Oakenwood

Oakenwood stands as Toby Ziegler's steadfast friend and covert architect of arts patronage, channeling private funds through museum back doors to sustain exhibits of incendiary works—from Lisa Mulberry's unflinching anatomies to broader controversies that ignite culture-war fury. Tawny Cryer assails this maneuver as NEA evasion, yet Oakenwood's ingenuity shields provocative art from taxpayer vetoes and congressional axes, embodying fierce loyalty to uncompromised expression amid re-election's fiscal chokeholds. His shadow philanthropy fuses personal allegiance with institutional defiance, fueling Toby's clashes over public subsidy versus raw creativity.