Art By A Majority ..

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I would think and hope that artists working and living in the region would be only too willing to donate representative samples of their art to municipal governments to be put on display in appropriate public places.

A form of self-promotion, leading to additional commercial sales.

Everyone wins.


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The town  has actually been buying a piece of art  from the annual  Aurora Art Show for years.

We built the Skylight Gallery  at the Town Hall to foster art in the community.

Paintings  have been displayed on  every available space on the walls of the first floor with prices and contact information  ever since the town hall was built.

We must have quite a collection in various rooms throughout the building. Maybe they should all be gathered in one place.

The leisure services department have just announced once again the
annual picnic table painting competition for students..

The wood frame walls of the Armouries building  in the town park could lend themselves very well to graffiti artists.

Benches in town in various locations  would accommodate colorful figures and perhaps encourage the use for which they were intended. A worthy project for the  shop courses in our newest high school.

All that's needed  is imagination. Appreciation follows.

I'm fairly certain the town would welcome ideas.

It's just not the business of politicians to be imposing taxation for the purpose of  imposing a profane political notion of what represents public art.

Imagine such a thing being decided by a majority vote.

Council couldn't even agree on a design for street furniture a few years ago.