Tvlse Studios

05/18/2026

Join us for a Copper Cuff Making Workshop with artist Amanda Rutland on Friday, June 20th from 12–2 PM at Four Mothers Collective. Participants will learn the basics of shaping, hammering, and texturing copper to create their own handmade cuff bracelet to take home.

This workshop is open to all skill levels and is a great opportunity to spend time creating in community while learning a new skill. All materials will be provided.

RSVP encouraged as space is limited. Donations accepted. Once the workshop is full, a waitlist will be available.

Sign up at www.fourmotherscollective.org

05/17/2026

I was able to attend the artist talk with and led by this afternoon at . I loved hearing them speak about their practices and getting to spend time with their work again.

It means a lot to walk into a space like Philbrook and see work by Native women artists in main areas of the museum. Representation like that matters so much, not just to me, but to our younger generations and communities too. Our kids get to walk into these huge institutions and see themselves there. They get to dream bigger because they know there is space for us too.

If you haven’t been yet, you should definitely take the time to go see their work while it’s up.

05/12/2026

Tulsa’s proposed Route 66 “Unifier” designs prompted discussion Monday afternoon at the Tulsa Arts Commission meeting around Native inclusion, representation, and community input in public art.

The four Unifiers, basically large Route 66 signs, are a donation from the Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission and spearheaded by Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell’s office. They were designed by Hampton Creative, a Tulsa-based design firm selected by the state. The locations were referred to as East Side, Meadow Gold, Main Street, and Kendall Whittier.

Commissioner Yatika Starr Fields (Cherokee, Mvskoke (Creek) and Osage) raised concerns that the designs, particularly Meadow Gold, do not reflect the Indigenous communities Tulsa represents, a city that sits atop the Muscogee, Cherokee, and Osage reservations. He said something as simple as an eagle feather could reflect the many Tribal nations represented within Tulsa.

Ashanti Chaplin, the City of Tulsa’s Director of the Office of Public Art & Community Partnerships, noted the project did not allow for much input from the city in the design process.

During the discussion, Commissioner Sara Phoenix said ALL of the signs should include Indigenous imagery, as they will all be installed on Muscogee reservation land.

Commissioner Holbrook Lawson ultimately made a motion acknowledging they had reviewed the art designs and recommending they be more inclusive of the Indigenous communities Tulsa represents.

The motion received all ayes.

Whether the state and design firm will incorporate those recommendations remains to be seen.

05/10/2026

Indigenous motherhood is carrying forward the knowledge, love, and strength of those who came before us and passing it on to those who will come after us. Long before we were born, we were already connected to our grandmothers. The seeds of our lives were carried within our mothers while they were still in the wombs of our grandmothers, connecting generations before we ever entered this world.

Today we honor not only mothers, but also our grandmothers, aunties, matriarchs, and all matrilineal figures who guide, protect, teach, and care for our communities. We honor those who were once here, those who are still here, and those who will help guide future generations. Their stories, teachings, and love continue on within us.

Happy Mother’s Day. We hope you celebrate, rest, honor, and care for yourself in whatever way feels best to you.

05/08/2026

05/07/2026

Meet the Artist: Jessi Sands (Mvskoke, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Taino)

We’re honored to feature the work of Jessi Sands in Ripple in Traditions, a traveling exhibition curated by Four Mothers Collective.

Jessi is a q***r Mvskoke, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Taino multidisciplinary artist. They use mediums such as painting, ceramics, print making, and mixed media to explore how the intersectionality of their multiracial identity and relationship with nature influences their roles as an Indigenous parent, q***r person, and land steward. Jessi grew up in Oklahoma on the Cherokee reservation and lives on their Mvskoke reservation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They received their Associates of Arts Degree from Tulsa Community College. They received their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Art with primary focuses in Ceramics and Oil Painting with minors in American Indian Studies, Pre-Art Therapy, and Art History from Oklahoma State University.

