Amir Saadiq

An enlightening weekend to say the least I Love Boosters was a masterclass as expected 🤌🏾 And to have gained insight into Boot’s process even a little was pleasure. Go see @iloveboostersmovie May 22 and… brace yourself.. thank you @bootsriley for challenging us to move with your art, truly to coolest!

Highlights from this weekend. Check out Boots Riley's 'I Love Boosters' when it is released on May 22nd.  It was a pleasure meeting him.  I am also a fan of his film 'Sorry to Bother You' and his series "I'm a Virgo' @bootsriley A shout-out to all the creatives that gathered this weekend ❤️ #bootsriley #iloveboosters #tulsa #kaluplinzy #artists

Amir, congratulations on an extraordinary exhibition. Seeing your film within that space was genuinely breathtaking — the way it resonated with the installation felt almost fated, as though it had been made precisely for that moment, that room, that conversation. The kind of alignment you simply cannot manufacture. From Howard to UCSD to Tulsa, and now this — you are living proof that the leap is always worth it. What you’ve built, and the courage it took to build it, is inspiring. I’m so grateful I got to witness this chapter before it closed. The horizon ahead of you is wide open. Can’t wait to see what you do next. 🙏🏽🤍 Blessings, Lisa

The Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts & Culture is proud to sponsor a Weekend with Boots Riley in Tulsa, presented by @dreamlandtulsa and @tulsafilmcollective . Filmmaker and musician @bootsriley will be in Tulsa for an unforgettable weekend, including the Oklahoma premiere of his newest feature film, I LOVE BOOSTERS, a post-film conversation moderated by @sterlinharjo (Reservation Dogs, The Lowdown), and a student filmmaking forum. ✨ Weekend Highlights: 🎤From Oakland to Greenwood: Radical Cinema and Black Cultural Imagination 🗓 Friday, May 8 | 7:00 p.m. 📍 Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship A powerful panel moderated by Dr. Tiffany Barber, featuring Boots Riley, Dreamland Theater founder Kolby Ari, Artist/Tulsa Artist Fellow Amir Saadiq, and filmmaker Adrian Burrell, exploring how artists and cultural spaces shape community and collective possibility. 🎥 I LOVE BOOSTERS – Screening & Conversation 🗓 Saturday, May 9 | 7:00 p.m. 📍 Eton Square Cinema Post-film conversation with Boots Riley and Sterlin Harjo Free with RSVP | Suggested donation $19.21+ supporting Dreamland 🎓 Student Filmmaking Forum with Boots Riley 🗓 Saturday, May 9 | 2:00 p.m. 📍 OSU–Tulsa Helmerich Research Center Join us for a weekend celebrating bold storytelling, radical imagination, and the transformative power of film. 🎞️✨ More information available at: /

Friday at Show LA! 2 more days! Come visit the CPA booth and see Georgina Reskala’s beautiful work this Saturday and Sunday! It’s too hot in LA to be outside anyway! @centerphotographicart @reskala @show.l.a #centerforphotographicart #showla #losangeles #photofair

Honestly just appreciative for the journey.

“The Recompense for the Righteous” is on view @saintjosephsartsfoundation until March 27th. So appreciative of all of artists in this exhibition. And a huge thank you for everyone involved. @meghan_zzz for facilitating the artist talk and writing such a fabulous essay (stay tuned). And of course @martinjaystrickland for everything. It’s been a dream come true.

With the announcement of our 2026–2028 awardee cohort, a new chapter begins. Press highlights are already capturing the range and resonance of these artists’ practices — work that spans disciplines, communities, and ways of seeing. We look forward to the dialogue ahead. Swipe to read more.

📣 These men might think they’re living their greatest fantasy by photographing me naked in my bedroom, but in reality, I’m living mine - to write myself into the canon of photography as a queer artist of color. 📣 It’s pleasure to share pics from a long, full and fun week in San Francisco for an exhibition @saintjosephsartsfoundation . Thank you @ohhh_so_sirius for believing in my art and putting me in this show. Thanks @martinjaystrickland for all your work toward making this come together. Thank you @meghan_zzz for flying from New York to moderate the artist talk! Thank you to the participating artists who put their hearts and souls into what they do. Thanks to everyone who crouched into my cabinet. And thanks to the 100 people who came to see us on stage?!?! Finding bursts of joy right now is hard, but it’s there, and necessary. “The Recompense for the Righteous” is a group exhibition curated by Oakland- and Cleveland-based artist and educator Charles Lee. It features photography, performance, sculpture, video, and installation works by a majority of Bay Area artists whose practices affirm the inherent right to experience pleasure, presence, and self-determination—particularly for those whose bodies and identities have been historically judged or marginalized by societal norms. The exhibition responds to cultural and religious narratives that suggest joy must be deferred, earned, or denied altogether. In contrast, these artists reclaim pleasure as a vital and immediate part of being alive. Their works challenge unrealistic expectations around beauty, gender, and belonging—pressures that are only heightened today by social media, facial filters, and AI-generated images that distort perceptions of self and others. Up through March! Go ♥️🕯️

Next week, meet the incoming 2026-2028 cohort at Tulsa Artist Fellowship! ✨ Now in its eleventh year, Tulsa Artist Fellowship—founded in 2015 by GKFF—is a place-based, durational award supporting visionary arts practitioners who choose to live and work in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This year’s cohort includes ten artists and arts workers whose practices span visual art, film, writing, sound, and performance. Their work is rigorous, publicly engaged, and deeply responsive to place—positioning Tulsa as a hub for ambitious, cross-disciplinary practice and national creative exchange. Our guiding belief at Tulsa Artist Fellowship: Artists rooted in community can catalyze cultural citizenship, civic vitality, and transform a regional arts ecosystem. Swipe to learn more about the Fellowship, and stay tuned for the announcement on January 27. We can’t wait to introduce our new awardees.

Walking into ‘26 a better version of myself. Forever grateful for those real ones surrounding me. Thanks to everyone that came out to our events @saintjosephsartsfoundation this week and weekend. Thank you to all the wonderful artists. Thank you @martinjaystrickland for offering a space for true experimentation and collaboration, what others claim to do you are doing. My heart is full. Here’s to remembering the light is YOU.

@saintjosephsartsfoundation January 22nd - March 27th Artist Talk and Gathering January 24th @2pm w/ @meghan_zzz I’m excited to announce and exhibition I’ve been working on closely with all of these incredible artists and @martinjaystrickland for the past year. It’s amazing to see it all come to fruition. I can’t wait to share the vision with all of you. Come through!