Rotarian of the Day Gary Jones introduced Nancy Norz, Director of the Oklahoma State Fair Visual Arts Department as our guest speaker for the July 18th meeting. Nancy spoke about the VASE program (Visual Arts Scholarship Event) and the fundraisers involved in its development. The Visual Arts Scholarship Event grew out of the OK Student Art Exhibits that have been a part of the programming for over 40 years.
After judging takes place on the at selected for the display, the judges select their choices for inclusion in the VASE art auction. A portion of the proceeds from this sale goes to the artist and the remainder goes to a scholarship fund that is made available to graduating Oklahoma seniors. The club was handed forms and given the opportunity to sign up to participate in the VASE event for 2017. If anyone is interested in this program, go to http://www.okstatefair.com/content/visual-arts-scholarship-event and check it out.
Shown in the left photo, Gary Jones with artist Samuel Morgan and speaker Nancy Norz. In the Right photo is Samuel's Art instructor Arni Anderson, Samuel in the center and Samuel's mother, Meg Morgan who were also on hand to answer questions about the VASE event. Arni instructs Art at Holy Trinity Lutheran school where Samuel attends.