It's all right to feel uncomfortable. A chance to dress up, see some art and fall in love again. However, it's more than a cheap date. Charles Meyer, the museum's director, has been part of this renaissance. The art community is more active than you might imagine.
People collect art here.
Local artist Claudia True had an opening last Thursday, and the museum sold 16 of her paintings. This isn't your parents' museum. There's nothing hokey or small-town about it. There are 13,000 feet of new curved galleries, interactive classrooms, instructional rooms to teach kids how to draw, offices, skylights and a room which can be rented out for weddings. The new museum will be as much a credit to the community as the Beale Library was when it opened in 1988.