Budgets And Art

by Cooper on 6/30/2010 8:38:19 AMComment on this

Greetings,

Welcome to the Cooper studio, Jefferson, Iowa, on a fantastic June 30th.

Tomorrow I am scheduled to deliver a painting. It's a budget thing. I suppose there are a few people in the world, financial types, who like that word budget, but most of us would just as soon not have to think about it. In this case, it's not my budget we're talking about, so that's good. BUT. Iowa went through a little spell late last year, where every single state department was ordered to cut their budget by 10%. Now if they just hadn't overspent during the first part of the year---oh, wait--let's not go there. It's too lovely a morning for politics.

Anyway. I have shared with you before about the Great Lakes area of northwest Iowa, Okoboji, Spirit Lake, Arnolds Park, a delightful part of our state, to be sure. There are two state park facilites in the immediate area of the Iowa Great Lakes, both of which include areas that can be rented by groups or individuals. The rental money goes straight to the state's general fund. Sounds logical, right? State park, state general fund. The problem becomes when it's all one way. For upkeep of the facilites, the state kicks back a whopping $200 for the year. What a budget. Fortunately there are people of vision, willing to take care of the problem on their own. And so scheduled is:

�Works of Arts for the State Parks�An Endeavor for the Endowment,� takes place at Gull Point on Sunday, August 29, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m

And a painting that will hopefully help the cause:

Biking With A Lake View, acrylic painting on a perfect 20 x 20 inch canvas, and on it's way to Arnolds Park, Iowa tomorrow. Have a lovely day!

Later, Cooper

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