[Winona Online Democracy]
Goodmorning Terri,
Sorry about the miscommunication with my "good enough" quote. That was
intended to be taken from Frank S's writing that I cut n pasted. I appologize
for the gramatical error.
I understand your arguement regarding tax breaks for the "wealthy". Using
that same logic we should also be complaining about the Walkers collection(
mostly donated by the Pillsburys, Daytons, Burnets, McKnight Foundation) and
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collection (same generous group of people) as
well as every other major art museum in the nation.. ALL of it a tax deduction
for these "wealthy" people. If it werent for their generosity I would never
have been fortunate enough to see some of the pieces I have seen up close and
personal...and I know that a print from a poster shop or a picture in a art
book or magazine doesnt do justice to actually seeing the real Mccoy .I was
fortunate enough to see Monet's "Water Lillies" a few years back and it
absolutley blew me away, the size of the work, the brush strokes,
etc..absolutely astounding...if it werent for the generous donations(tax
breaks) of these "wealthy" people I would still think the painting was a poster
size piece of work put together in a day..
I will agree with you wholeheartedly on the price of admission at the
Maritime Museum...it really does outprice families and local visitors..they
really should, much as other major museums do throughout the country, have off
price days. I believe it is usually mondays where admissions are free or really
cut rate. To take local dollars( and I have no clue as to the amount that was
taken form the local taxbase) and then out price the host community from
enjoying the Museum is negligable at best.
c.e. woodford
terri hyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't recall--and a re-read of my post doesn't help me find the part where
I said that the current state of the Wilkie is "good enough" for Winona. In
fact, I mentioned drawbacks and disappointments as well. I just don't see a
pavillion as being an improvement, and certainly not a draw from the river.
I've been to Wabasha, Red Wing, Trempeleau, Wabasha, and a number of other
cities along the Mississippi which make the most of their riverfronts,
thank you very much. I agree that Winona should be able to learn something
from these communities, yet after 19 years here, I can see that it has not.
It seems to be a
My quibbles with the Maritime Art Museum are not that Winona has an art
museum, but rather I do question why an inland community has chosen to host
a maritime art museum, rather than an art museum that seems more
geographically appropirate. I would also wonder why Winona would choose to
build a museum dedicated to desert scene, if it had chosen to do sos. I
was initially excited to have an art museum in Winona, never mind if I found
the theme to be a bit strange. But during my first visit, I grew more and
more upset as I realized that every single piece had been donated by the
same very wealthy person--no doubt at a nice tax break for him. My tax
dollars are subsidizing one--or should I say, two people's tax breaks.
I also know of a number of families who were excited and interested in
visiting the Maritime Art Museum--until they learned of the admission price.
They didn't feel they could justify the cost. This is a serious issue.
And it's a shame.
Terri Hyle
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