PUBLIC ARTMASTERPLAN City ofHamilton

AppendixC Staff/External Stakeholder Interviewees Interview Questions

The following is a list of City Staff and External Stakeholders who participated in one-on-one interviews as part The purpose of the Public Art Master Plan is to establish of the consultation process: a ten year plan, developed in consultation with City Staff, external stakeholders, and the public to identify ideas, Chris Murray – Director, Red Hill Valley Project Lorne Leiberman – Westside Concert Theatre / Creative sites, and opportunities for the placement of Public Art Arts in Public Places throughout the city. Jennifer DiDomenico – Information & Business Consultant, Red Hill Valley Project Councillor Tom Jackson – Ward 6 1. What does public art mean to you?

Jeremy Freiburger – Creative Director, Imperial Cotton Ron Marini – Director, Downtown Renewal Division 2. How has public art affected you and what has been Centre for the Arts your most profound public art experience? Bill Janssen– Manager, Community Planning & Design Louise Dompierre – President & C.E.O, Art Gallery of 3. Have you had any direct experience with public art Joanne Leung – Planner, Urban Design Hamilton in Hamilton or elsewhere? Mary Pocius – Executive Director, International Village Bryce Kanbara – Proprietor, Artist, Curator, You Me 4. What are the opportunities for public art in BIA Gallery Hamilton - locations, destinations, opportunities to Michael Allgoewer – Artist / Board Chair, Hamilton shape the image of the city, etc.? Mansaram - Artist Artists Inc. 5. What are the challenges for implementing public Werner Plessl – Executive Director, Waterfront Trust art in Hamilton? Arthur Greenblatt – Executive Director, Dundas Valley 6. How should sites be identified and do you have School of Art any particular sites that warrant consideration? Councillor Bob Bratina – Ward 1 7. How should priorities for public art be established Paul Shaker – Advisor, Rural & Urban Affairs, Mayor’s (i.e. funding, types, location, visibility, etc.)? Office 8. How can we improve the public art process in John Dolbec – Chief Executive Officer, Hamilton Hamilton? Chamber of Commerce

Paul de Courcy – Executive Director, Arts Hamilton City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN definition of Public Art public art art mapping of possible sites for public how to give priority to sites points 10:15 the Discussion to review Workshop 10:45 Discussion on typologies of Workshop 11:15 Discussion on the preliminary Workshop 11:45 Discussion to help to determine Workshop 12:00 key discussion Report out and summary of 12:30 Close for public art Bradford) Bradford) s 0RELIMINARY PUBLIC ART TYPOLOGIES s 0RELIMINARY MAPPING LOCATING POSSIBLE SITES s -ASTER PLANNING PROCESS s 3UGGESTED DElNITION OF PUBLIC ART Art in Public Places Policy and the Public Art Master Art in Public Places Policy and the and, Plan Process; input into site selection, opportunity to provide types of public art and priorities for public art in Hamilton. 9:20 Presentation (TPP): 9:20 Presentation 2) City Internal provide Stakeholders with an To WORKSHOP AGENDA 8:45 Refreshments Introduction 9:00 Workshop 9:05 on Public Art in Hamilton (Anna Presentation 10:00 / Refreshments Break Internal Workshop Workshop Internal Agenda 9:00 to 12:30 May 11, 2007 – Room 110 West), City Hall (71 Main Street WORKSHOP PURPOSE is twofold: The purpose of the Workshop 1) brief key City Internal City’s Stakeholders on the To - See Sterring Team Membership - See Sterring Team

Elizabeth Wakeford Elizabeth Wakeford - See Steering Team Membership - See Steering Team Patti Tombs - See Steering Team Membership - See Steering Team Anna Bradford - Director, Culture & Recreation Bill Fenwick - Director, - Advisor, Rural & Urban Affairs Rural Paul Shaker - Advisor, - Ward 2 Assistant Donna Reid - Ward Mac Swackhammer - Curator Barb Powell - Manager Justin Readman - Project Manager Susan Jacob - Acting Manager See Steering Team Membership Joanne Leung - See Steering Team - Curator Ian Kerr-Wilson Participants Urban Design Ken Coit - Planner, Internal Workshop Workshop Internal in a list of individuals who participated The following is the May 11, 2007 Internal Stakeholder Workshop: On-line Survey The following are screen captures from the Hamilton Public Art Master Plan On-line Survey:

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On-line Survey Results Q5: Public Art Enthusiastic Q3: Postal code. Public Art Enthusiast.

Postal code. Counts Percents Percents 0100 Counts Percents Percents Yes 162 72.6% 0100 No 29 13.0% L8P 56 24.8% Not sure 32 14.3% L8R 15 6.6% Totals 223 100.0% L9H 15 6.6% Mean 0.00 L8N 14 6.2% l8s 13 5.8% Q6: Example/Impression of public art. L0R 9 4.0% L8L 9 4.0% Please provide an example of public art that made an impression on you. Describe how it affected you and where it was located. L9C 8 3.5% s )N $UNDAS THERE IS A MURAL OF $ESJARDINS #ANAL SHOWN IN ITS HEYDAY)T IS PAINTED ON AN OUTSIDE WALL ALONG A WALKWAY TO +ING 3T)T IS BRIGHTLY COLOURED IN A SIMPLE CLEAN STYLE4HIS MURAL MAKES ME FEEL GOOD PERIOD l8h 6 2.7% s A FOUNTAIN IN GAGE PARK L8M 6 2.7% s -ILLENIUM &OUNTAIN #HICAGO L8G 5 2.2% s #AMPUS OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 0ENNSYLVANIA 0HILADELPHIA 0! HAS NUMEROUS PIECES OF PUBLIC ART FROM WROUGHT IRON GATES INCORPORATING NUMEROUS HAND SHAPES NONE RUDE
