Tulsa, Oklahoma

===Public art===
[[File:Woodward Park.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Cyrus Dallin]]'s [[Appeal to the Great Spirit]] in [[Woodward Park (Tulsa)|Woodward Park]]]]
Since 1969, public displays of artwork in Tulsa have been funded by one percent of its annual city budget.<ref name="Tulsa's Public Art" /> Each year, a sculpture from a local artist is installed along the Arkansas River trail system, while other sculptures stand at local parks, such as an enlarged version of [[Cyrus Dallin]]'s [[Appeal to the Great Spirit]] sculpture at [[Woodward Park (Tulsa)|Woodward Park]].<ref name="Tulsa's Public Art" /> At the entrance to Oral Roberts University stands a large statue of praying hands, which, at {{convert|60|ft|m}} high, is the largest bronze sculpture in the world.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/sights/sightstory.php?tip_AttrId=%3D11895 | title=World's Largest Praying Hands | publisher=Roadside America | access-date=May 11, 2007}}</ref> As a testament to the city's oil heritage, the {{convert|76|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Golden Driller]] guards the front entrance to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds.  Tulsa has a number of exhibits related to [[U.S. Route 66]], including The Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza, located next to the east entrance of the historic [[11th Street Bridge]]. The Plaza contains a giant sculpture weighing {{convert|20000|lb|kg}} and costing $1.178 million<ref>[http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/sculpture-dedicated-to-cyrus-avery "Sculpture dedicated to Cyrus Avery, the 'Father of Route 66'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714015403/http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/sculpture-dedicated-to-cyrus-avery |date=July 14, 2015 }}, KJRH. November 9, 2012. Accessed July 6, 2015.</ref> called "East Meets West" of the Avery family riding west in a Model T Ford meeting an eastbound horse-drawn carriage.<ref name="Barber">Barber, Brian (May 18, 2008), [http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/government/cyrus-avery-plaza-s-construction-nearly-finished/article_3456332a-f152-5fbf-b2ec-6c5bccd7eed6.html?mode=story "Cyrus Avery plaza's construction nearly finished"], ''Tulsa World''. Accessed July 6, 2015.</ref>  In 2020, Avery Plaza Southwest is scheduled to open, at the west end of the bridge, and should include replicas of three neon signs from Tulsa-area Route 66 motels from the era, being the Will Rogers Motor Court. Tulsa Auto Court, and the Oil Capital Motel.<ref>{{cite web | url=  https://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/it-s-a-big-part-of-our-history-city-should/article_d1cf1682-9115-5b96-8dd7-46a0ddd62d8b.html| title= It's a big part of our history: City should resurrect 11th Street bridge over Arkansas River, preservationists say | date= January 29, 2019 | publisher=Kevin Canfield, Tulsa World, January 30, 2019 | access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref>  Tulsa has also installed "Route 66 Rising," a {{Convert|70 by 30|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} sculpture on the road's eastern approach to town at East Admiral Place and Mingo Road.<ref>John Klein, "Landmark Rises on Route 66", Tulsa World, November 27, 2018.</ref>  In addition, Tulsa has constructed twenty-nine historical markers scattered along the {{Convert|26|mi|km|adj=on}} route of the highway through Tulsa, containing tourist-oriented stories, historical photos, and a map showing the location of historical sites and the other markers.<ref name="Signs" />  The markers are mostly along the highway's post-1932 alignment down 11th Street, with some along the road's 1926 path down Admiral Place.<ref name="Signs">{{cite web|url= https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/route66/sign-seeing-route-historical-markers-were-a-long-time-coming/article_a2ed21ce-bdab-57a5-b351-b16e7219105b.html | title= Sign seeing: Route 66 historical markers were 'a long time coming' | date= October 15, 2019 | publisher=Michael Overall, Tulsa World, October 15, 2019|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Golden Driller.jpg|thumb|upright|The iconic Golden Driller, built in 1953 for the 1953 [[International Petroleum Exposition]],<ref name="Golden Driller">{{cite web|url=http://www.bestoftulsa.com/landmarks/golden_driller.shtml |title=Tulsa Landmarks |publisher=Best of Tulsa |access-date=April 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427175226/http://bestoftulsa.com/landmarks/golden_driller.shtml |archive-date=April 27, 2007 }}</ref> now stands at the Tulsa County Fairgrounds.]]

The largest augmented reality mural in the world, "The Majestic", a {{Convert|15,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} work which adorns two sides of the Main Park Plaza at 410 S. Main downtown, was completed in October 2021.<ref name=Majestic>{{cite web|url= https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/watch-now-majestic-augmented-reality-mural-unveiled-in-downtown-tulsa-pushes-the-boundaries-of-public/article_2875fe42-2dd8-11ec-8711-57c9f6fb12d6.html |title=Watch Now: 'Majestic' augmented reality mural unveiled in downtown Tulsa, 'pushes the boundaries' of public art|date=October 19, 2021 |publisher= Tim Stanley, Tulsa World, October 19, 2021}}</ref>  The $230,000 project was created by Los Angeles-based artists Ryan "Yanoe" Sarfati and Eric "Zoueh" Skotnes.<ref name=Majestic/>  The mural becomes animated when viewed through a smartphone camera.<ref name=Majestic/>