Tulsa ART-DECO Museum?

[sgrizzle]

KOTV lost their property. Might as well drop them off the list.

Add:
Brady Park
AHCT/Kaiser art museum


Doesn't the reconciliation park have their opening coming up?

[swake]

KOTV lost their property. Might as well drop them off the list.

Add:
Brady Park
AHCT/Kaiser art museum


Doesn't the reconciliation park have their opening coming up?

How did they "lose" it?

[Hoss]

How did they "lose" it?

Come on, Swake.  Haven't you ever lost your keys?

[swake]

Come on, Swake.  Haven't you ever lost your keys?

That was kind of my point, do we need to give KOTV a quick primer on Google Maps or are they in some sort of real financial trouble?

[BKDotCom]

Didn't TCC announce some new building for their campus a while back?

[Townsend]

That was kind of my point, do we need to give KOTV a quick primer on Google Maps or are they in some sort of real financial trouble?

I think they circled the wagons and started supporting their OKC station and using that for much of their Tulsa news.

[sgrizzle]

How did they "lose" it?

They had a firm "start construction" date on their land contract which they didn't meet. Property is now back to the original owner.

[DTowner]

They had a firm "start construction" date on their land contract which they didn't meet. Property is now back to the original owner.

That is interesting because I noticed last week a construction "foreman" trailer was moved back onto the site. 

[BKDotCom]

That is interesting because I noticed last week a construction "foreman" trailer was moved back onto the site. 

Indeed...  I'm keeping it on the list...  As long as there's a "future site of KOTV" sign on the property.

[TheArtist]

A little update on some of the latest projects we at the DECOPOLIS, Tulsa Art Deco Museum have been working on.

  We have street presence!  We were going to put in a window display in the old Mayo Motor Inn space but just as we were pulling up to put our displays in, found out they couldn't find the key.  I made a call to the Kanbar folk and told them we had an Art Deco display that we could use to dress up one of their windows and they said they would have a space ready for us the next day!  And what a spot, we got the corner windows right on 5th and Boston in the beautiful Philcade building.  

Though the display was made for a different sized window, we did a little finagling and made it work ok.  Still need to do some signage and some minor tweaking.  We will also occasionally change out the items in the display to keep it fresh.  Right now on Boston we are showing some fanciful, Art Deco designed pitchers.  Just a way of showing how varied and beautiful Art Deco design can be, even when it comes to common, every day items.  The 5th street window shows a few different classic, and a couple of extremely uniqe, Art Deco designed fans and heaters. 






Also, we hope to be able to put in a few more displays in some of the other windows along 5th here in the next couple months.  And after that may start doing some of the windows inside the Philcade.  Hopefully there will be a nice little "announcement" coming soon in relation to the museum and a starter space for it

Be sure to check us out if your in the area.

And, during the entire month of December, we will be showcasing some Art Deco items in the PAC gallery. More on that later.

[Conan71]

William, it looks amazing!  Great job!

[ZYX]

Will, I cannot thank you enough for doing this. You said we needed to show off our Art Deco heritage more and you have worked to fill the need. Hopefully in the coming years we'll have a full mseum because of you.

[Truman]

Pardon my lack of knowledge on this project. Does the museum have it's own 501 (c) (3) status?

[TheArtist]

Pardon my lack of knowledge on this project. Does the museum have it's own 501 (c) (3) status?

  We are currently partnered with the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa.  Guess I should put that on the website. Any tax exempt donation checks for instance are written to them, with a note in the memo box Tulsa Art Deco Museum, they keep a tally of how much we have in our account, and also send out the thank you/tax exempt letters.

  We are so fortunate to have an organization like the Arts and Humanities Council that can help fledgling organizations like ours.  And I hear they do similar things for larger more established groups as well.

  Our hope is that after we get our first starter space, we will begin to get more donations, and once that happens we will then get our own 501 c 3 status.  As it is, we essentially get a lot of the benefit without having to spend what hard earned donations we get on a yearly 501 c 3 fee.  We try to be super penny penching with what people give us.  When its someone elses money and they are trusting us with it, its sacrosanct and not to be touched and spent unless we have to and have exhausted every other means to achieve what we want without spending it first. 

  Those displays in the window, donated items and time.  No donated money was spent on it because we were able to do it ourselves. And even then, that whole display (not including the artifacts) cost less than $100 plus some sweat equity, a few donated items like the large print someone did for us, and a little talent.  Dare say,  I don't think any other museum would do something comparable for less than $100.  And fortunatelly for us, due to the time period and how things were often done back then, having hand made displays, that look hand made lol, is perfectly fine 

[heironymouspasparagus]

As Billy Crystal might say; "that looks maaaahhhhhvvvvaaaalllliiiiissss, dahling!"
Looks great!!