 A mOCK OF BIRDS MORE NUMEROUS AND DENSE THAN &OSS  BIRDS ON THE L8T 5 2.2% !GOSTINO #ENTRE WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL MANY CARVED STONE FACES OF HISTORICAL INmUENTIAL AND LITERARY ICONS SURROUNDAR ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO $REXEL 5NIVERSITY OF COURSE THE ,/6% SCULPTURE ) RECOGNIZE OF COURSE THAT THAT CITY IS  !MERICAN  A UNIVERSITY CITY AND  A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION IN THE 53 ,IBERTY "ELL ET AL (OWEVER IT IS HELPFUL TO VIEW A CITY THAT L8W 5 2.2% HAS ART ENTRENCHED IN ITS PUBLIC SPACES 4HERE ARE ALSO MANY COMMUNITY INITIATIVES SIMILAR TO THE PAINTED TILE WALL ART IN (AMILTON )F YOU DO LOOK AT THE 0HILLY SITE YOU WILL SEE THE LARGE MURALS DEPICTED THERE AND THEY ARE THROUGHOUT THE L9A 5 2.2% CITY AND CAN BE SEEN FROM THE THRUWAYS L8e 4 1.8% s !N INSTALLATION ON THE FRONT OF THE #ENTRE DE 'EORGES 0OMPIDOU IN 0ARIS OF A CLOSE UP OF A RANDOM TOURIST s 4(% "5,, 34!45% !4 "/7,).' '2%%. /. 7!,, 342%%4 ). .%7 9/2+ I %.*/9 )4 "%#!53% 02%3%.4,9 )4 3%%-3 !,, Other 51 22.6% 9/5 3%% ). 4(% !24 7/2,$ )3 !"342!#4 !24 !.$ 4()3 0)%#% !,4(/5'( ! 0/0 !24 34!45% 3%%-3 2%!,)34)# s GORE PK FOUNTAIN SCULPTURE FOR INJURED WORKERS AT CITY HALL CITY HALL ART GALLEY COURTYARD SCULPTURES BANNERS ON Totals 226 100.0% STREETS Mean -- s 4HE SCULPTURE ON #ITY (ALL PROPERTY COMMEMORATING WOMEN AND MEN KILLED AND INJURED ON THE JOB s 3CULPTURE #ANADIAN &OOTBALL (ALL OF &AME s ) ENJOY THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AT THE !RT 'ALLERY OF (AMILTON )T IS A GREAT AREA TO VISIT HOWEVER IT IS A GATED AREA )T WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE REST OF THE CONCRETE TURNED INTO GRASSmOWERSTREES WITH SCULPTURES Q4: Artist s 4HE STATUE ON 0IER  EXCELLENT LOCATION THEMATICALLY lTTING s ) HAVE BEEN VERY INTRIGUED BY OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS INCLUDING THE CHAIR INSTALLATION A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO ) THINK OUTDOOR ART REALLY CHARACTERIZES A COMMUNITY Artist s 4HE 3TATUE AT THE "AY SIDE OF #ITY (ALL SHOWING IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING ! VERY MOVING PIECE OF WORK AS WELL AS Counts Percents Percents THE (EALTH AND 3AFETY #OMMEMORATING FALLEN WORKERS 0100 s !NY OUTDOOR ART OR ART DISPLAYED IN A PUBLIC PLACE ADDS CHARACTER AND WARMTH IT ALSO SHOWS ME THAT SOMEONE CARES ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT Yes 83 37.1% s GOOD THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL ON UNIVERSITY AVE IN 4/ No 130 58.0% THE STATUES OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND SIR JOHN A IN GORE PARK THE SCULPTURE GARDEN ON KING ST IN 4/ Not sure 11 4.9% s BAD THE AIRMANS MEMORIAL ON UNIVERSITY AVE Totals 224 100.0% ALL THOSE SILVER TIPPING BOXES YOU SEE EVERYWHERE TOO MANY
Mean 0.00 City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN Y) ONG THE SIDE OF HIGHWAYS ESPECIALLY NEAR BRIDGES AND #ENTRAL ,IBRARY 4HIS CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS IMPRESSIONS THAT NATURE MAKES AN EMOTIONAL IMPRESSION ON ME AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT STICK OVER TIME &OR IS NOT ONLY FOR THE ART SCHOLARS ARTISTS WEALTHY BUT FOR AND ABOUT EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE INCOME EDUCATION OVERPASSES NEAR THE WEST COAST OF &RANCE ON A VISIT THERE A FEW YEARS AGO 4HEY ALSO HAD A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL MODERN ART PROFESSION ETC 4HE !RT "US AGAIN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTIC INSIGHT EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT ALSO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING FROM AREAS OF GREATER (AMILTON WHO NORMALLY DO NOT VENTURE DOWNTOWN EXAMPLE THE STATUREOF ,IBERTY IN .EW 9ORK #ITY IS POWERFUL AS MY FAMILY EMIGRATED FROM 7ESTERN %UROPE TO -ANHATTAN 4HIS IS SOMETHING WHICH SHOULD CONTINUEMORE AND BY BE THE PROMOTED !'( AS AN -C-ASTER ART !RT APPRECIATION GALLERY VENTURE AND AS WELL THE AS NUMEROUS SHOULD ART BE SHOPSGALLERIES PROMOTED WITHIN THE FOR PROlT SECTOR AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS A STORY ABOUT THEIR lRST IMPRESSION OF !MERICA BASED ON THAT STATUE WHICH SIGNIlED FREEDOM ACCEPTANCE AND OPPORTUNITY -ORE MODERN EXPRESSIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS ARE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT !RT 'ALLERY OF /NTARIO #OURTYARD IN (AMILTONS !RT 'ALLERY AND ARE SUBJECT TO PERSONAL PREFERENCE ) REALLY THINK THAT (AMILTON HAS ROOM FOR ALL TYPES OF 0UBLIC !RT EXPRESSION PARTICULARLY PIECES FROM THE VARIOUS CULTURAL GROUPS IMMIGRANTS AND ART THAT AND THE 7INDERMERE 6ALLERY IN "# OUT THE #ALGARY "OARD OF %DUCATION $EPTMENT )T WORK AS A UNIT AND ALSO SHOWED THE INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY OF EACH CHILD HALL sSOMETHING TO BE TREASURED AT THE ROTARY CLUB IN BURLINGTON 4HERE IS NOT ENOUGH !RT IN THE AREA OUTSIDE ACTUALLY REmECTS (AMILTONS HISTORY AND LANDMARKS MARKET HEALTH INDUSTRY FAMILY LIFE  SCULPTURE GARDEN AT THE -AC$ONALD 3TUART GALLERY ALSO IN 'UELPH BENCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS MOST RECENTLY IN 0ENTICTON SCULPTURE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL TO HONOR THOSE FALLEN IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT IS QUITE GOOD ) HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN IT AND LAST SAW IT IN  WALKWAYS AND FOUNTAINS OFTEN RESEMBLE WILDLIFE #APE #OD OTHER  LARGE SCALE PIECES MADE FROM REUSEDRECYCLED BELEIVE IT IS CALLED THE FUN IMAGINATION AT 4EXTURES 4HE !RT WORKS IN THE LOBBIES OF OUR LOCAL (OSPITALS !ND THE LABRINTH MATERIALS /TTAWA .ATIONAL GALLERY INSTALLATIONS BY 3ERRA AND 2ICHTER 0UBLIC ART NEED NOT BE CONlNED TO PLAZAS AND #ITY (ALLS TO ENGAGE THE IMAGINATION VERY INTERESTED IN THE BUILT ARCHITECTURAL AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS WITHIN THE #ITY INVOKED BEAUTY AS IT WAS OF A LIFE SIZED BRONZE TREE BUT WHERE IT WAS LOCATED nAN IMAGINARY mOATING SPACE )T WAS IN THAT WILL IMPRESS OTHERS 4(IS IS ALL IN PERSONAL TASTE SO ) AM GREATFUL TO SEE WORKS BEING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND 5NIVERSITY IN 4ORONTO ) WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE PUBLIC ART AL THE MIDDLE OF AN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LOOKED COMPLETELY AT HOME THERE PUBLIC ART TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON ME IN CHILDHOOD ) ALSO PARTICULARLY LIKE THE TWISTED ALUMINUM SCULPTURE NEAR &RONT "ORIS "ROTT FESTIVAL OR WATERFRONT PARKS /N THE OTHER HAND ) DONT CONSIDER PAINTED MOOSE OR DOORS TO BE GREAT PUBLIC ART ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY ) DO NOT PARTICULARLY LIKE OVERLY INTRICATE hKITSCHYv ARTS AND CRAFTS TYPE OF PUBLIC ART THE WINDMILLS WHICH ) THOUGHT MADE A STRONG VISUAL STATEMENT BOTH AESTHETICALLY AND ABOUT THE COUNTRYS INTEREST IN s /NGOING ART DISPLAYSINSTALLATIONS WITHIN #ITY #ENTRE -ALL  s 6IMMY 2IDGE MONUMENT IN &RANCE s 0UBLIC !RT OF A HISTORICAL s 3CULPTURED hDOGSv OUTSIDE -ETRO 4ORONTO MUNICIPAL BUILDING THOUGHT IT WAS AWFUL4HE !RCHER OUTSIDE 4ORONTO CITY s SCULPTURES IN COMMONWEALTH SQUAREA GREATs FEELING FOR THE THAT SPIDER SPACE AT THE NATIONALs GALLERY OTTAWA 'ROWING UP IN %UROPE PUBLICs ART IS ) AN LOVE ESSENTIAL THE TO ME h-OOREv IN FRONT OF TORONTO #ITY (ALL SOME OF THE SCULPTURES AT THE (AMILTON ART GALLERY AND ) THINK THE s ) WAS IMPRESSED BY A  FOOT TOWER MADE OUT OF 8 HAND MADE TILES CREATED BY THE CHILDREN OF #ALGARY )T WAS LOCATED s ! WATER SCUPTURE IN THEs NEW 4ERMINAL 7ELL  ) AT ENJOY LOCKE 0EARSON STREET !IRPORT IN )T HAMILTON IS THE MESMERIZING DIVERSITY AND SOOTHING CREATIVITE AND IN RE FOCUSING THE DIFFERENT GALLERIES THERE SUCH AS THE RETRO GALLER s 4HE 3TATUE OF 3IR *OHNs ! IN 6ARIOUS PROJECTS 'ORE IN 0ARK THE 2UHR MAKES AREA ME OF 'ERMANY REmECT !LL ON ARE SITED WHAT IN A OR GREAT ON DEFUNCT COUNTRY INDUSTRIAL WE SITES AND LIVE BROWNlELDS IN )NCLUDED ARE s )M A BIT OF AN HISTORIAN SO THE KIND OF ARTWORK THAT IMPRESSES ME MOST IS WORK THAT DEPICTS HISTORICAL ASPECTS )M ALSO s (AVENT REALLY SEEN ANYTHING YET THAT HAS MADE AN IMPRESSION OTHER THAN ) THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE ART s #ONRAD &UREYS OUTDOOR MURALS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES (AMITON  BRONZE PLAQUE STYLE WORKS EMBEDDED IN COBBLESTONE s ,ONG AGO 4HE !RCHER IN .ATHAN 0HILIPS 3QUARE IN 4ORONTO -ORE RECENTLY A FOUNTAIN IN THE MAIN SQUARE IN 'UELPH THE s 4HEATRICAL EXCELLENCE nPERFORMANCE LIGHTING SOUNDs nAT 6ILLAGE 4HE 4HEATRE MURAL 7ATERDOWN ALONG THE TENNISs COURTS NEAR 7HEN (!!! ) )TS WAS CHEERFUL IN AND (OLLAND BEAUTIFUL IN TO LOOK  AT THERE WAS A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART THAT hmOATEDv ON A CANAL 7HAT STRUCK ME WAS HOW IT s 0AINTING  SCULPTURE AT (!' AND #ARNEGIE 'ALLERY /PERA (AMILTON 7ATERDOWN 6ILLAGE 4HEATRE 4HEATRE !QUARIUS s ) WOULD SAY THE :IMBABWEs SCULPTURE ART #HICAGO EXHIBIT HAS AT GREAT THE PUBLIC 2OYAL "OTANCIAL ART 'ARDENS ) HAS HAVE HAD A ALSO LASTING ALWAYS AFFECT BEEN ON IMPRESSED ME BY THE SCULPTURES ON THE $60 IN 4ORONTO AND IN THE s #LOSE TO HOME ) ENJOY SEEING PUBLIC ART IN 4ORONTO THE (ENRY -OORE OUTSIDE #ITY (ALL WAS PROBABLY THE lRST PIECE IF A WELL DESIGNED PUBLIC PARK WITH A NUMBER OF INTERESTING THE ONE WITH THE MAN AND WOMAN PULLING THE SAIL sIS STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND SO ART NEEDS TO BE BROAD )T REMINDED ME OF MONUMENTS ) HAVE SEEN IN EUROPE ARC DE TRIUMPH ,ONDON %NGLANDS MARBLE ARCH ) THOUGHT WITH THOUGHT THAT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE BUT ) WAS REALLY SAD THAT SOME OF THEM SAT IN FRONT OF BUILDINGS BLANK AND PLAYING AROUND THE SCULPTURE WERE NEVER PAINTED WHEN ARTISTS LIKE MYSELF WOULD HAVE BEEN WILLING TO PAINT THEM IN GIVEN THE CHANCE ) ALSO LOVE THE LOCATION SCHOOL WAS OTHERWISE DEMOLISHED WORK DONE AT "EASLEY PARK &RENCH SCIENTIST AND POLITICAL REFORMER &RANCOIS !RAGO THE hLONGEST SCULPTURE IN 0ARIS v AS $IBBETS CALLS IT OFFERS THOSE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IT COULD MAKE A NICE MONUMENT BUT I WAS AMBIVILENT TO THE FACT THAT THE APEARANTLY BEAUTIFUL MAJESTY AND ORDER IN THE $ORIC ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH WITH A SCROLL BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY ACESTHITICALLY PLEASING TO ME .ORTH AND 3OUTH ARE EMBEDDED ALONG THE AXIS OF 0ARIS TEN KILOMETER MERIDIAN "ESIDES HONORING THE TH CENTURY hFUNv AND ESSENTIAL TO LIFE ARMED WITH THE LISTAND OF CENTURIES MEDALLION OF LOCATIONS ITS A HISTORY MAGNIlCENT PRETEXT FOR WALKING THROUGH SIX OF THE CITYS ARRONDISSEMENTS CARE ABOUT CULTURE BEAUTY AND INSPIRATION MOVED BY THE USE OF PUBLIC ART AT 3KYDRAGONS -AYDAY FESTIVAL WELL SUITED TO THAT LOCATION )T REALLY ADDS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO THAT LOCATION BESIDE THE 0RIME -INISTERS /FlCES ) FELT THIS WAS QUITE A PIECE AND DElNITELY LEFT A GREAT IMPRESSION 4HE IMAGE WAS TIMELESS OO BAD ITS GONE NOW 4HESE PUBLIC SCULPTURES ETC MADE ME CONSIDER THE CITIES AND CITY LEADERS TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ARTS AND THAT THEY STARK ENVIRONMENT !DDITIONALLY THE DElNITION OF PUBLIC LIKE A MURAL OR SCULPTURE YEARS AGO WAS FUN AND CERTAINLY GOT PEOPLENOT REALLY LOOKING VERY AND GOOD TALKING ART ABOUT IT BUT THIS TYPE OF THEME Y PROJECT SEEMS LESS STRUCTURAL FEATURES WHETHER PLAY STRUCTURES BENCHES ETC CAN BE VIEWED AS PUBLIC ART AS CAN THE MORE TRADITIONAL ITEMS IT MAKES ME PROUD TO SHOW OFF THAT AREA OF OUR #ITY INSTALLATIONS IN THE CITY AND LANDSCAPE )T IS SOMEHOW INSPIRING AND REFRESHING TO SEE 4HE MOOSE PROJECT IN4ORONTO A FEW ENGAGING OR INTERESTING ! GOOD CITY BUILDING PROJECT MEDIOCRE ART 4(E DOORS IN THE CITY OF (AMILTON ARE THE SAME BUT )T PROVIDED SOME NATURE IN THE CORE AND ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF HOW BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT THAT #OOTES 0ARADISE IS ARE APPROPRIATE TO THEIR LOCATION IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE CITY AND THEY PROVIDE A BIT OF WHIMSY IN AN OTHERWISE EXHIBITS OF BOTH THE CONTEMPORARY AND MORE HISTORIC ART PARTICULARLY STRUCK BY THE "ILL -C+ELKERIN BRONZE BUSINESS MEN STATUES THAT YOU COME ACROSS IN 4ORONTO !GAIN THESE TO ITS ENVIRONMENT AND EVOKESFOUNTAIN A IS SENSE