A couple of posts I have recieved offline have lead me
to feel a need to clarify that I FAVOR the city
spending money on the arts and do feel it is a mistake
to further dissipate the cities role in the arts. I
actually deleted a few paragraphs from my original
post that I felt were too wonkish fo
Actually, there has been extensive public support of
the arts in Minneapolis but most of it historically
has come from the state and federal governments or
from the city through NRP or even the Parks and
Recreation Board rather than through a designated
municipal arts fund. To suggest that arts
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Someone asked for people's favorite examples of public art in Minneapolis.
Mine is the moving sculpture of the fish across from the north side of Lake
Calhoun in front of the Lake Pointe Corporate Center. I believe this sculpture
was originally comissioned for an Uptown Art Fair a few years back
This is a little nit-picky, but I have to disagree with the assessment of
the state of public art in the case of Chicago. Downtown Chicago
especially has a amazing amount of public art. The city specifically
impressed me as have much *more* public art than Minneapolis
(http://www.ci.chi.il.u
Pardon my total bewilderment, but I am confused. I woder if any body on the
list sees the same interesting connection as I do. One list member claims
this city has the lowest public spending per capita on art in the countty,
yet after 5 years here,I am still amazed at how often I
