The Kendall College of Arts & Sciences has nearly 350,000 square feet of labs, studios, classrooms, and collections to facilitate research and scholarship. From examining our fossil collections to analyzing the effects of trauma on sleep, our students and faculty work together to ask tough questions and seek creative answers in a supportive learning environment.
Arts & Sciences Facilities
101 Archer
101 Archer is The University of Tulsa’s arts and culture hub in the center of the Tulsa Arts District. This four-story building is home to several UTulsa programs including the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, Tulsa Mayfest, Switchyard, Kendall College of Arts & Sciences Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Management program. The first floor galleries feature a variety of public programs and exhibitions produced by Oklahoma Center for the Humanities among others.
Creative Arts Studios and Gallery
The School of Art, Design & Art History features state-of-the-art labs and studio spaces in a historic building at the center of campus. Drawing, painting, printmaking, and digital studios allow students to engage with a wide range of media. With the largest kiln in the state of Oklahoma, studios in ceramics and sculpture, and a partnership with Fab Lab Tulsa, students in the School of Art can create anything they can imagine. The School of Art, Design & Art History is also home to the Alexandre Hogue Gallery, where students, faculty, and visiting artists regularity show their work.
Media Lab
The UTulsa Media Lab is a student-driven media collaborative that is home to TUTV, a television studio that produces weekly programming, and Studio 151, a podcast studio that produces series on a wide range of topics. The UTulsa Media Lab’s helps the university and Tulsa communities explore creative ideas with media, and all students are welcome to participate.
Lorton Performance Center
Home to the School of Music, the Lorton Performance Center offers students the opportunity to participate in an exciting and varied season of concerts and operas housed in first-rate facilities that rank with the best in the southwest.
Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum
The Helmerich Center for American Research houses the Gilcrease Museum library and archive, which contains more than 100,000 rare books, documents, maps, and unpublished works. The collection includes a vast archive of printed documents dating back to the time of Columbus that detail the Spanish arrival in the Americas, as well as the New England colonies, Westward expansion, and the experiences of America’s native peoples.
Helen N. Wallace Writing Center
The Helen N. Wallace Writing Center offers one-on-one assistance with writing projects to all UTulsa students. Students may bring in assignments from any class as well as personal writing projects like resumes.
Writing consultants can help students at any stage of writing: formulating ideas, developing and organizing a draft, editing a near final version, or anything in between. During a session, a writing consultant will help students identify weaknesses in their writing and find ways to strengthen their rhetorical choice.
The Helen N. Wallace Writing Center is located in McFarlin Library. Appointments are recommended and can be made online or by calling 918-631-3131.