Our Mission:
To encourage and support participation, education and enjoyment of the visual and performing arts by all and to support the advancement of excellence of cultural activities in the area.
Primary Board of Trustees:
Gov. Bill Anoatubby
Cedric Bailey
Tracie Chapman
Patty Coffey
Tom Dunlap
Andrew Harlow
Keith King
Pat Weaver-Meyers
John Otey
Ray Pemberton
Bill Rahhal
Carol Lee Simms
Jan Tindale
Regina Turrentine
Luann Walker
Tuck Wilkinson
Ken Bohannon, Exec. Director
Howard Drew, Emeritus
Millard Ingram, Emeritus
Mike Morrison, Emeritus
D. Allen Wint, Emeritus
Primary Board Meetings:
The Goddard Center Primary Board meets
the fourth Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m.
"Our organization is recognized as having completed the Standers for Excellence course by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits. Our certification is valid from 2018-2023, and we can be found on the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits graduate page."
Meet the Team:
Dr. Ken Bohannon
Executive Director
Ken Bohannon, a former professor of music, suggests we follow two famous artists:
“If music be the food of love, play on.”
-William Shakespeare
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
-Pablo Picasso
Cory Blankenship
Assistant Director
Cory has his BFA in Furniture Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
"Art is what you can get away with."
-Andy Warhol
"The better I know people, the more I like my lathe."
-Cory Blankenship
Emma Dougherty
Graphic Designer / Social Media Coordinator / Event Coordinator
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
-Albert Einstein
Marjorie Dolman
Administrative Assistant
Joshua Tuaila
Art Studios Manager
Josh earned a BFA from USAO in Chickasha,
"every artist was first an amateur."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."
- Pablo Picasso
Frank Clark
Building Superintendent
Frank Clark is retired from Michelin. He loves working at The Goddard Center.
"Making mistakes is better than faking perfection."
- Unknown
"Forget it enough to get over it. Remember it enough so it doesn't happen again.
- Unknown