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Philbrook Museum of Art is offering scholarships for Camp Philbrook 2026 to qualifying applicants based on financial need. Please complete individual scholarship forms for each child applying for Camp Philbrook. Scholarship(s) will be awarded and applicants contacted starting mid-April 2026.

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Meet the Teaching Artists

Amber Marie Deen

Amber Marie Deen is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, folk herbalist, and facilitator, residing in Muscogee Creek territory of Oklahoma. She is a practitioner of meditative and improvisational movement as a means to connect and explore our inner landscapes.

Her creative work focuses on the interconnectedness of all life and our sacred responsibility to honor the earth and future generations. Her post graduate site-specific performances and films have been witnessed in art galleries, museums, and choreography festivals. Her teaching practice is student-led, creating safe spaces for students to feel supported and inspired to follow their curiosity.

Amber has specialized training in Social Emotional Learning, Movement Pedagogy, Nature Mentorship, and Waldorf. She continues her education in somatics, embodiment, and trauma-informed practices by reading books and attending classes with other practitioners.

Amie Francis

Hobbiest in pottery since 2017. Love to hand build with a focus on whimsy and nature. In off time, can be found visiting friends in biological research labs or playing with cards.

Beth Henley

Elizabeth Henley is a painter and multimedia artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. While living and working in Tulsa, she also attended several schools, including studying Interior Design at Oklahoma State University. After several color theory and art classes, she realized her main passion was creating artwork through visual art. She began displaying her work publicly in 2015 but then refocused her pursuits to finding space in her local art scene for artists of color, specifically Black Artists in the Tulsa area. This desire to see inclusion and diversity in art led her to found and create Black Moon in 2018, an all-Black artist collective here in Tulsa focused on breaking standards, pushing innovation, and cultivating creativity among her local community. With the formation of Black Moon, Elizabeth and fellow artists have shown in several galleries and exhibitions throughout the Oklahoma area. Her goal is to grow and develop her skills as an artist, but to also show representation through diversity in her pieces.

Erica Zunigha

Erica Zunigha is a Certified Delaware Tribal Artisan specializing in Textiles. She began her journey of sewing and beading in high school and went on to make complicated projects such as prom dresses and her wedding gown. With her company, Crazy Turtle Designs, Erica currently makes Native Regalia and Native inspired contemporary clothes. She will be teaching a flat stitch beadwork class.

Gabriel Royal

Hello! My name is Gabriel Royal. I am a cellist, pianist, singer, visual artist, and educator! I have taught music and visual arts professionally since 2005. From OKC to NYC I have taught music, drawing, and voice lessons. This summer camp will be a great choice no matter your age!   

Harper Kitchens

Harper Kitchens is a poet, florist, and educator living in Oklahoma. Her creative work is rooted in close observation of the natural world and a deep respect for what is fleeting, handmade, and alive. She approaches artmaking as a thoughtful and playful practice that invites curiosity, care, and presence.

Through poetry, visual art, and hands-on making, Harper creates spaces where children are encouraged to explore materials, tell stories, and connect with nature and themselves. Her teaching centers imagination, sensory experience, and the joy of creative process, supporting young artists as they experiment, wonder, and discover their own voices.

Hunter O’Neal

Hunter is an educator and documentary filmmaker born and based in Oklahoma. Raised on local skate videos and storm chaser footage, his work treats Oklahoma as a primary hunting ground for stories that explore political, environmental, and personal themes. As a teacher, he creates spaces where young people can experiment, take creative risks, and begin to see their own lives, questions, and surroundings as worthy of documentation. He is guided by a belief in the personal and social power that emerges when kids are trusted as storytellers. He lives in Tulsa with his cat, Butterbean, and his dog, Pencil. He lives in Tulsa with his cat, Butterbean, and his dog, Pencil

Jamie Pierson

Jamie Pierson is a designer, artist, educator, and community organizer based in Tulsa, OK. Under the name Scraps Designs, she focuses on building community through play. Her work is interactive and participatory, taking the form of playscapes and installations made from cardboard and other common materials, often in shared or public spaces. You can learn more at www.heyscrapsdesigns.com.

Jes McCutchen

Jes McCutchen (she/her) is a Tulsa born artist and writer with three published novels and a children’s book she wrote and illustrated. She taught public education for seven years and has loved summer art camps since she was a kid. It is her belief that anyone with an ounce of curiosity can create.

Jiji Coul

My practice consists of surreal oil paintings that explore the cycles of creation and our connection to Mother Earth. Drawing from my African and Native ancestry to tell a story, my work dives into the science of nature, the body, and culture. Through this exploration, the art becomes a projection of activism for knowledge.

Kaci Burr

Kaci Burr is a multidisciplinary artist with a background in education. She prioritizes using found materials, both natural and recycled, in her pieces. She is most known for her work with insects. Kaci’s core belief is that everyone is inherently an artist and that art can be absolutely anything.

