Don't mess with Texas

[Liquid Blue]

Only in Texas.

An award-winning Texas art teacher who was reprimanded after one of her fifth-grade students saw a nude sculpture during a trip to a museum has lost her job.

The school board in Frisco has voted not to renew Sydney McGee's contract after 28 years. She has been on administrative leave.

http://www.nbc10.com/education/9936513/detail.html




Oh noes oh noes!

[DoTheFandango]

reported for nudity and pr0n.

[Liquid Blue]

damn the man, fight the power~

[DoTheFandango]

Power, equality
And we're out to get it
I know some of you ain't wid it
This party started right in '66
With a pro-Black radical mix
Then at the hour of twelve
Some force cut the power
And emerged from hell
It was your so called government
That made this occur
Like the grafted devils they were

J. Edgar Hoover, and he coulda proved to you
He had King and X set up
Also the party with Newton, Cleaver and Seale
He ended, so get up
Time to get em back
( You got it )
Get back on the track
( You got it )

[Squeezer]

Are you joking?

Wow, America does suck.

[Kolar]

Texas has museums?

[Scurvy]

Texas has museums?

remember the alamo?


(its in the basement)

[Reclusion]

Texas has museums?

We place them in the spaces not taken up by 10-gallon-hat factories and cattle ranches.

[iKillburger]

Your comments on Texas are about as valid as saying that all Americans are fat lazy slobs who sell their souls to become corporate whores. While there are definitely plenty of dumbasses in any particular place you choose to visit, most people are the average sensible person (makes sense that most people are average doesnt it?).

Anyways allow me to highlight some of the culture that exists in my city in the great state of Texas. Let me do a quick copy and paste from the first google search I do on Austin Museums. This list doesnt even scratch the surface of the rediculous number of museums here.

Arthouse at the Jones Center
This statewide organization puts together cutting-edge contemporary art exhibits, hosts artists' talks and shows films and videos.

Austin Children's Museum
Hands-on exhibits include the "Global City," "Funstruction Zone" and "Creation Station."

Austin Museum of Art
Features changing exhibits of art since 1900 along with a regular hands-on family-friendly activity gallery.

Austin Museum of Art — Laguna Gloria
Historic 1916 mansion and gardens of early Texas arts patron Clara Driscoll features small exhibits and an outdoor sculpture display on its 12-acre lakeside site.

Austin Nature and Science Center
Sixty acres of hiking, wildlife viewing, along with the "Discovery Lab," "Dino Pit" and other exhibits.

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Interactive exhibits outline the course of Texas history. The multi-media Texas Spirit Theatre shows "Star of Destiny." The IMAX Theatre features "Texas: the Big Feature" and special features.

Caldwell County Historical Museum
Built in 1908 to serve as the Caldwell County Jail, the five-story red brick structure represents a rare example of the Norman castellated style of architecture.

Capitol Visitors Center
112 E. 11th St.
(512) 305-8400
www.texascapitolvisitorscenter.com
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays
Free
Housed in the restored 1857 General Land Office building, the center offers exhibits and displays on Texas history.

Elisabet Ney Museum
The castle-like stone home and studio of 19th-century German-born artist Elisabet Ney displays her marble sculptures of Texas founding fathers and classical figures.

French Legation Museum
Built in 1840, the one-story Anglo-French neoclassical style house was built to be the headquaters of the French legate to the Republic of Texas.

George Washinton Carver Museum and Cultural Center
The first African American neighborhood museum in the state has a new building and many artifacts documenting the history of African Americans locally and nationally.

Governor's Mansion
Public tours 10 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Mondays-Thursdays, reservations required.
Free
Built in 1856, the Antebellum mansion has been the home of Texas governors.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Botanical garden features a variety of native plants also has exhibits on nature and the landscape.

LBJ Library and Museum
Free
Library of President Lyndon B. Johnson has permanent and rotating exhibits.

LBJ National Historical Park
Landmarks from President Lyndon B. Johnson's childhood, including a reproduction of his boyhood home and the cattle ranch where he spent his final days.

Mexic-Arte Museum
Features traditional and contemporary Mexican, Latino and Latin American art. Recognized as the official Mexican and Mexican-American museum of Texas.

