Fine Arts Center

I enjoyed the art exhibits a lot. but the staff was not very pleasant at all. We walked in, I had asked for information on a specific exhibit I chose to write a school paper about, and they didn’t have any supplementary info which was fine but the desk staff was also a little dismissive about all of my questions. I thought nothing of it.

I do want to preface this next bit with, I am newer to the fine art world and this was only my second time ever in a fine art center.

We walked over to the theater area. I thought maybe it was another exhibit area, or live exhibit or something. I saw no signs, nothing that indicated anyplace I should not go or enter. I saw no signs indicating what was even going on in there. There was an employee on her computer at a table next to the television, and when my friend went to crack open a door to see, she proceeded to reem us out forcefully saying, “you cannot go in there, it’s a live paid show that you just disrupted” made it seem like we were absolutely in the wrong, when it was just an honest mistake. I proceeded to apologize, and she carried on about how disruptive we were and chastised us for probably about 30 seconds, even though I was just trying to walk away because she made me VERY uncomfortable. When, we just didn’t know. She told us “I am sitting here, to keep people from disrupting the show” even though just a couple minutes before, she was in a completely other room with us. She really wasn’t doing a great job if that’s what she was trying to do. She had plenty of time to say something before we even cracked opened the door. It was a teaching opportunity to tell us how its works at their facility, and instead the employee chastised us and made us feel really guilty, and left a super bad taste about the whole experience, which is very unfortunate.