Public art is in every city around the world the art represents an idea or story for that artist. An artist here in the city wants to build a sculpture to represent what their city does. The city council should vote to have the government fund the making of the sculpture. On the other hand the city council shouldn’t vote for the government to pay for the sculpture because the government is taking the money away from the citizens.
The city council should vote for the government to pay for the sculpture because they can help provide for many things that are needed. Art in the world can show us places that we have never thought about before, they can tell us stories and represent ideas. The Finance and Culture Magazine Editor says that “Art
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The Finance and Culture Magazine Editor says “high unemployment rates and rising rents and food costs across the nation, every one of those dollars matters immensely—and none of them should be wasted on funding for public art.” They are saying this to tell the city council to vote no for the funding of the sculpture because we need to be focusing on these matters first. We need to be focusing more on the rent and the food prices rising because we can make art any time but we can't solve a problem by making art. The government should fund the making of the sculpture and should solve the economic crisis of rents being raised and healthy food prices …show more content…
In, “2008, a record-breaking 858 million public dollars was spent on the arts by local governments in the United States.“ The government has already spent millions of dollars on funding artist's work. Some of the artist work is either altered or destroyed by many events or people. Some of the world's greatest sculptures have been made without government funding. The governments should be funding people who don’t have a job or people who come from low-income families because they need more help than the people who have significant amounts of money saved up for their children or like rainy day funds. Also they should be helping the people who were in a natural disaster or can’t pay for their medical bill because they aren’t
Sections One: Issue: Should the federal government be responsible for funding art programs (including art supplies/ tools, service training/staff, etc.) in public education establishments, or should those funds be made available by donation from private organizations or from other forms of sponsorship?
Nothing in the United States Constitution requires the government to spend taxpayer dollars to fund public art. If the government chooses to fund public art in America, it must be done in a manner consistent with the First Amendment. Funding decisions cannot be based on whether the government agrees with the message being expressed in the piece of art. If we did not have to abide by that rule, then the government officials would use taxpayer dollars only to fund the pieces of art that support their views. However, what most American citizens do not realize is that the government funds are not infinite; they are limited to an extent. Government agencies
Having posted this on World-Post, which is a news and blog website created through a partnership between Liberal news aggregator Huffington Post and a nonpartisan powerhouse, the Berggruen Institute on Governance, allows for this essay to not get exposed to the pro STEM or anti-arts parties. Sparking up the discussion of reintroducing the arts back into everyday society’s curriculum, you need to direct this essay towards both the audience, and the individuals who have the power to make this change. If Ma bring up a primarily pro-art focused paper, and only shares this piece of writing with mostly fellow supports of the arts, Ma misses the “equilibrium” that he spoke so highly about. If we can’t have both sides of the spectrum be able to analyze and discuss the ideas presented in this paper, then it’s going to be close to impossible to enact any change within society to reintroduce more of the arts back into
The city of Kansas City, Mo. paid 1.2 million dollars for the four sculptures and other artwork from Fischer that is inside of Bartle Hall. Originally when the sculptures were set on top of the pylons for the whole world to see a controversy developed. People around the city were outraged that the city would spend 1.2 million dollars on sculptures that looked like hair curlers. 23 years later and it never fails that if I am with someone and we are in the city the conversation starts about what are those things and what do they do.
“Open ended benefit programs, funded by other people’s money” foster a ’something for nothing’ mentality, that is weakening America”, states Nicholas Eberstadt. The governments need to emphasize unemployment spending and help businesses that are failing, is driving the national debt up by the day (Clemmitt). “Government is what it spends” Allen Schick shares in Clemmitt’s article, but this statement is only factual if that government spends its money wisely.
Most views of the government and how it is operated comes from subcultures. The different types of subcultures include traditionalism, individualism, and moralism. The traditionalism view is based on the claim that the government does not help the people, rather it helps a few groups in particular. Many examples of this subculture were portrayed in the film. For example, in the film the government funded a million-dollar project to implement a sculpture portraying the history of the El Paso city. The sculpture’s construction purpose was to “help” the people of the El Paso city. The government basically funded the project to attract more tourists, but ultimately did not help the people of the city at all. If the government’s goal was to actually help the city, then they could have given the money funded
For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the
Monument is a significant symbol that carries memories and histories, each and every one of them have a different meaning and their own story behind; no matter it’s a honor moments of great achievement or a tragic moments of deep sacrifices, the purpose is to create memorial to the past. A monument not only tells tale but also takes hard work; to realized the value, the purpose, intention, and meaning are the goals underneath the surface. Monuments are not only for memorial purpose but for significant memories that have to be remember. In source F, an artist called H. Elroy Johnson made a sculpture, the art wan’s needed by many people at that time so it was being mistreated poorly, “No one seemed to want the man and his lobster. The statue was vandalized, repaired, and ended up in a warehouse where it was eaten by rats.