AN OF IMPORTANT PLAY HISTORICAL AND FEATURE RELAXATION THAT WHICH ) IS WOULD APPROPRIATE CONSIDER FOR PUBLIC THE ART SETTING !LSO THE 'ORE 0ARK s /NE HUNDRED THIRTY lVE BRONZE MEDALLIONS IDENTICALLY STAMPED WITH THE NAME !RAGO AND THE DIRECTIONAL MARKERS s (ENRY -OORES SCULPTURE IN FRONT OF 4ORONTO #ITY (ALL ADDS INTEREST TO THE SPACE AND AS A CHILD ) HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF s ) AM PARTICULARLY MOVED BY THE UNOFlCIAL ART IN THE CITY BY THE GRAFlTI AND MUSIC POSTERS BOTH OF WHICH IS ART ) WAS SO s SCULPTURE  MARBLE PIECES ATs 7ATER 0ARK 4HE 0LACE BEST EXAMPLE 4ORONTO OF PUBLIC ART IS THE CITY OF &LORENCE IN )TALY WHERE ART IS ENJOYED BY ALL AND WHILE REVERED IS CONSIDERED s 4HERE WAS A METAL STATUE OF A BEAR HOLDING A lSH WITH WATER SHOOTING UP OUT OF THE GROUND ON 3PARKS 3TREET IN /TTAWA s 4HE RANDOMLY mASHING BLUE LIGHTs AT THE 3MALL TOP WAR OF MEMORIALS THE THROUGHOUT 0ANTHEON (AMILTONs WITH NAMES 7HEN OF (AMILTON THE HAD FALLEN THAT nSMALL INTIMATE DOOR SAD PROJECT WHERE THE DOORS WHERE SCATTERED AROUND THE CITY AND PAINTED ON BY ARTISTS ) s 4HE LARGE SCULPTURE IN FRONT OF THE !'/IT WAS A GREAT MEETING PLACE HAD A PLEASING SHAPE AND WAS IDEAL FOR THE s 4HE SCULPTURE AT THE WATERFRONT PARK s 4HE SCULPTURES IN THE )RVING :UCKER 3CULPTURE 'ARDEN !'( ) ENJOY BEING ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THEM FROM THE ROAD AND s 4HERE IS NO SPECIlC WORK THAT STANDS OUT FOR ME BUT ) RECALL DRIVING THROUGH PARTS OF 4ORONTO AND SEEING LARGE SCULPTURAL s HAMILTON DOORS SCATTERED AROUND THEs CITY NOT ART MUCH IN INFO A OF LARGE WHY PARKs THEY IN WERE MINNEAPOLIS SCULPTURES THERE -. ON THE LAWNS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 'UELPH s 4HE DOORWAY OF THE FORMER PEACE MEMORIAL SCHOOL ON EAST HAMILTON MOUNTAIN )T IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORKS THE SENCE OF s THE ENTIRE COLLECTION AT THE ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON IS A TREASURE IN THIS CITY) AM CONTINUALLY INSPIRED BY THE CHANGING s DEDICATED BENCHES AT RBG s 4HE WALL MURAL OF #OOTES 0ARADISE WHICH WAS UP ON THE DOWNTOWN BUILDING AT +ING SOUTH BRANCH AND *AMES 3TREET s ,OCALLY ) AM VERY IMPRESSED BY THE SAIL SCULPTURE ON THE (AMILTON 7ATERFRONT )T IS A WONDERFUL PIECE THAT IS WELL SUITED s "EYOND (AMILTON MANY CITIES THROUGHOUT #ANADA AND THE WORLD HAVE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC ART WORK ) AM 7AWA GOOSE GIANT %ASTER EGGS ETC EXCEPTED ) SUPPOSE BUT ) DONT REALLY THINK (AMILTON NEEDS THAT KIND OF PUBLIC ART 0ARK OF 1UEEN 6ICTORIA AND 3IR *OHN ! -AC$ONALD AND REALLY LOVE THE %MPIRE ,OYALISTS ON -AIN AND *OHN AND THE 7ALL MURALS LIKE THE #HEMAINUS MURALS CAN ALSO BE INTERESTING ENJOYABLE PUBLIC ART WITHOUT HAVING TO BE INTRUSIVE ) )MMIGRANTS IN THE 0ARK IN FRONT OF ,IUNA 3TATION ON *AMES .ORTH 4HE FOUNTAINS IN 'ORE PARK AND IN 'AGE 0ARK ARE ADORE % 2OBERT 2OSS PAINTING OF #OOTES 0ARADISE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING DOWNTOWN VISIBLE FROM QUITE A DISTANCE BEAUTIFUL AND PART OF OUR HERITAGE IN (AMILTON ) DO NOT LIKE GRAFlTTI THAT DEFACES BUILDINGS BUT ART THAT IS PURPOSEFULLY )T IS STRONG VIVID AND BEAUTIFUL ALSO IT REPRESENTS A PART OF THE CITY THAT VISITORS MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF ) EVEN THINK OF PAINTED ON WALLS DEPICTING SOME PART OF OUR HERITAGE IS VERY INVIGORATING AND PLEASING !RT EVIDENT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL THE WHIMSICAL PLANT SCULPTURES IN THE mOWER BEDS OUTSIDE (AMILTONS #ITY (ALL NOW ALAS GONE BUT FONDLY REMEMBERED BEAUTY OF BUILDINGS NEW AND HISTORIC IN PAINTINGS SCULPTURES EVEN IN WELL THOUGHT OUT mORAL DESIGNS AS THE SEASONAL AS A FORM OF PUBLIC ART ! SOMETHING THAT ADDS BEAUTY TO MY DAY THAT MAKES ME STOP TO THINK ADMIRE OR SMILE IS A mORAL BEDS IN FRONT OF #ITY (ALL WELCOME ADDITION EVEN IF ITS SMALL -AYBE EVEN MORE IF ITS SOMETHING SMALL ) COME UPON UNAWARE 3OMETHING OVERLY s ) AM A WATERCOLOURIST AND APPRECIATE OTHER ARTISTS WORKS 4HE BALLET DANCERS ON THE FENCE FRONTING THE BURNED OUT AMBITIOUS OVERLY EXPENSIVE AND PURELY FOR THE BENElT OF TOURIST PROMOTION LIKE A FOUNTAIN IN THE HARBOUR IS NOT MY 4IVOLI 4HEATRE )T IS WELL DONE AND WHEN ) AM STOPPED IN TRAFlC ON *AMES 3TREET .ORTH IT IS A PLEASURE TO LOOK AT IT AND IDEA OF APPROPRIATE PUBLIC ART APPRECIATE THE TALENT )T PUTS A SMILE ON ONES FACE RATHER THAN HAVING TO LOOK AT THE REMAINS OF THE 4HEATRE THAT SHOULD s 7ORKER MEMORIAL AT #ITY (ALL 0OWERFUL AND ARRESTING WORK $OWNTOWN AND (ESS VILLAGE ENTRY GATES MISGUIDED OUT OF HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN OR RENOVATED BY NOW WHICH IS AN EYESORE IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE SCALE AND ARTIlCIAL DEMARCATIONS *AMES 3OUTH UNDERPASS MURAL &RIENDLY AND CHARMING s )T WAS ACTUALLY IN 4ORONTO 2ECENTLY ) WAS AT 3T *OSEPHS HOSPITAL AT 3UNNYSIDE AND 4HE 1UEENSWAY 4HEY HAVE A SCULPTURE s 0UBLIC ART FROM THE h:ONE "v IN  WAS PARTICULARLY INTRIGUING 4HE WORK OF 3IMON &RANK ON THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE OF A MOTHER HOLDING AN INFANT ON A BENCH OUTSIDE 4HE SCULPTURE EMBODIED LOVE AND TENDERNESS WAS VERY THOUGHT PREVOKING AND REmECTIVE OF THE DUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY s NUMEROUS s )LL MENTION TWO 4HE STATUE OF 1UEEN 6ICTORIA DOWNTOWN IS A CLASSIC REMINDER OF WHERE WEVE COME FROM AND WHAT s 4HERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE PUBLIC ART HERE IN ONTARIO THAT HAS AFFECTED ME ) WISH TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WILL )N 0ARIS WAS IMPORTANT TO US PUBLIC ART IS A CONNECTION WITH OUR PAST 4HE STATUE OF 'LEN 'OULD SITTING ON A BENCH IS A FRIENDLY &RANCE THE PUBLIC SCULPTURES ARE AMAZING APPROACHABLE PIECE OF ART ACKNOWLEDGING SOMETHING IMPORTANT ABOUT 4ORONTO 'LEN 'OULD CHOSE TO LIVE THERE AND YOU CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT TOO !RT CAN REMIND