Gritty Pretty's blog is one you will want to bookmark if you live in Provo. She lives a domestic-garden-producing-art-loving lifestyle in one of Provo's historic neighborhoods. You might know her as the mother of Provo's Farmers Market. She is also an unsung hero of downtown.
Gritty wrote a post about these two Don't Mitchell sculptures (above) which have been commissioned to welcome visitors at our FrontRunner station. The city has approved 25% of the funds and Mayor Curtis himself endorses the spending--as he opines on his well-titled post The Art of the Possible. UTA also pledges matching funds.
But it appears that the Daily Herald readers think different. According to a poll readers think they are too expensive.
Too expensive?
Provo, it is time we stop complaining about expenses for culture in our city. We need art, we need architecture, we need good food. Culture is as important to the viability and economical growth of our city as just about anything.
Do you agree?
Vote here.
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6 comments:
That's one way to get a house sold, lol!
I think my friend (from my DC bookclub) lives in this house.
I love the sculptures, but worry about their placement. For three years I lived less than a block from the site where the artwork will be placed. I worry about graffiti and damage to the pieces. It is a problem in that neighborhood. Our stairs were tagged twice. Hopefully the new station will cut crime down in the area.
Oh I so want to live in that house. Here, a house that size would easily be $1 million. Yes England is great but the house prices suck. Yes, that is my eloquent British talk. One problem - need US citizenship. Perhaps home ownership comes with a nice Utah husband?
Hear Hear re needing art, culture and good food. Although the latter I may need less of! lol
Sorry, but I think those sculptures are ugly. I'd rather not have to pay for them to go up in the city.
the lush green carpets and the beautifully made up beds have me wanting to snatch it up pronto. alas i have to stay in the desert where the beds are never that vibrant nor the carpets that lush.
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