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<blockquote data-quote="jdagreek" data-source="post: 2087267" data-attributes="member: 14916">You just don&#039;t get it.&nbsp; This isn&#039;t about art being taught in schools.&nbsp; It is about the Arts Council.&nbsp; For whatever reason you simply believe that the Oklahoma Arts Council is the beginning and end of Arts being taught in our schools.&nbsp; That simply isn&#039;t the case.&nbsp; I am an artist myself.&nbsp;&nbsp; My wife is an artist as she does oils and watercolors as well as being a women&#039;s clothing designer. I have been creating and teaching pottery for years as a hobby.&nbsp; I have done copper art for years.&nbsp; I was in the band during my public school years as well.&nbsp; I also have a doctorate in a field of science.&nbsp; The Oklahoma Arts Council had absolutely not a single thing to do with either me or my wife&#039;s arts endeavors.&nbsp;&nbsp; She is part owner [along with about 30 other women] of an Art Gallery in OKC.&nbsp; The Oklahoma Arts Council had not a single thing to do with any of this.&nbsp; I am personal friends with Betty Price and have had these debates with her over the last 40 years.&nbsp; Betty Price and her supporters are good people with good intentions, but the majority of my friends and I simply disagree on their value.Look, Oklahoma City and Tulsa can support their own public arts projects and I think that is wonderful and the way it is supposed to be.&nbsp; But the idea of the Oklahoma Arts Council doing the art education in the Oklahoma Public School system is a joke.That $4,000,000 would be better spent in our public schools than on an Arts Council run by a bunch of old foggy women who are out of touch with reality.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdagreek, post: 2087267, member: 14916"] You just don't get it. This isn't about art being taught in schools. It is about the Arts Council. For whatever reason you simply believe that the Oklahoma Arts Council is the beginning and end of Arts being taught in our schools. That simply isn't the case. I am an artist myself. My wife is an artist as she does oils and watercolors as well as being a women's clothing designer. I have been creating and teaching pottery for years as a hobby. I have done copper art for years. I was in the band during my public school years as well. I also have a doctorate in a field of science. The Oklahoma Arts Council had absolutely not a single thing to do with either me or my wife's arts endeavors. She is part owner [along with about 30 other women] of an Art Gallery in OKC. The Oklahoma Arts Council had not a single thing to do with any of this. I am personal friends with Betty Price and have had these debates with her over the last 40 years. Betty Price and her supporters are good people with good intentions, but the majority of my friends and I simply disagree on their value. Look, Oklahoma City and Tulsa can support their own public arts projects and I think that is wonderful and the way it is supposed to be. But the idea of the Oklahoma Arts Council doing the art education in the Oklahoma Public School system is a joke. That $4,000,000 would be better spent in our public schools than on an Arts Council run by a bunch of old foggy women who are out of touch with reality. [/QUOTE]

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