tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post3192865732960470662..comments2024-03-11T06:12:02.296-05:00Comments on The Great God Pan Is Dead: What They Are Saying About West Oaks Mall Robert Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post-13663205747815417492011-11-29T10:38:15.286-06:002011-11-29T10:38:15.286-06:00You might be correct in your skepticism about West...You might be correct in your skepticism about West Oaks Mall's prospects (I share that skepticism), but there are Houston artists and art institutions outside the Loop. If the West Oaks Mall art space offered free studio space, I think there are plenty of artists who would take them up on it. After all, Independence Art Studios is outside the Loop, they charge for studio space, and last I heard, they had no vacancies. I have met people on the art scene for whom the Loop is like an invisible barrier that they won't cross--but I also know people on the scene who are more than willing to cross it, including some who actually live outside the Loop. That number includes the two writers of this blog. In fact, West Oaks Mall is closer for me (about 12 miles) than the Museum of Fine Arts (about 15 miles). Robert Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post-32075487414606687952011-11-29T09:16:34.818-06:002011-11-29T09:16:34.818-06:00West Oaks Mall is dead. It IS too far out...West Oaks Mall is dead. It IS too far out from the Inner Loop (where supposedly the best of Houstons "art scene" is located.The self defined "hipster/cool/my shit don't stink/ artiste types " crowd wouldn't be caught dead venturing Outside of the Loop ,much less even remotely giving the now defunct W.O.M any stamp of respectability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com