Currently, Jessi is Ecotherapy certified and working towards receiving their MA in Art Therapy/Counseling with Trauma-focused and Human Sexuality certifications from Southwestern College and New Earth Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jessi was a part of, Bright City: Cultural Confluence, a year-long public art exhibition with seven other Indigenous artists from Oklahoma displayed in Macon, Georgia. Worked with The Four Mothers Collective to co-curate From the Heart: Expressions of Indigenous Joy exhibition. Jessi continues their studio practice and looks forward to cultivating spaces for healing and reconnecting to the land with tribal communities as an Art Therapist.

Jessi’s works, It Takes Three Generations, Ecke (Mother), Endless Warmth, and Lanē (the Growing Season), featured in Ripple in Traditions, reflect intergenerational healing, parenthood, and the passing of knowledge through land, family, and time.

You can view Jessi’s work as part of Ripple in Traditions, now on view at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum in Wichita, Kansas through June 7th.

Learn more: www.fourmotherscollective.org/ripple

05/06/2026

Meet the Artist: Kalyn Fay Barnoski (b. 1990, Cherokee Nation enrollee, Muscogee Creek descent)

We’re honored to feature the work of Kalyn Fay Barnoski in Ripple in Traditions, a traveling exhibition curated by Four Mothers Collective.

Kalyn is an interdisciplinary artist, musician, curator, and educator from Oklahoma. Centering Indigenous and decolonial methodologies, their work focuses on self-location, community-building, collaboration, and empathy through the use of music, publication, storytelling, and contemporary craft. In every endeavor, they see their practice as a way to find the ways in which we all intersect and to build bridges of understanding between. Their practice is “for you, for me, for us, for we.”

Kalyn Fay Barnoski holds an M.F.A. from University of Arkansas (2021), an M.A. from The University of Tulsa (2016), and a B.F.A. from Rogers State University (2012). Kalyn has worked with Peabody Essex Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Gilcrease Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The Momentary, Eiteljorg Museum, along with others, and performed, exhibited, and facilitated workshops both nationally and internationally.

Kalyn's piece, ᎢᏳᏊᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗ / ᎾᎿᎯᎸᏢ (Sometime / Somewhere), featured in Ripple in Traditions, is a canvas weaving created with acrylic and spray paint.

You can view Kalyn’s work as part of Ripple in Traditions, now on view at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum in Wichita, Kansas through June 7th.

Learn more: www.fourmotherscollective.org/ripple

05/05/2026

Open Call for Artists!!

Brave: The Strength of Soft Masculinity
Presented by Four Mothers Collective

We are now accepting submissions for our 2026 annual exhibition, curated by Hank Cooper (Cherokee Nation).

This year’s exhibition explores soft masculinity through Indigenous perspectives. In a time shaped by patriarchal power and violence, this show asks how masculinity can be redefined through the lens of Tribal and matrilineal communities.

We are looking for work that challenges dominant ideas of masculinity and centers vulnerability, emotion, care, role sharing, q***rness, and connection to community. In many Southeastern Tribal Nations, masculinity is grounded in responsibility to serve and support others. This exhibition creates space for those understandings to be seen and shared.

Open to Indigenous women and q***r Indigenous / Two-Spirit artists living in Oklahoma
All mediums welcome
All experience levels welcome

Location: Positive Space Gallery
Dates: November–December 2026
Opening: TBA

Deadline to submit: June 18th, 2026
Apply here or at link in bio: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1bE-I7H-mbKKHKsfNvSUcqmTpzzSaBc8AWDO2vaeSqvLRIQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=117476044268456848136
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05/05/2026

Today we remember our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Relatives.

Native women face some of the highest rates of violence in the country.
More than 4 in 5 will experience violence in their lifetime.
In some areas, they are killed at rates over 10x the national average.

These are our mothers, daughters, aunties, cousins, relatives, and friends. We continue to pray for them, for their families, and for justice.

If you are experiencing domestic violence, please know there is a way out. You are not alone. Please reach out for help.

Strong Hearts Native Helpline: https://strongheartshelpline.org

04/29/2026

🌟Night of Celebration🌟

Mvskoke Matriarchy: Women of Our Nation
May 7, 2026 from 7 pm to 9 pm CST

Join us in celebrating the matriarchs of our past, present, and future through the matrilineal lineage of The Muscogee Nation!