US OF THINGS AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN SIT ON IT s *AMES 3T 3OUTH -URALREMINDER OF THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY AND HOW ART IS MEANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL s 3TOCKHOLM 3WEDEN#ITY 4REE REMOVAL LEFT TALL TREE TRUNKS !RTISTS CARVED AND SCULPTED THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND s )N &LORIDA THERE WAS A COLLECTION OF LIFE SIZE HORSES BRONZE  4O ME THEY EXPRESSED FREEDOM AND SPEED 4HEY APPEARED PARKS TO RUNNING OVER HILLS THEY WERE INTERSPERSED WITH WATER AND ROCKS s ) LIKE MURALS ON OFlCE TOWERSWALLS STATUES IN COURTYARDS PAINTINGSMURALS IN REC CENTRES LIBRARIES ETC s 7ELL THAT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DElNE hPUBLIC ARTv "ACK IN THE S A GROUP OF ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WERE INVITED TO PROVIDE WORKS TO BE INSTALLED AT THE (ARRIS WATER lLTRATION PLANT IN THE EAST END OF 4ORONTO 4HE WORKS ALL s 4HE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT THE -/-! IN .9# ON THE THIRD mOOR ) BELIEVE 4HE PHOTOS WERE GRAND INVITING INTRIGUING MADE REFERENCE TO THE lLTRATION PLANT AND WERE LOCATED BOTH INSIDE AND OUT 4HOUGH NOT hPERMANENTvINSTALLATIONS DISTURBING COMICAL EVENTFUL HISTORICAL AND MYSTERIOUS THEY HAD A HUGE IMPACT DURING THE TIME THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC !LL ARTWORKS WERE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND s 4HE !RCHER .ATHAN 0HILIPS 3QUARE 4ORONTO VARIOUS EVOCATIVE WHIMSICAL AND HUMOUROUS SCULPTURES ALONG SEAFRONT EXECUTED )T WAS A WONDERFUL USE OF PUBLIC SPACE AND ) lND MYSELF STILL REFERRING BACK TO MANY OF THE PIECES TODAY 0UERTO 6ALLARTA -EXICO MEMORIAL TO LOST lSHERS ,UNENBURG .OVA 3COTIA s #RYSTAL AT THE 2/- !TTENDED OPENING 3ATURDAY DElNITELY A WORK OF ART EVEN THOUGH IT IS CONSIDERED ARCHITECTURE /N s (AMILTON 7ATERFRONT STEET SAILS HELD DOWN BY MAN AND WOMAN -URALS ON HISTORIC BUILDINGS !RCHWAYS AND GREAT BRIDGES PAR WITH THE 'UGENHEIM IN .EW 9ORK 4ORONTO IS WILLING TO EMBARK ON EXTRA ORDINARY TASKS TO ALLOW THE CREATIVE SPIRIT !NYTHING MADE OF lELDSTONES OR RIVER ROCKS TO THRIVE AND PROVIDE A SHOW CASE OF EXCEPTIONAL TALENT 4HIS EXTRAVAGANCE MAY NOT NECESSARILY WORK IN (AMILTON BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT STAYS TRUE TO THE #ITYS HEART AND SOUL &OR EXAMPLE 9ORKVILLE IN 4ORONTO s THE SCULPUTURE AREA AT THE !'( HAS A NUMBER OF ECLECTIC NATURE AREAS TO SIT AND ENJOY THE SCENERY 3OME ARE VERTICAL GREEN LIGHT @TREES ONES A FOUNTAIN s TEMPORARY SCHOOL MURALS NEAR 7ILLIAMS #OFFEE 0UB SAW HOW CHILDREN MADE A CONNECTION TO THE WATERFRONT THE ANOTHER A ROCK OUTCROP 3OME INCLUDE WEEDS SOME WHIMSICAL PATHWAYS ) CAN SEE (AMILTON EMBARKING ON THAT ROUTE DIVERSITY OF WAYS OF RELATING TO THE WATERFRONT AS A CENTRAL FOCUS FOR THIS CITY s !LL 0UBLIC !RT IMPRESSES ME ) HAVE BEEN TO OTHER CITIES IN %UROPE AND THE 53 AND IT IS THE PUBLIC ART THAT HELPS TO DElNE s THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AT THE AGH BEAUTIFUL THEM s )N 0ARIS &R LOCAL ARTISANS DISPLAY THEIR WARES FOR THE PUBLIC MANY PIECES ARE FOR SALE WHILE OTHERS ARE STRICTLY FOR s -EMORIAL FOR )NJURED 7ORKERS BY 0AUL #VETICH AT #ITY (ALL 4HE ENTIRE MALL IN 7ASHINGTON $# NUMEROUS PUBLIC ART ENJOYMENT !LWAYS A PLEASURE TO BROWSE PIECES 3ILVER 0EANUT IN #HICAGO 6IDEO &OUNTAIN IN #HICAGO #OWS IN 4ORONTO IN BUSINESS CENTRE 1UEEN %LIZABETH ASTRIDE HORSE AT 0ARLIAMENT (ILL #ROWS BY 4OR ,UKASIK &OSS s 4HE ROCK FOUNTAIN OUTSIDE THE #ATHEDRAL ON *AMES 3TREET NORTH )T IS STRONG AND SILENT s 4HE GREAT FOUNTAINS IN 2OME PARTICULARLY THE 4REVI &OUNTAIN HAD A MAJOR IMPRESSION ! COMBINATION OF THEIR IMMENSE s 4HE PILLARS FRAMING THE ENTRANCE TO +ING 3TREET %AST FROM JUST EAST OF 7ELLINGTON STRIKE ME AS ATROCIOUS KITSCH ) DONT SIZE BOLD SCULPTURES AND mOWING WATER MADE THE FOUNTAIN ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC ART THAT ) HAVE KNOW MUCH ABOUT ART BUT ) KNOW WHAT ) DONT LIKE SEEN 3EEING THE FOUNTAIN LIT UP AT NIGHT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE -ANY HOTELS SURROUND THIS FOUNTAIN AND THE ONE s 4RAIN DERAILMENT 7ALL ART THAT TELLS OUR HISTORY MY WIFE AND ) STAYED AT WAS ACTUALLY CALLED THE 4REVI (OTEL JUST A STONES THROW FROM FOUNTAIN MADE OUR HONEYMOON QUITE MEMORABLE (AMILTON HAS A GREAT HISTORY OF WATER CITY OF WATERFALLS AND FOUNTAINS GORE PARK GAGE PARK WE s 4HE BRONZE COW SCULPTURES IN DOWNTOWN 4ORONTO SUCH A CONTRAST 4OTEM POLES IN #AMPBELL 2IVER ON 6ANCOUVER )SLAND SHOULD CREATE MANY MORE LARGE SCALE FOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO BUILD A UNIQUE REPUTATION A STRONG REMINDER OF THE lRST INHABITANTS OF THE LAND AND THEIR TRADITIONS s ) TRAVELED TO 1UITO %CUADOR SEVERAL YEARS AGO $OWN THE BOULEVARD OF MOTOR WAYS AND WALKWAYS ARE PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE s 0UBLIC FOUNTAINS ARE AN ARTFUL WAY TO BEAUTIFY A SETTING WHIL RELAXING THE ATMOSPHERE 4HE THEMES VARY FROM )NDIGINOUS REPRESENTATIONS TO MODERN THEMES !LMUNGST ALL THE CHAOS OF TRAFlC AND PEOPLE IS A s ANY OF THE 'ROUP OF 3EVEN DISPLAYS  %MILY #ARR IN 4ORONTO OR 4OM 4HOMPSON IN 5NIONVILLE ARE THE MOST RECENT GALLERIES SOLIDARY PLACE FOR THE EYES TO REST AND THE IMAGINATION TO WANDER THAT ) HVAE ATTENDED BUT OUR 2ETIRED 4EACHERS GROUP GOES OUT ONCE PER MONTH IN (AMILTON s  &2%% 2UBBER 3TAMP IN #LEVELAND LARGE BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL 5NIQUE %YE CATCHING TO LOCALS AND TOURISTS )T IS s 3TATUE OF ,IBERTY AND ALL ARCHITECTURE OF .EW 9ORK #ITY %ACH ARE UNMISTAKABLE ICONS OF .9# AND CONVEY THE SIMPLE BUT SOMETHING THAT IS RECOGNIZABLE THOUGH IN MASSIVE FORM %VERYTIME ) GO TO #LEVELAND ) GET A PHOTOS OF ME WITH IT )T IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT .9# IS A CITY OF THE WORLD IN THE WAY THAT ALL CITIES SHOULD ASPIRE TO BE ) FELT WELCOMED TO .9# TAKES YOUR EYES AWAY FROM DULL DRAG OFlCE BUILDINGS