An nice article by Christina Hall about the end of our fight with the City of Grosse Pointe Park:
Grosse Pointe Park Drops Fight Over Yard Art
The article appeared right next to another article about my fellow artist Ed Stross, who has been in a fight with the City Of Roseville for seven long years for painting the word, "Love" on his outside studio wall. He has won another victory in the Michigan Court of Appeals, which has ordered a new trial:
Roseville Muralist Avoids Jail
Things are looking up for Michigan artists today. Let's hope, for the sake of this great State, that it stays that way.
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I was thinking of moving to Heidelberg street and letting it all hang out.
(I should said, imagining that!)
Yes, I have toyed with the same idea. City fathers should understand that artists can be a city's greatest resource. Artists are creative and think differently about possible solutions to any given issue.
And, people are energized by the presence of Art. Those cities which have encouraged art with tax breaks and public art projects, or simply, as you say, let it all hang out, are frequently more successful. This is how old town Alexandria began reclaiming its urban spaces, as well as Providence Rhode Island. Art brings people into a town and together.
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