After Hours with Center for Queer Prairie Studies

Keep the night going at the official Tulsa Artist Fellowship First Friday afterparty hosted by the Center for Queer Prairie Studies (CQPS). Gather, drink, and connect while curated video works recreate a popular gay video bar concept, Musical Mondays. From campy showtunes and classic Broadway moments to iconic queer television and film clips, GAY BAR links queer histories to queer presents and futures, showing how memory, community, and identity intertwine in the queer prairie landscape. More than a screening, it’s a social space — part bar, part archive, part celebration — honoring the resilience and creativity of queer life on the prairie.

The Center for Queer Prairie Studies (CQPS) imagines an age-old institution, one that has done the work of archiving and exhibiting art by 2SLGBTQ+ folks from the prairie region of the United States, which extends from eastern Montana to the prairie wetlands of Minnesota, and down through the eastern parts of the mountain states all the way to north Texas. Karl Jones conjured CQPS into existence through his work as a Tulsa Artist Fellow.

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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