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August 12, 2021
Checotah student attends Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
When New York City-based artist and professor Dean Irby tells his colleagues he?s going to teach in Oklahoma for the summer, some respond in disbelief. Returning for his third stint as acting instructor for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute (OSAI) - attended this year by Travis Sempel from Checotah - the veteran of stage and screen gave his answer to these big-city skeptics during a recent faculty presentation for students and staff.