AND DIRECTS YOUR VIEW TOWARDS THE LAKE AS A BACKDROP JUST BY THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE ALONE AND WISHED (AMILTON HAD THE SAME WAY OF EXPRESSING ITSELF AESTHETICALLY  7ALL MURALS VARIOUS PLACES 3OMETIMES YOU MISS SEEING THEM EVEN IF YOU WALK OR DRIVE PAST THAT SAME SPOT EVERYDAY s /NE OF MY EARLIEST AND MOST MEMORABLE INTRODUTIONS TO PUBLIC ART WAS A SCULPTURE BY THE ARTIST 2ICHARD 3ERRA IN LOWER THEN SUDDENLY YOU NOTICE THEM 4HEY REQUIRE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE OR THEY CAN MAKE THE AREA FEEL @RUN DOWN "ARTON -ANHATTAN ,OCATED IN THE lNANCIAL DISTRICT OF .EW 9ORK IT COMPELLED ONE TO ENGAGE VISUALLY AND OTHERWISE WITH THE 3TREET %AST NEAR THE 'ENERAL (OSPITAL 5NTIL ) MET ONE OF THE ARTISTS ) HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE MURALS WERE THERE FOR BUT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART AND COMMERCE 4HE PIECE WAS REMOVED IN THE LATE S BECAUSE IT IMPEDED THE FOLKS FROM THEY CERAINLY CAUGHT MY EYE BECAUSE THEY ARE BRIGHT +EITH (ERING PIECE IN 0ISA 4HOUGH WHEN ) WAS THERE ) HAD NO GETTING FROM POINT ! TO POINT " IN A CLEAR AND EXPIDITOUS FASHION 3ADLY COMMERCE WON OUT 4OO BAD IDEA WHO HE WAS THEREFORE THE ARTWORK DIDNT @MEAN ANYTHING TO ME THOUGH ) LIKED IT .OW ) KNOW WHO HE IS AND JUST HOW WIDE SPREAD AND ACCEPTED HIS ARTWORK IS -URALS ON THE ,ISTER "LOCK IN (AMILTON ) LIKE THAT THEY DEPICT POINTS IN s 4HE SCULPTURE GARDEN AT THE !RT 'ALLERY MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME 5NFORTUNATELY IT WASNT A GOOD ONE ) FOUND THE (AMILTONS HISTORY BUT THEY ARE RUN DOWN AND DATED IN THEIR STYLE WORKS IN A VERY STARK ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS NOT PEOPLE FRIENDLY 4HE PIECES AT #ITY (ALL SEEM TO BE MORE WELCOMING 4HE BEST PIECE OF PUBLIC ART ) HAVE SEEN THOUGH WAS AN INDUSTRIAL PIECE THAT WAS SITTING IN A METAL YARD IN THE EAST END  7OODEN SCULPTURES IN /RANGEVILLE /NTARIO ) THINK THEY ARE ALL ANIMALS OR FACESCHARACTICTURES .ICE BUT NOW THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY OF THEM NOW OVERBOARD ON ONE THING CAN BE BAD s *OSE ,IMON DANCE #OMPANY PERFORMING IN #ENTRAL 0ARK 3UMMER OF  .EW 9ORK #ITY! BEAUTIFUL VENUE OF COURSE LOTS OF PEOPLE AND A BACKDROP THAT WAS QUITE UNIQUE  -OOSE IN 4ORONTO ) LIKE LIVE MOOSE AND ) ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE ONES THAT SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY CENTRES HAD PARTICIPATED IN PAINTING )T WAS NICE TO SEE THEM BUT AGAIN TOO MANY CAN BE TOO MUCH s ) HAVE ALWAYS LIKED A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION NEAR THE "OARD OF %DUCATION IN #ALGARY ) BELIEVE )T IS CALLED THE #IRCLE OF ,IFE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT )T IS A CIRCLE OF HUMAN lGURES REACHING FOR EACH OTHER  2ANDOM STREET ART hUNDUSTRIALv hYOU ARE BEING WATCHEDv ETC 7HETHER AS PART OF AN ARTISTS INTALLATION OR OTHERWISE THEY CATCH MY EYE AND ) WANT TO KNOW IF ) SHOULD BE FOLLOWING A ROUTE ACROSS THE CITY ) WALK A LOT SO WHEN SOMETHING s ) ENJOY OUTDOOR SCULPTURES SUCH AS THE ONE ON THE "AYFRONT )VE ENJOYED HISTORIC ARTWORK SUCH AS THE STATUES IN 'ORE City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN RIGHT HERE IN THE #ITY THE ONE ON THE SIDE OF THE +IWANIS CLUB RIGHT HERE IN LOOK SO THAT THEY LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART AND MEDIUMS THAT OCCUR IN OUR CITY ) AM ALWAYS INTRIGUED !NYTIME ) SEE PUBLIC ART AND HAVE MY  CHILDREN IN TOW ) MAKE A POINT OF TAKING THE TIME TO STOP THE CAR OR TAKE A BETTER -OOSE SCULPTURES IN 4ORONTO DOWNTOWN )TWHICH MADE WERE AN UNIQUE IMPRESSION INTHEIR ON OWN ME WAY BECAUSE BUT OF WITH THE A LARGE COMMON NUMBER THEMEMORE )T OF CREATED SIMILAR A SCULPTURES FUN AND IRREVERENT ATMOSPHERE IN OTHERWISE WHEN ) SEE SOMETHING NEW )T OFTEN REMINDS ME OF TIMES WHEN )VE VISITED OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR CONCEPTS "# CONSERSATIVE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT  OR  PIECES WOULD HAVE HAD NO IMPACT AT ALL THERE WERE PERHAPS  OR HAS A GREAT TOWN FULL OF TOTEMS AND MANY OUTDOOR BUILDING MURALS sTHE IT IS LIKE A FULL OUTDOOR GALLERY
4HE hDOORSv SOMEWHERE THAT THEYVE NEVER SEEN 4HESE DOORS WOULD MAKE A GREAT TOURIST TREASURE HUNT
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PROJECT IS ONE THAT MY KIDS HAVE HAD MUCH FUN WITHTHEY ARE ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN THEY lND ANOTHER PAINTEDREMARKABLE hDOORv WORK AND ANOTHER ONE ) THOUGHT WAS A GREAT IDEA WAS 0ARIS AND VARIOUS OTHER CITIES 4HERE IS ALSO A REMARKABLE VASELIKE WORK SITUATED IN #ATHEDRAL 3QUARE IN #HRISTCHURCH ALSO BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY A NUMBER OF PUBLIC ART EXHIBITIONS IN VARIOUS CITIES AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING .EW :EALAND AND THIS IS LEAVING ASIDE WORKS SUCH AS THE 3YDNEY /PERA (OUSE AND OTHER EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL ) BELIEVE TO BE DESIGNED BY &RANK 'EHRY WHICH ARE STRIKING THE 0ICASSO OUTSIDE OF THE #HICAGO #ITY (ALL h7AVING 'IRLv IN 3AVANNAH '! AND NUMEROUS WORKS WHICH DOT ,ONDON TURN THESE KIDS AROUND AND CHANNEL THEM INTO A PROMISING FUTURE IN THE ART lELD (AMILTON )D SUGGEST ADVERTISING AND SOLICITING THE ARTISTIC ABILITIES OF SOME OF THE hGRAlTTI KIDSv THE VERY DIVERSE NEIGHBOURHOODS !LSO MUCH OF THE PUBLIC ART WE SAW IN 'ERMANY STRUCK A BALANCE BETWEEN CONNECTING 4HE LARGE BASEBALL BAT IN #HICAGO 4HE LARGE TILE MURAL OF -OHOMID !LLIE IN +ENTUCKY WITH SOME SCULPURES IE *ACKSON 3Q hARTv .OW THAT ) THINK ABOUT IT THERE ARE TWO OTHER WORKS IN #HICAGO AND SPECIlCALLY IN -ILLENIUM 0ARK ONE OF WHICH WERE BOTH AMAZED AT THE EXTENT AND DIVERSITY OF PUBLIC ART )N PARTICULAR WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE REUSE OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS IN "ERLIN 4HE FOLKS THERE HAVETHE DONE PAST AN WITH AMAZING THE JOB PRESENT ATAND 