Mayor Mick Cornett meets in the mayor's office last week with arts advocates, from left, Deborah McAuliffe Senner, Allied Arts president and chief executive officer; Aimee Harlow, an Allied Arts board member and co-chair of the 2018 fundraising campaign; Terri Cornett, the mayor's wife and Allied Arts development consultant; Alexis Carter Black, whose now college-age son benefited from Allied Arts' support of community music programs; and Polly Nichols, this year's honorary co-chair. [PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN]
![Mayor Mick Cornett meets in the mayor's office last week with arts advocates, from left, Deborah McAuliffe Senner, Allied Arts president and chief executive officer; Aimee Harlow, an Allied Arts board member and co-chair of the 2018 fundraising campaign; Terri Cornett, the mayor's wife and Allied Arts development consultant; Alexis Carter Black, whose now college-age son benefited from Allied Arts' support of community music programs; and Polly Nichols, this year's honorary co-chair. [PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-faf6d63610f59dcb8ed2fa7cd4d52787.jpg)