Katie Romano

Katie Romano is a Tulsa-based visual artist and photographer currently pursuing a BFA in Photography at the University of Tulsa. Her work explores identity, abstraction, and the ways we experience and inhabit space, with a strong interest in experimental and alternative photographic processes. Romano’s work has been awarded Best in Show by the University of Tulsa’s Stylus publication and has been featured in exhibitions at the McFarlin Library and Alexander Hogue Gallery. Katie is also the author of the photographic book A River Runs Through Tulsa.

In her teaching, Katie aims to create a supportive, hands-on environment where students can explore photography behind and beyond camera, experiment with materials, and learn through play. She believes making art together encourages collaboration, curiosity, and confidence; expressing ideas and cultivating unique creative voices both individually and as a part of a community.

Katy Bruce

Katy Bruce is a multidisciplinary visual artist and all-ages arts facilitator born and raised in Tulsa, OK. They draw inspiration from their community, personal connections, and self-expression. They are dedicated to teaching kindness and fostering creativity across all age groups. Through their work, Katy aims to enrich lives by encouraging artistic exploration and empathetic engagement.

Khara A O

Khara A O is a multidisciplinary artist whose work seamlessly blends creativity with sustainability through jewelry design, visual art and fashion design. She explores the intersection of identity, self-expression, and visual art through the lens of eco-consciousness. They transform discarded materials into thoughtful, one-of-a-kind pieces that challenge conventional notions of beauty and value.

Lauren ‘Rainbow’ Lunsford

Environmentalist, facepainter and multi personalities of fun, Miss Rainbow, works for nature and with nature. Her ever changing hair color is her favorite canvas. She makes Headpieces to all the seasons, writes poetry in the dark and is now feeling like a Mime! A Spectrum of creativity for all ages.

Liz Dueck

Liz Dueck is a Nature Artist, Art Educator & Trail Guide. She primarily works in oil painting; however, she also experiments with charcoal and natural materials. Her creative practices are all based on exploration and connection. From painting, teaching, and serving as a trail guide, Dueck’s passion lies in interchangeably connecting art, nature, and people together.

Dueck graduated with a BFA in Studio Art and Teaching Certification in Art from Oklahoma State University. She worked for OSU’s Art Department in her time there as a student as well as upon graduation as the Education Coordinator of the Prairie Arts Center. She now teaches art at the Tulsa Boys Home, leads monthly Art Hikes at the Keystone Ancient Forest, and paints either on site in various locations or in her home studio in the forests of Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

Maryalice Carroll

Maryalice Carroll is from Surf City, New Jersey. She received her BFA in Craft and Material Studies from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and MFA in Ceramics at the University of Arkansas. She has shown nationally including Studio Break Gallery, Chicago; Magic Sad Gallery, Oklahoma; MIXD Gallery, Arkansas; and Abington Art Center, Pennsylvania. She is also involved in a curatorial artist collective, Crust Bucket Collective, and has curated shows across the United States, Iceland, and online. Carroll currently lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Sierra Kramer

Sierra Kramer is an artist, educator, and creative visionary dedicated to weaving magic into the everyday. As a multimedia magician and founder of HoneyBee Schoolhouse, Sierra has created a haven where imagination and learning thrive, empowering young minds through art, play, and wonder.

Her artistic practice is rooted in storytelling, using multimedia techniques to transform ordinary experiences. Whether through laser-cut sculptures, reflective installations, or intricate collages inspired by nature, Sierra’s work invites both children and adults to see the world as a place of limitless potential.

Stephanie Trotman

Stephanie Trotman is an enthusiastic teaching artist and performer who is thrilled to be joining Camp Philbrook this summer. She has a deep love for the arts and a strong background in theatre, with experience in acting, singing, and dancing. Through performance and creative exploration, Stephanie has seen firsthand how the arts build confidence, encourage self-expression, and foster meaningful connections. She believes it is essential to expose children to the arts from a young age, as creativity helps young people develop imagination, empathy, and a sense of joy in learning. With a passion for collaboration and storytelling, Stephanie looks forward to inspiring campers to bring art to life through improvisation and creative expression in a supportive and engaging environment.

Taylor Painter-Wolfe

Taylor Painter-Wolfe is a fiber artist and arts educator from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute, where she majored in fiber art, and a Masters in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Washington. She previously taught with Tulsa Public Schools and worked for the Oklahoma State Department of Education. She is now a professor in the art department at Tulsa Community College and teaches workshops and camps to children and adults through arts organizations locally and regionally. When Taylor is not teaching, she is busy making her own fiber art. She specializes in making and dyeing felted wool that she uses to create abstract landscape wall hangings.

Terryce Boxley

Terryce is a north Tulsa native and is an artist that works in photography, beadwork and music. She seeks to deeply notice and amplify the beauty of this world.

Zadith Rodriguez

Zadith Rodriguez is a multidisciplinary Peruvian artist based in Tulsa whose work spans linocut printmaking, mural painting, and mosaic collage. Their practice is guided by a curiosity of how humans connect to nature, to one another, and to the stories that shape their identity.