Are there any projects that you are especially proud of in Houston?

There are so many that I'm especially proud of.

The impact ranges.

You can look at what the Houston Ballet, what the Houston Grand Opera, what the Children's Museum, Alley Theater is doing in the theater district and museum districts.

You can also see what the Contemporary Arts Museum is doing in the museum district.

A lot of grassroots organizations A lot of galleries like Sandman, Mitochondria, so many galleries that are giving emerging artists the opportunity to really grow their practice.

You see these advocacy groups, right? We're here at the Greater Houston Arts Forum and you're able to see the importance of advocacy groups like So they can continue to advocate and champion the arts, ensuring that not only veteran arts organizations and artists are able to maintain their practice, but the up and coming youth who are being introduced to the arts for the first time have what they need to really understand the breadth of career possibilities that exist for them in the arts, especially when we've been told so many times that that's, again, it's a hobby, right? It's not something that you could actually seek by way of profession.

We should be focusing, you know, I'm curious your thoughts of art and who arts for and who gets to claim why we have art.

Are there any projects that you are especially proud of in Houston?

Ooh, there are so many that I'm especially proud of.

You know, I think, and the impact ranges, right? You can look at, you know, what the Houston Ballet, what the Houston Grand Opera, what the Children's Museum, Alley Theater is doing in, you know, the theater district and museum districts.

You can also see what the Contemporary Arts Museum is doing in the museum district.

A lot of grassroots organizations, a lot of galleries, like...

Sandman, Mitochondria, so many galleries that are giving emerging artists the opportunity to really grow their practice.

You see these advocacy groups, right? We're here at the Greater Houston Arts Forum and you're able to see the importance of advocacy groups like hue arts right so um they can continue to advocate and champion um the arts ensuring that not only uh veteran arts organizations and artists are able to maintain their practice but the up-and-coming you know youth right who are being introduced to the arts for the for the first time have what they need to really understand the breadth of career possibilities that exist for them in the arts especially when we've been told so many times that that's again, it's a hobby, right? It's not something that you could actually seek by way of profession.

We should be focusing, you know, I'm curious your thoughts of art and who arts for and who gets to claim why we have art.