Daniel Gulick, host of the Tulsa Art Hunt, looks through donated coats at Colour Studios Tattoo. This year’s hunt benefits Matriarch, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to Indigenous women and children.
Daniel Gulick says this likely will be the final year for him to host the Tulsa Art Hunt.
Some of this artwork by Daniel Gulick will be part of the 11th annual Tulsa Art Hunt.
For Tulsa artist Daniel Gulick, the important part of the annual Art Hunt he hosts isn’t the hunt, but the help he hopes to provide.
Each December since 2010, Gulick has hidden about a dozen or so of his original works of art at various locations around the city, posting a series of clues to those locations on a special Facebook page.
And, each year, the hunt has attracted as many as 1,000 participants, scurrying around town in search of these treasures.
“It’s really become this big thing,” Gulick said. “People really get into this, to the point that sometimes I have people following me, trying to figure out where I might be hiding some of the objects.”
But the purpose of the Art Hunt is more than fun and games. Each year, Gulick uses the event to raise awareness of, and collect donations for, a local nonprofit organization, which in years past have included Animal Aid and Youth Services of Tulsa.
This year, the Art Hunt will benefit Matriarch, a nonprofit organization founded in 2015 that promotes the social welfare of Native women through education, community building and direct services to create positive change within Indigenous communities.
“I posted on Facebook, asking people to suggest organizations that we could help, and someone suggested Matriarch, which I knew nothing about,” Gulick said. “I reached out to them, and learned that they are doing some amazing things for Native women and children.”
