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    • Artists who currently live within the Tulsa city limits, have resided within the Tulsa city limits for at least one year and will retain residency within the Tulsa city limits for the duration of the grant period (*To verify your address is within Tulsa city limits, use the City of Tulsa Zoning map here. If you have additional questions or need assistance with verification, contact Jessica Sisemore at jsisemore@tulsacf.org.)

    • Individual practicing artists and creatives

    • A group of creatives may apply with a lead artist/creative who serves as the primary applicant and key contact

    • Artists and creatives with an active and current practice creating work in dance, theater, music, spoken word, performance art, traditional and folk arts, visual art (2D and 3D), film, literary arts, and/or any multi-disciplinary combination of the above

    • Artists and creatives whose proposed projects take place in the city of Tulsa and include at least one public-facing event for Tulsa audiences during the grant period 

    • Lead artists who are able to commit to the cohort-based in-person professional development sessions from 6-8:30PM on the following Tuesday evenings:

      • 9/29/2026

      • 10/27/2026

      • 11/24/2026

      • 1/26/2027

      • 2/23/2027

      • 3/30/2027

      • 4/27/2027

    • Individuals at least 21 years of age at the time of application

    • U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or those with non-resident status

    • Artists living outside of the Tulsa city limits 

    • Organizations and full-time students 

    • Previous ACF recipients

    • Current Tulsa Artist Fellows

    • Artists who have held a Tulsa Artist Fellowship within the past three years (Must have ended fellowship no later than June 15, 2023)

    • Entrepreneurs participating in the Build in Tulsa programming

    • Individuals who receive a W2 from George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) or Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF)

    • Individuals who receive a W2 from the following GKFF entities: 918 Security, LLC; ADPM, LLC; American Song Archives, LLC – Woody Guthrie Center and Bob Dylan Center; Atlas School, LLC; Build in Tulsa (BIT), LLC; GGP Parks, LLC (Includes Gathering Place, Guthrie Green, Fly Loft, and Low-Down employees); GKFF BEST, LLC (BEST – Birth Through Eight Strategies); InTulsa Initiative, LLC (Includes Tulsa For You, Tulsa Service Year, Campus Tulsa, Experience Tulsa); InvestNorth, LLC; Tulsa Artist Fellowship, LLC; Tulsa Innovation Labs, LLC; Tulsa Local Ventures, LLC; Tulsa Remote, LLC

    • Individuals who receive a W2 from the following TCF entities/funds: 501 Technet, LLC; FC Tulsa Foundation, LLC; FW Community, LLC; Housing Forward Oklahoma, LLC; JusticeLink, LLC; Northside Neighbors, LLC; Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative, LLC; OKPOP Foundation Fund; Outdoor Classroom, LLC; Phoenix Development Council Tulsa, LLC; ProsperOK Fund; ProsperOK Initiative, LLC; Take Control Initiative LLC; The Greenwood Road to Repair, LLC; The OPP Project LLC; Tulsa Higher Education Consortium LLC; Tulsa Immigrant Development Corporation, LLC (doing business as Eastside Rise); Tulsa Jewish Community Fund; Tulsa Responds, LLC

    • Individuals who receive a W2 from Oklahoma Watch INC or Arts Alliance Tulsa INC

      *For eligibility questions specific to W2s, please contact Jessica Sisemore. For all other eligibility questions, contact Lisa Marie Evans.

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