at 100 E Brady, which is at the center of the vibrant and growing Brady Arts District in downtown Tulsa. It is a few blocks from the new ONEOK Field, Cain's Ballroom and the planned John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation.

The VAC will also be a commutable distance from the neighborhoods most lacking in arts availability. Our arts education programs currently take place at area schools, social service agencies, parks, hospitals, or anywhere agencies request our programs. With the Visual Arts Center, we will have a home for our programs where participating youth and adults will be able to use our classrooms and galleries to further develop skills and creative expression. Artists will be the foundation for programs at the VAC that will reach youth and adults who do not have access to the arts.

AHCT Program Locations

The total project cost is $18.3 million and includes renovation, equipment and program funds. When completed in 2011 it will be an arts hub for every person in Tulsa; a central place where creativity and dreams thrive; and a place where persons of any race, class or culture are welcome to express themselves.