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Originally Posted by Beatle17
Glenbow Museum showings, CPO, Heritage Park etc. What art is there to enjoy now? Here is a small list of the money the city spent on Art work which adds no value/culture etc., to the City of Calgary experience:
1) Tracking the Trail $195K (underneath an overpass)
2) Strung II $80K - bridge railing on a freeway
3) Skywalk $70K - overpass on Macleod Trail to Canyon Meadows LRT
4) Bearing $221K - 17th Street and 18th Ave NE
5) Luminous Crossing $1.8M City Hall LRT
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You need to be more distinct. What exactly about Museum showings, CPO, Heritage Park are not available now that were then? There are all still here. And how much does the City actually do at these privately owned facilities?
Additionally, you list five items of the entire Public Art collection that you arbitrarily do not like. Personally I happen to like a couple of those pieces, as well as a number of other public art initiatives. Are you saying the quality of public art is now worse? All of the public art collection is crap? Or are you disagreeing with providing funding for these things in the first place?
If you support public art, you are more than welcome to contribute to the artist-led focus groups and sit on a citizen selection panel. The West LRT Public Art program is doing just that, for example.