Get this... I've been a member of my local art museum for years. I usually attend several exhibits a year. About 2-3 years ago, the museum got a new curator. About a year after the new curator arrived, (which is approximately how long it takes for the new curator's acquisitions and exhibits to be displayed), I started noticing things were changing. Graffiti hanging in the "postmodern art" wing. An exhibit of Mexican gang culture, starring low-rider cars and explanations of why they wear their pants sagged down around their knees. (As if I cared.) Exhibits featuring current "Latino" artists (and 90% of their work is focused on the LA gang culture.) Mexico has a vast and lively art culture. So much of the work is really beautiful. This sh@t is not. I don't want to look at it.
Just the other day, I learned that the art curator has now told the Cowboy Artists that they need to take their work elsewhere. I am dead serious. An art museum in Phoenix has just told the Cowboy Artists Guild (who put on a huge exhibit every October which is wildly popular) that they are no longer welcome. This will be the end of my membership and they will receive a long letter explaining why I will not renew this year.
Sorry to say it, but imho California has been lost, at least the major metropolitan areas. SUCH a shame. Were I you, I wouldn’t even do the museum the favor of explaining why you are not renewing your membership. The museum won’t care.