What are your thoughts on that? Ooh,

I have so many.

I'm also the executive director of Miller Outdoor Theater, where the work there is access, free, radical access to the arts.

What's really... you know at hue arts what we were really trying to do this past year as we were working together and bringing folks from the sector together is to identify what makes houston special and to start telling that story better because the truth is as we all know and it has earned its place as a city with just these amazing arts institutions and somehow there are still folks within our town and even statewide and nationally that don't quite see us that way So part of that is not only telling the story of what amazing arts and institutions we have both through the institutions, but also the arts and culture that's created in folks' backyards when they hire a mariachi for a birthday, but also in our continuous work to create this free and radical access, which is at the heart of a lot of our institutions, including Hobby Center.

What are the biggest things you think a city needs to have that vibrancy that Houston has?

Oh, that is a really big question.

I believe public funding for the arts is at the core.

The reason that Houston is such a strong arts and culture city is because of the funding that the city helps support through Houston Arts Alliance, through the grants that they give to organizations like Miller Outdoor Theater.

What are your thoughts? What are your thoughts on that?

Oh, I have so many.

I'm also the executive director of Miller Outdoor Theater, where the work there is access free, radical access to the arts.

What's really You know, at Hue Arts, what we were really trying to do this past year, as we were working together and bringing folks from the sector together, is to identify what makes Houston special and to start telling that story better.

Because the truth is, as we all know, and it has earned its place as a city with just these amazing arts institutions, and somehow there are still folks within our town and even statewide and nationally that don't quite see us that way.

So part of that is not only telling the story of what amazing arts and institutions we have both through the institutions, but also the arts and culture that's created in folks' backyards when they hire a mariachi for a birthday, but also in our continuous work to create this free and radical access, which is at the heart of a lot of our institutions, including a hobby center.

What are the biggest things you think a city needs to have that vibrancy that Houston has?

Oh, that is a really big question.