4HERE INTEGRATING MONUMENTS AND IS WAS MAINTAINING SOME RESPECTFUL THE HISTORY AND SPIRIT THAT OFTEN OF SOME SUBTLE WOULD LIKE TO FORGET OR ERASE BUT THE INTEGRATION OF SYMBOLS SKILLFUL SCULPTURE ) ALSO LIKE -ICHAEL !LLGOEWER AND -AGGIE -ARTINEAUS SUBTLE PLAQUES AROUND THE .ORTH %ND THAT HELP THOUGH ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED 7HO KNOWS HAVING SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY MIGHT JUST ) BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY IMPROVE APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS AND EVEN ENCOURAGE DEBATE POLITICAL BUT ARTISTIC NEVERTHELESS IN 5332 0OTTERS SQUARES IN .EPAL !MAZING GRAFlTI NEAR TRAIN YARDS ACROSS #ANADA AWE 3TREET MUSICIANS IN -ONTREAL "EAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING AND ARCHITECTURE ANYWHERE 4HERE ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES
"UT ARE PROBABLY VERY hNORMALv TO THE LOCALS )T WOULD BE NICE IF OUR ENVIRONMENT COULD BECOME SIMILARLY STEEPED IN ARTISTRY /TTAWA WITH THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER 0UBLIC REMINDERS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS  THINGS TO CONSIDER US TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND SIGNIlCANCE OF hORDINARYv PLACES IN THE CITY -AYBE 7ELLINGTON ) ALSO ENJOY THE PAINTING ON THE THE "RIDGE ON *AMES 34 ON THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN UNFORTUNATELY NOT MANY HERE )VE ENJOYED BEING hSURPRISEDv BY COMING ACROSS ART IN UNEXPECTED PLACES HOWEVER IN PLACES LIKE OLD (AVANA THAT ARE IMMERSED IN A VIBRANT ARTISTIC  MUSICAL CULTURE THINGS THAT WERE hUNEXPECTEDv TO ME s 2AFFAIGA AT THE WATERFRONT 3TRONGs POWERFUL AND 4(E IMPOSING SCULPTURE PIECE AT OF 0IER PUBIC ART  THAT MADE IS ME APPROPRIATE FEEL FOR AS THE SETTING IF ) COULD RELATE TO HOW OVERWHELMED THE lGURE WAS WITH THE TASK AT HAND s 4OO MANY EXAMPLES TO ENUMERATEs 6ISIT GALLERIES AND SO ON WHEN ) CAN s GRAFlTTI ON AN ENTIRE WALLs FACING A )N PARKING A LOT SMALL DOWNTOWN ) TOWN BELIEVE IN ON .ORTHERN +ING 7ILLIAM(UGHSON /NTARIO AREA -IDLAND ) BELIEVE THEY HAVE MULTITUDES OF WALL MURALS ON THE SIDES OF STORES s !NY UNIQUE ARCHITECHTURE SPECIlCALLY MYs FAVORITES ARE )F THAT YOU WHICH MEAN IS IN ENVIRONMENTALLY (AMILTON s FRIENDLY ) OR AM 4RAIN HISTORICAL MURAL IMPRESSED ON WITH SIDE THE OF SCULPTURESs BUILDING ATOP ON THE 7E &ERGUSON ART LIVED !VE GALLERY IN 6ERY AT 'ERMANY IMPRESSIVE +ING FOR AND 3T A SOOTHING % FULL YEAR TWO YEARS AGO 7E LIVED IN VARIOUS CITIES (AVING GROWN UP IN 3OUTHERN /NTARIO WE s NOT SURE s ,IKE EVERYONE ELSE ) LOVE THE SCULPTURE WHICH WAS INSTALLED AT THE DOCKING AREAS FOR THE (AMILTON (ARBOUR 1UEEN ) HAVE s 6ENITIAN 'LASS DISPLAY ABOVE THE ENTRANCE TO A RESTAURANTHOTEL IN 4ORONTO ON PUBLIC ART TOUR  IT WAS AMAZING ) WAS IN s s 3CULPTURE OUTSIDE THE $ISCOVERY #ENTRE s 0AUL #VETICHS INJURED WORKERS MEMORIAL AT -AIN  "AY IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF MEANINGFUL AESTHETICALLY POWERFUL s ,ATEST %XAMPLE IS THE STUDENT PAINTINGS COVERING THE WINDOWS IN THE ABANDONED BUILDING ON +ING  7ENTWORTH s THE MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THE "ANK OF .OVA 3COTIA BUILDING ON +ING 3T %AST IS ONE OF THE MANY MURALS IN THE CITY ALONG s 4HE SCULPTURE ON 0IER s )TS DRAMATIC CHRISTO AND GATES EYE CATCHING TO CENTRAL PARKNEWs YORK CITY -URALS IN JUST ABOUT EVERY LITTLE PARKETTE ) WALKED BY IN OLD (AVANA -ASSIVE SCULPTURES MANY OF WHICH WERE s 3TATUE OF THE INJURED WORKER AT CITY HALL  VERY POWERFUL MONUMENT TO INJURED WORKERS  ALSO THE 7AR -EMORIAL IN OOK AT VIBRANT COLOURS CLASSIC SCUPTURE PIECES THROUGHOUT SWIMMING THINKING OF *ACKSON 3QUARE  4REVI &OUNTAIN0ALAZZO 0OLI IN 2OME IS A TOURIST SPOT AND ITS EXCITING JUST IS NEW ON MY REGULAR ROUTE ) NOTICE IT )TS NICE TO EXPERIENCE IT AS A CITIZEN NOT JUST SOMETHING FOR THE TOURISTS ) DONT FAMOUS SCUPLTURES IN THE OUTDOOR GALLERY  6ARIOUS 3CULPTURES IN #UBA MOSTLY WOOD CARVED BY HAND DETAILED !N ARTIST ON THEBECUASE BEACH OF THE INCLUDED BUZZ ITEMS OF THE THAT CROWD PEOPLE GETTING ENGAGED BUSKERS AND STREET ARTISTS NEARBY ALL WHILE TOSSING IN COINS HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS OR WHAT IT MEANS BUT IF ) KNOW WHERE ) CAN lND INFORMATION ABOUT WHY ITS THERE THATS CONTEXT TO THE SPACE AROUND IT $AVID BUT IN SOMETIMES &LORENCE THE )T SPACE IS POWERFUL AROUND DETAILED ARTWORK AND CAN LARGER CHANGE THAN AND LIFE CHANGE 0OINT THE FOR CONTEXT TOURISTS DRAWING THEM TO OTHER SLIGHTLY LESS GREAT #HALK ART )VE ONLY SEEN EMAILS OR THIS STYLE IN 4ORONTO BUT ITS AMAZING TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT WILL WASH SO THEY FEEL A CONNECTION TO THE BEACH &OUNTAINS TO CAN THE BE ARTIST TO NEAT THE BUT COUNTRY SOMETIMES AND ON PROMOTE A LOOKERS BOND PARTICIPATE A LITTLE TOO MUCH IN ONES THAT ARE NOT INTENDED FOR REPRESENT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD A BEAVER AND A MAPLE LEAF FOR #ANADA AND ULTIMATELY THE VISITORS TO THE BEACH OFF LATER ESPACIALLY IF ITS ONE THAT /PEN GIVES $OORS THE IN PERSPECTIVE (AMILTON OF ) A ONLY TUNNER SAW GOING A INTO THE FEW GROUND OF ETC THESE THAT ) ENJOYED THE ONES THAT WERE STRICTLY ADVERTISING WERE ./4 4HE BEAUTY OF THEIR WEATHER IS THAT IT )N THE WONT BROADER DETERIORATE SENSE TO !RT THE $ECO SAME ARCHITECTURE DEGREE AND AS DESIGN IT SUCH AS WOULD 4( IN  #ANADA " 2AILWAY BUILDING (ORIZON 5TILITIES (AMILTON BECAUSE ITS GOOD LUCK
