Comments on: Folk Space http://renegadebusdallas.com/2009/11/23/folk-space/ Culture and the curious in Dallas, Texas Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:21:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: James Michael Starr http://renegadebusdallas.com/2009/11/23/folk-space/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 James Michael Starr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:25:52 +0000 http://renegadebusdallas.com/?p=3657#comment-2573 San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts director Howard Taylor gave me my first solo museum exhibition earlier this year, and that experience made me realize he's a major factor in creating the kind of atmosphere you describe. He is not only providing an inspiring gathering place for his community and showing them the kind of art they're already comfortable with, but also easing them along by showing art, like mine, with which they may not be as comfortable. In the end, he will have helped make San Angelo into a respectable Southwestern cultural center in its own right. More museums and other cultural venues, in both large and smaller cities, could learn a lot from Howard. San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts director Howard Taylor gave me my first solo museum exhibition earlier this year, and that experience made me realize he’s a major factor in creating the kind of atmosphere you describe. He is not only providing an inspiring gathering place for his community and showing them the kind of art they’re already comfortable with, but also easing them along by showing art, like mine, with which they may not be as comfortable. In the end, he will have helped make San Angelo into a respectable Southwestern cultural center in its own right. More museums and other cultural venues, in both large and smaller cities, could learn a lot from Howard.

]]> By: Carl http://renegadebusdallas.com/2009/11/23/folk-space/comment-page-1/#comment-2572 Carl Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:23:58 +0000 http://renegadebusdallas.com/?p=3657#comment-2572 These comments make me think of the little art gallery in the front of the Farmers Branch Library. It's a great little art space that is extremely accessible to and embedded in the local community. It's always nice to circulate through whatever is showing on one's way in or out of the library. One needn't go out of one's way - the art beckons. http://www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us/play/manske-library These comments make me think of the little art gallery in the front of the Farmers Branch Library. It’s a great little art space that is extremely accessible to and embedded in the local community. It’s always nice to circulate through whatever is showing on one’s way in or out of the library. One needn’t go out of one’s way - the art beckons.

http://www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us/play/manske-library

]]> By: Carl http://renegadebusdallas.com/2009/11/23/folk-space/comment-page-1/#comment-2571 Carl Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:19:43 +0000 http://renegadebusdallas.com/?p=3657#comment-2571 http://samfa.org/ http://samfa.org/

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