By Fox23.com News Staff
TULSA, Okla. — The North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative (NTEDi) unveiled a new piece of artwork that shows a bit of the history of north Tulsa.
The public art installation is a vintage phone booth that will stand as a permanent community art landmark located near Stutts House of Bar-B-Que on Apache Street.
The piece was created by Tulsa artists Anecia and A’Toni Fowlkes that tells the history of the area.
“For me, it kind of shows resilience,” said A’Toni Fowlkes, one of the artists. “Part of the history of the painting was the Tulsa Race Riots (Race Massacre); some of the business that were destroyed during that time and to show how north Tulsa rebuilt. North Tulsa has a stereotype for being bad, but it’s a lot of things happening in the background and the community that people don’t see.”
“It help me understand a little bit about the history of north Tulsa and the current businesses and things going on in the community, because I’m a little bit unaware, but it gave me a little bit of insight on north Tulsa and the business NTEDi I was contracted with.” she said.
A’Toni Fowlkes hopes that through her piece, it will help people unfamiliar with the area look past the stereotype people have of it.
“I want them to see the beauty of north Tulsa.” she said.
