Galleries galore

Openings at this month’s First Friday Art Crawl

This July 7, Brady Arts District’s First Friday Art Crawl is the balance you need after a mid-week revel in loud fireworks, jorts, and cheap beer. Per usual, several galleries are hosting openings, while other standbys have continuing exhibitions. In the performing/performance art category, make sure to check out Club Majestic’s “Hoe You Think You Can Dance” dance competition. But whatever art you stumble upon, thank the lucky stars you can fish in the crick one weekend, and ponder existentialism via fermenting sculptures the next.

AHHA | 101 E. Archer St.

Abstract Nature
This exhibit features a series of works by Blake Conroy that subtly address his concerns regarding the environment. Conroy’s intricate nature images are made by cutting holes and forms in paper and metal.

Dermis
Dermis is a series created by digital artist Waad Almujalli that examines the creation of the alter ego. Almujalli’s work is made up of computer-generated stills that explore self-discovery and the nature of emotions and how they shape her reality.

Brady Artists Studio | 23 E. MB Brady St.

Clay artists at Brady Artists Studio will be hosting a series of handbuilding and wheel throwing demonstrations and a pottery exhibition.

Club Majestic | 124 N. Boston Ave.

Hoe You Think You Can Dance!

A dance competition at Brady Arts Districts favorite LGBT-friendly dance club known for their drag shows, DJs, and outdoor patio

Living Arts of Tulsa | 307 E. MB Brady St.

Sense-Vessel: Stimulating Porous Experience
This show, featuring the work of Tim Brown and S.E. Nash, is the  curatorial debut of the gallery’s new artistic director, Jessica Borusky. On opening night, Nash will make a fermented Kraut-chi in a culinary performance, and Tim Brown will give an artist talk on his sculpture and installation exploring the intersection of light
and space.

Wabi Sabi
Taro Takizawa’s work focuses on prints, drawings, and large-scale vinyl wall installations that recall printmaking methods with repetitive, meandering, engulfing patterns.

Mainline Art Bar | 111 N. Main St.

Revealing Patterns
Artist Carrie Dickason explores color, pattern, space, and movement through abstract, meditative drawings composed of Mylar slide masking tape on vinyl and ink, tape, acrylic, and foam on paper and board.

TAC Gallery | 9 E. MB Brady St.

Ships Passing in the Night
Built loosely around the concept of missed connections, “Ships Passing in the Night” is a mixed-media art installation by Megan Mosholder that uses light, sound, and moving images to isolate the audience from one another and outside distractions.

Tulsa Glassblowing School | 19 E. MB Brady St.

Glassblowing demonstration by Jon Bolivar.

Zarrow Center | 124 E. MB Brady St.

Stitch: Beyond Function
An exhibition of artists that use stitching as a means of expression.