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forevertulsa89

May 16, 2009, 04:07:51 PM
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090516_272_A11_Offici130711

I saw this in the paper today. Sounds like a great idea and a perfect addition to the Blue Dome District. Can't wait to hear what they have proposed.

TheArtist

#1
May 16, 2009, 05:55:12 PM
Has the potential to be something really interesting. It could encompass everything from Will Rogers-Micky Mantle-Jazz musicians, country musicians, movies and books like the Outsider, Oklahoma the musical,etc. etc. It could be quite an impressive museum.  Will be interesting to see what they come up with and where it will be exactly.

BTW, the article says Brady, not Blue Dome.
"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h

Kenosha

#2
May 17, 2009, 09:58:39 AM
Basically, they are going to be bringing the "One Hot Oklahoma Night" Exhibit, which is currently at the Oklahoma History Museum, to Tulsa...I hear they have just tons of material, and are collecting more and more all the time...

Great move...Tulsa clearly has the richest musical history in the state...JMO. 
 

TheArtist

#3
May 17, 2009, 10:44:18 AM Last Edit: May 17, 2009, 11:01:34 AM by TheArtist
 In the latest article they say its going to start with the 30s. Seems like that will leave out a lot of wonderful popular culture figures from the earliest days of our state made national, and even international headlines. Pop culture didnt start with TV and Radio, those things carried on traditions, people and acts that came before. 

My rant on the TW website...

Sounds like it could be a really neat museum, though disappointed that it skips over the early years and the 20s. Our "popular culture" influence started earlier than the 30s with the traveling Wild West Shows and 101 Ranch for instance, and all the famous figures in those things. Many of which then moved on to movies and such. This from Wikipedia....( In 1908, the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show began the tour circuit in Brighton Beach, New York.Over the course of the show, it boasted famous performers such as Bill Picket, Bessie Herberg, Bee Ho Gray, Tom Mix, Jack Hoxie, Mexican Joe, and eventually Buffalo Bill.
... In 1908, when Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill combined their shows into an extravaganza that broke records at Madison Square Gardens, the Miller Brothers also took their show abroad.) There are plenty of other examples. Our pop culture influence and figures didnt just materialize out of thin air one day in 1930. Our state isnt that old, wouldnt have hurt to have started in the beginning and shown where the later stuff came from, what that stuff was influenced by and directly evolved from in this state. (Or is it because a lot of that history happened in NE Oklahoma far from OKC and they just dont know about it and appreciate it like we do? )

Btw, regardless of any particular praise or complaints about the museum, I look forward to doing whatever I can on my part to contribute and make it something really great for the people of the Tulsa area, the State, and Country.
"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h

Wilbur

#4
May 17, 2009, 02:16:33 PM
Good thing the city has plenty of money to afford a new museum.

TURobY

#5
May 17, 2009, 02:27:09 PM
Quote from: Wilbur on May 17, 2009, 02:16:33 PM
Good thing the city has plenty of money to afford a new museum.

Good thing the city isn't completely funding the museum.
---Robert

Wilbur

#6
May 17, 2009, 08:24:34 PM
Quote from: TURobY on May 17, 2009, 02:27:09 PM
Good thing the city isn't completely funding the museum.

No.  City employees with their furloughs are helping fund the new museum.

RecycleMichael

#7
May 17, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
I don't see where it has mentioned city tax dollars specifically being used. Do you have some inside information or are you just using this as an excuse to complain about the Mayor?
Power is nothing till you use it.

Wilbur

#8
May 18, 2009, 05:56:14 AM
The words 'public-private' in Saturday's article certainly suggests city money.

We'll see.  I may stand corrected.

AVERAGE JOE

#9
May 18, 2009, 05:57:35 PM
Quote from: Wilbur on May 18, 2009, 05:56:14 AM
The words 'public-private' in Saturday's article certainly suggests city money.

We'll see.  I may stand corrected.
Public dollars could also involve state or federal funds. The Oklahoma Historical Society is a State agency.

TheArtist

#10
May 18, 2009, 06:18:01 PM
Quote from: AVERAGE JOE on May 18, 2009, 05:57:35 PM
Public dollars could also involve state or federal funds. The Oklahoma Historical Society is a State agency.

If the state willingly chipped in to let Tulsa have a museum,,, I would fall out of my chair.
"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h

joiei

#11
May 18, 2009, 09:07:27 PM
I think I will wait until Tuesday to see what they have to say before I try to stick their heads on pikes along Brady.  Until you know what they have on the planning board you are just guessing. 
It's hard being a Diamond in a rhinestone world.

TheArtist

#12
May 19, 2009, 10:28:54 AM
Got a sneak peak at the renderings and some tidbits about the museum...

OMG, Stunning. This is gonna be fantastic. Way above anything I was imagining. ;D

Will go to the press conference at 1, bring my trusty camera and will post all the info and pics right after. 
"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h

SXSW

#13
May 19, 2009, 10:58:50 AM
Quote from: TheArtist on May 19, 2009, 10:28:54 AM
Got a sneak peak at the renderings and some tidbits about the museum...

OMG, Stunning. This is gonna be fantastic. Way above anything I was imagining. ;D

Will go to the press conference at 1, bring my trusty camera and will post all the info and pics right after. 

If it's anything like the design for the Matthews Warehouse I will be very pleased.  That project, the Wallace Engineering offices, and Griffin Comm./KOTV are all excellent designs and additions to Brady IMO. 
 

TheArtist

#14
May 19, 2009, 11:29:09 AM
Quote from: SXSW on May 19, 2009, 10:58:50 AM
If it's anything like the design for the Matthews Warehouse I will be very pleased.  That project, the Wallace Engineering offices, and Griffin Comm./KOTV are all excellent designs and additions to Brady IMO. 

This blows them all out of the water.
"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h
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