Betty Price Retiring As Arts Council Director

Betty Price, executive director of the Oklahoma Arts Council for the past 24 years, has announced that she is retiring October 1st.

Deputy Director Suzanne Tate will be the agency's interim director.

''I am extremely proud of the work of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the vibrant arts community we have in our state,'' Price said in a prepared statement.

Price, who worked for then-Lt. Governor George Nigh in the late 1960s and early 1970s, went to work for the council in 1974 and become the executive director in 1983.

''Betty Price is an icon,'' said Jim Tolbert, chairman of the Oklahoma Arts Council. ''Her extraordinary energy, passionate commitment and wise stewardship have resulted in the creation of the Oklahoma Arts Council's highly successful and nationally recognized programs."

Price and her husband, Norris, live in Del City.

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