Doorways to Hope is a public art installation at the Elgin Underpass (300-400 N. Elgin Avenue) on The Pathway to Hope Public Art Trail along Interstate 244. Commissioned by the Oklahoma Arts Council Art in Public Places and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and led by artists Marlon F. Hall and Gordon Huether, Doorways to Hope pays tribute to the historical significance of Greenwood while boasting pride in the present and expressing confidence in its future. Tulsa is not a graveyard. Tulsa is a garden. And the descendants of those who survived 1921 are its living fruit.

“Doorways to Hope” honors Greenwood's history by celebrating 20 present-day North Tulsa community members who inspire the future. Each reclaimed door tells a story and serves as a portal to QR code-led narratives and stylized portraits of often-overlooked North Tulsans. Rooted in deep engagement with Tulsa's Black community, the installation features ethnographic films directed by Marlon F. Hall, referred to as “visual poems,” along with audio narratives that allow honorees to share their stories and hopes in their own words.

Located beneath Highway 244—a structure that, since 1975, has physically divided and economically disrupted the Greenwood District—we activated the underpass walls with art, memory, and truth. Through storytelling, we transformed a symbol of division into a vessel of wholeness.