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Originally Posted by Muta
Often times with public art, a call for bids is sent out, and anybody can bid on the project (there are trade agreements in place to allow this). If nobody local bids on the project, or the best and/or most cost-efficient bid comes from a non-local bidder, then that's the way it goes. This occurrence frequently gets forgotten/overlooked amongst the public art discussion.
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My understanding on the reason we have to consider international artists over $x has to do with free trade agreements.
So yes, it would be nice that Calgary art comes from Calgarian artists, but with free trade agreements Calgarian artists get the benefit of being considered for public art in cities all over the world.