Queen Bess Centennial Aviation Arts Festival
a Public Awareness Campaign of the Advanced Air Mobility Institute
Vision
STEAM Education
Workforce Development
Workforce Development
Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math excellence while also acknowledging the value of the Arts in Inspiring the Next Generation
Workforce Development
Workforce Development
Workforce Development
By introducing young people to Aviation through more familiar, accessible mediums, we hope to assure them that Aviation is for Everyone
Community Impact
Workforce Development
Community Impact
When families take time to learn local history together and honor early pioneers, the whole City can Celebrate Bold Ideas
Our Sponsors
Wednesday, April 29th @ Circle Cinema
6:45pm Centennial Film
Screening of 'Flying Ace' from 1926
A Norman Studios film whose leading female character
is modeled after the real life Bessie Coleman
Circle Cinema Tulsa
Thursday, April 30th @ Langston Tulsa Rm 157
9am Mayor's Proclamation
Local dignitaries will announce 4/30 officially as
BESSIE COLEMAN DAY
Live Musical Performance
by the Langston Choir
10am Launch Tulsa Tuskegee Airmen
Additional Launch of Tulsa Squadron of
Youth Aviation Adventure
10:30am Aviation STEAM Panel
Hear how the Arts can inspire Innovation
- James Spencer Jr., OSU Launchpad
- Nicholas Williams, Urban Aviators Society
- Victoria Natalie, OAIRE
- Sharryn Dotson, American Airlines
11:45am Historic Greenwood Avenue
Local Food Trucks
run by Langston Alumni
Seafood: Cajun Boil Tulsa
BBQ: Hill Valley Smokehouse
1pm Emerging Aviation Tech Panel
Hear about the Future of Flight
- Yemaya Bordain, AAM Institute
- Doug Wood, AAM Lead for ODAA
- Tori Burris, Tulsa Innovation Labs
- Carlo Tiana, Collins Aerospace
2:15pm Documentary Film
"Discovering Bessie Coleman"
by American Airlines Captain Beth Powell
+ Original Poetry Reading
3pm Fireside Chat
Moderated by American Airlines
Featuring Descendants of Bessie Coleman
as Guests of Honor:
Dr. Jilda Motley, Leisa Stallworth, Sylvia Stallworth, and June Ellis
4:15pm Book Signings
Donyel Stallworth, Beth Powell, & Louisa Jaggar
and Original Poster Art Signings too!
5:30pm Theater Play
Greatest Stories Never Told will be performing an original, interactive theater play about the life of Bessie Coleman
Langston Tulsa Primary Lecture Hall (Rm 157)