AdyLynn Anderson AdyLynn Anderson is a senior at Lawton High School. She is the senior class Vice President, Secretary of Key Club, Fundraising Chair of the Gay Straight Alliance, and the schools Director of Assemblies. She found her joy for public speech in seventh grade, and has since been recognized in numerous speech, essay, and poetry contests at a state, national, and even international level.
A special luncheon program featuring the Oklahoma Arts Council and their regional partners, Allied Arts OKC and Arts Alliance Tulsa, who led efforts to secure $10 million in state American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) pandemic relief funding to rebuild the arts and cultural sector. During the panel discussion, the partners will detail the behind-the-scenes work by sector leaders and arts advocates that took place over more than two years to successfully secure transformative funding that will soon be available statewide to nonprofit organizations with arts programming. Following the panel discussion, the Oklahoma Arts Council will present a special graduation ceremony for members of Leadership Arts XII. The luncheon will include live music by Cecil Gray Native Blues.