The art piece that I chose to critique is the sculpture of a figure kneeling down and getting shocked. It is located on campus near the Morris University Center(muc). When I first saw this sculpture it caught my attention immediately, because of how gruesome the piece was. I feel like I don’t have a good understanding of what the sculpture represents, but it seems like it would raise plenty of controversy, due to its erotic features. It seems like the artist was venting his emotions when he created his idea. The sculpture is fairly large in size, which makes it noticeable, among the other art pieces on campus. The sculpture media consist of wood and concrete, and metal mostly. The individual is keeling down toward the west and is supported
time to visit museums. When public art is funded by the government, the artist’s imagination is
The work of art I choose is by George Sugarman (1912-1999), it is officially “untitled” but has acquired the nickname “The Exploding Chicken”. According to the City of Tampa Division of Arts Program, It is a monstrous 36 foot tall, comprised of 19 tons of steel and aluminum. Originally commissioned by the Bank of America back in 1988, the structure received praise and criticism at the time. When ask of its purpose Sugarman said “he wanted to show that an office or bank can have a larger meaning than just its normal operations, that such places can form a symbol of creativity that can revitalize the whole area. To me, I think Sugarman was trying to show that Tampa bay was beginning to flourish and yes I do think he achieved his goal with this piece of artwork. It stood outside the Bank of America for 22 years and when it was time to move it, the $150,000 dollars cost was paid for in elbow grease by the locals that volunteered their time. That shows me that the people of Tampa understand what this statue's significance is. At its inception, I do not think it was site specific, it is now do to the fact that in 2013 a new site was built for the sole purpose of housing this massive piece. It now rest at the center of the roundabout just north of the Florida Aquarium. Public funding? I think that their should be public funding for public art due to the fact that it does show a sense of community and representation of who we are as a community. Through art we can
Another possibly positive outcome of art in the public could be the affect that it may have on the younger generations. If children are being raised in a community where they can see art on a daily basis then I believe it will have a positive effect on their lives by allowing them to learn how to appreciate art and what it has to offer. Art being in the public is also a way to grant people, who do not have enough money to enjoy the luxury of going to a gallery, the pleasure of seeing something aesthetically appealing on a regular basis. It also makes a town more interesting to visit; no one wants to visit a town with not much excitement. I once went to an art festival in Baltimore, Maryland, where they had green marbles ground up and put into the black top roads. This sight alone made my heart race and made this town more exciting. For towns that may have tourism it could be a way to attract to coming there or maybe even staying.
Initially, when I walked up to this sculpture my thoughts were the name of the piece pretty much sums it up. Approaching the statues, they seem to just be large bronze masses on the corner of McCaul street but, as any art should be looked at, I decided to dig deeper than the superficial. The location is odd to me, mainly because the bronze forms are not alone in the corner of the building, but are not really impacted by its surroundings. The trees behind the statue are dead giving a desolate atmosphere invoking a sense of loneliness. Moreover, almost the entire area surrounding the piece is solid concrete, giving a very penitential outlook. I’m not sure if the sculpture’s initial approach is supposed to invoke miserable emotions but if so it does its job
Americans could spend so much more money on more important things such as improving the schools around the nation or educating our children about drugs and other important issues, however, the governments of the United States are wasting the tax dollars of hard-working citizens, on a policy that isn’t effective.
In addition, art can be a way people can help express and bring attention to their own ideas. David again says that if a person were to find an inspirational art piece, say on a building or poster, then those art pieces will help a person become motivated to make a change in their world. Furthermore, if a person were to create inspirational art then that allows a person to get their own ideas across to the world. That person may be the one to help people make a change or that piece of art can show the creator of the art is trying to make a difference in their world. So to restate, “everywhere [people] go art is evident. Parks often use sculptures to add interest and to inform people.