National Museum of the Pacific War
Nine-acre center includes the Admiral NimitzMuseum, Plaza of Presidents, Veterans' Walk of Honor, Japanese Garden of Peace, Center for Pacific War Studies and Pacific Combat Zone, which has displays of aircraft, tanks and anti-aircraft guns.

Neill-Cochran House Museum
Designed and constructed by Abner Cook, who also built the Governor's Mansion, this 1855 Greek Revivaante elegant home features period furniture and decorations.

O. Henry Museum
The restored 1886 Queen Anne-style cottage of short-story writer William Sydney Porter, known as O.Henry, who wrote "The Gift of the Magi."

Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
A museum-style gallery and xeriscaped two acre sculpture garden feature more than 130 works by the late sculptor Charles Umlauf.

W.H. Passon Historical Society
Named for Wesley H. Passon, a black educator and prominent churchman who lived from 1864 to 1933, the society was formed in 1975 to preserve materials, artifacts and historic sites pertaining to African American culture in Austin and Travis County and is housed in the historic 1888 Southgate-Lewis House.

Pioneer Farms
An outdoor living history museum depicting the lifestyle of early-day Texanson featuring three historical, working farms.

Ransom Center
Archives that rank with the Library of Congress feature literary and photographic exhibits. On permanent display is a Gutenberg Bible and the world's first photograph.

Republic of Texas Museum
"Voices of the Texas Republic" features handwritten letters from Stephen F. Austin, as well as Republic of Texas currency, land grants and newspapers.

Texas Memorial Museum
Natural history exhibits include dinosaur bones, fossils, gems and Texas wildlife.

Texas Military Forces Museum
Dioramas, uniforms, aircraft, weapons and vehicles chart the history of the Texas military from the Texas Revolution to the present.

Texas Music Museum
Collection includes artifacts, documents and reference materials on Texas music.

Texas State Cemetery
Texas notables such as Stephen F. Austin, "Bigfoot" Wallace, Governor John Connally, U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock are buried in the nine-acre cemetery in East Austin.

Texas Capitol
The restored 1888 Capitol is the working seat of Texas government and is the largest statehouse in the nation.

Williamson County Historical Museum
Housed in a historic 1911 Beaux Arts former bank building, this museum features rotating exhibits that cover Williamson County's broad history from cattle drives to cotton crops to outlaws.

Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography
This university gallery is devoted to the photography of Mexico and the southwestern United States.


And dont forget especially for you LB Austin Museum of Digital Art

I can think of 3 museums on campus alone, and im sure theres more that i havent been to. I've gone to see an original gutenberg bible and the first photograph at the harry ransom center. Theres a natural sciences museum showcasing many fossils, minerals, and wildlife. Also on campus is the new Blanton museum with:
The Blanton has 17,000 works of art.

We are predominantly strong in:

* Modern and contemporary American art, including the Mari and James A. Michener Collection of 20th-Century American Art and the C.R. Smith Collection of Art of the American West.
* Modern and contemporary Latin American art, including the Barbara Duncan Collection of Latin American Art.
* 15th Century to contemporary prints and drawings, featuring the Leo Steinberg Collection.
* European Paintings, including the Suida-Manning Collection of Renaissance and Baroque art.

[Facetious]

Austin's not exactly representative of the rest of the state from what I've heard.

[iKillburger]

Texas is so frickin big that statistically there has to be one or two fucked up places, like Lubbock

[Liquid Blue]

Your comments on Texas are about as valid as saying that all Americans are fat lazy slobs who sell their souls to become corporate whores. While there are definitely plenty of dumbasses in any particular place you choose to visit, most people are the average sensible person (makes sense that most people are average doesnt it?).

Thank you for taking the topic title and my comments in the OP seriously, esepcially since I've said before and defended that americans are fat lazy slobs.


Welcome to the internet, may I take your coat?

[Missa]

We place them in the spaces not taken up by 10-gallon-hat factories and cattle ranches.

hahahaha :x

[Galleleo]

ikillburger, it's quite useless to make texas sound good when your other representative is money on these forums.

[Saturn V]

There are good museums in the DFW area: The Kimbell Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum, The Modern Art Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculputure Center, and the Crow Collection of Asian Art.