)TS ALSO INSANELY BEAUTIFUL SCUPLTURE AND LIT VERY WELL AT NIGHT SO IT BECOMES A  HOUR EXPERIENCE VIEWING IT AND IT MADE THE PIER A POINT OF INTEREST 0ORT !UTHORITY  ) WALKED BY IT ) WATCHED THE ARTISTME AT SERVE WORK AS AN SPENDING IDENTIFYERLANDMARK HOURS FOR AND A HOURS MEETING ON PLACE HIS MASTERPIECEABOUT 6ARIOUS YOU SCUPTURESMURALS HAD IN TO READ THE PLAQUE DESCRIPTION BESIDE IT )T SPARKED AWE AND CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PATRONS THERE FROM OR IF IT IS A #ITY OWNED PIECE OF ART BUT IT LOOKS VERY NICE ART AND HAD NO VALUE TO ME VS 3AIL THE AT 0IER ARTISTIC  DOORS ) THAT LOVE INVOLVED THIS ARTISTS 4HE AND SHADOW COMMUNITY IS CASTS THE HEIGHT AND SIZE OF IT FROM A DISTANCE THE STYLE AND CLEAN LINES )T HAS PUBLIC PLACES THEY PROVIDE VISUAL INTEREST AND ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF A LANDSCAPE THEY MAKE A SPACE INTERESTING TO THERE WAS A REAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD EVENTO BEFORE DISPLAY ART ) &OR STARTED EXAMPLE WORKING A HERE VERY OLD BUILDING WITH HUGE CONCRETE WALLS WAS USED TO DISPLAY A SLIDE SHOW OF ARTWORK SET 0ARIS &RANCE HISTORIC BLENDED BEATIFULLY WITH THE SURROUNDINGS GROUNDS TO BRING IN NEW IDEAS AND MODERN DAY EVENTS TAKE FRIENDS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREAS ON EXCURSIONS TO MUSIC )T COMBINED THE HERITAGE OF AN OLD BUILDING WITH ARTWORK AND MUSIC 4HIS EVENT HAD AN ENTRANCE FEE WHICH SCULPTURE ENJOY THEM THE FOUNTAIN GIVES ME A SENSE OF FRESHNESS AND PEACE IN THE BUSY DOWNTOWN  AND THE STAUTES AN INTERESTING HELPED PAY FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE OLD BUILDING AND REEMBURSE THE ARTIST THAT CREATED THE PRESENTATION &RANCE ALSO USES THEIR OLD CASTLES FOR OUTDOOR CONCERTSPLAYSART EXHIBITS ) LOVED THE IDEA OF REALLY USING THEIR OLD BUILDINGS AND BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR HISTORY ) ENJOY REALISM NOT ABSTRACT ART s ) LIKE THE 3!), ONs THE WATERFRONT ) SAW A SHOW ABOUTs PUBLIC ART 4HE IN SIDE .9# OF 4HE THE MURALS BUILDING WERE IN ON WHICH BUILDING ) WALLS WORK AND HAS WERE A AMAZING
*OYOUS MURAL FULL ALONG OF THE LIFE ENTIRE SIDE OF IT )TS BEAUTIFUL AND IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE s )N THE PASTWALL MURALS ONs DOWNTOWN PUBLIC ,ARGE BUILDINGS MURAL ON 9ORK STREETs DEPICTING THE (AMILTON &ARMERS 7EST MARKET (ARBOUR THEME THEs SCULPTURE OF 4ESLAS 3TATUE THE IN TWO .IAGARA PEOPLE FALLS ONs ONTARIO THE SAILBOAT BEAUTIFUL MOSIAC TILE FOUNTAIN IN .EW /RLEANS STUNNING TO L s 4HE @2AFAGA 5NLEASHED AT PIER  CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE IT WAS INTERESTING AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS s 3CULPTURES AT *ACKSON 3QUARE AND 0IER  HAVE ENHANCED MY VIEW OF THESE LOCATIONS AND MADE ME PROUD TO VENTURE AND s ) WENT ON A VACATION TO &RANCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ) WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THEIR CULTURE USES THEIR HERITAGE s 4HE MURAL ON *AMES 3TREET AS YOU WALK UNDER THE BRIDGE GOING SOUTH ) lND IT BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE EVERY DAY WHEN s ) ENJOY LOOKING AT THE LARGE MURAL THAT HANGS AT THE TOP OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN ) DONT KNOW WHERE IT CAME s ) DO QUITE LIKE THEs PAINTING AT ,ARGE &ERGUSON SCULPTURE 3TATION ON OF THE THE (ARBOURs TRAIN &RONT )T ) REMINDS &IGURES CONSIDER ME AND THE OF 3AILS 'ORE THE 0ARK CITYS DAYS FOUNTAIN GONE THE BY STATUES OF 1UEEN 6ICTORIA  3IR *OHN ! -C$ONALD PUBLIC ART  AND THOROUGHLY s WATERFRONT NEAR WILLIAMS THE SAIL AND TWO INDIVIDUALS PULLING THE ROPES IT WAS CREATIVE WELL INTEGRATED IN THE SPACE s !LAMO 4HE #UBE IN .EW 9ORK BECAUSE PASSERS BY CAN INTERACT WITH IT SO DIRECTLY HTTPENWIKIPEDIAORGWIKI!LAMO? s ) ,/6% THE SAIL AT 0IER  0ARK NEAR THE -ARINE $ISCOVERY #ENTRE )T JUST STIMULATES THE MIND AND ON A WINDY DAY IT JUST s  -URALS BY CHILDREN ON A FENCE IN 3TRATFORD /NTARIO %NLIVENED THE STREET AND SHOWED CHILDRENS FEELINGS MADE ME MAKES THE ART LOOK REAL FEEL HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT  7ORK BY -ARGUERITE ,ARMAND ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST WHO HAS TAUGHT AND WORKED IN (AMILTON smOATING WAX lGURES ON RAFTS IN A POND NEAR "URFORD MYSTICAL MADE ME THINK ABOUT WAR AND PEACE AND HUMAN s -URAL AT 7EST !VEAND "ARTON IN (AMILTON h6ISAGES $U -ONDEv HISTORY ) ALSO CONTRIBUTED A POEM FOR THE PUBLIC LAUNCHING OF THIS PIECE WHICH WAS hON VIEWv FOR SEVERAL WEEKS   THE s ) HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY PUBLIC ART IN #HICAGO 4HE h*ELLYBEANv BY !NISH +APOOR h#ROWN &OUNTAINv IN -ILLENIUM 0ARK SCULPTURE IN THE FAIRLY NEW 7ATERFRONT WALK AND PARK AT THE NORTH END OF *OHN 3T (AMILTON NEAR THE $ISCOVERY #ENTRE WORK WELL AT ENGAGING THE PUBLIC sTHE SCULPTURE IS INTERESTING MODERN AND ENCOURAGES DISCUSSION AND IS BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT MAKES THE AREA MORE APPEALING TO USERS OF THE PARK s 2AFAGA 5NLEASHED AT 0IER  4HE PURE PHYSICALITY OF THE PIECE IS BREATHTAKING AND ITS LOCATION ADDS A POWERFULLY EVOCATIVE ELEMENT TO THE INSTALLATION AND THE PIER 4RULY WONDERFUL s &ROM THE TAPESTRIES THAT DRAPE TALL BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN THE MURAL ON THE EAST WALL OF THE PARKADE ON 7ILSON9ORK STATUES IN PARKS AND ON BUILDING FACADES SCULPTURES IN :UCKER SQUARE TO MINOR PAINTINGS LIKE THE FAKE WINDOWS ON THE s "EING BOTH A 3AILING ENTHUSIAST MINOR CREW MEMBER ON TWO FT BOATS AND A MAD LOVER OF OUR 7ATERFRONT CURRENT  &LAT )RON BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN 4ORONTO ANYTHING THAT TAKES FROM THE COLD WALLS OF BUILDINGS WITH NO GREENSCAPE POTENTIAL  ) STAND IN AWE AT THE "AYFRONT %NTRY 3AIL AND THE 2AISING THE 3AIL SCULPTURE 4HE MOTIONREALISM AND YET AROUND THEM NOT EXTREME REALISM AS WITH A $ARBY PAINTING ) WANTED TO JOIN THE SCULPTURED MEN BUT PERHAPS NEXT EFFORT SHOULD HAVE A WOMEN THEY TOO HAVE SAILED MAGNIlCENTLY MANY SOLO AROUND THE WORLD WITH FEWER THAN   STOPS s )N 1UEBEC CITY LAST SUMMER THERE WERE PLENTY OF LOCAL ARTISTS WORKING ON PICTURES IN THE OLD PART OF THE CITY AMONG TOURISTS AND MANY SMALL BUSINESSES s 4HE #IVIC SQUARE AND WATERFRONT OF 7ELLINGTON .EW :EALAND IS FABULOUS
5NIQUE STYLISTIC COLUMNS OF NATIVE PALM TREES FORMS THE COLUMNS AROUND THE LIBRARY A SILVER lLIGREE BALL OF THE NATIVE TREE FERN SYMBOL IS SUSPENDED ABOVE THE s !UGUSTUS *ONES STATUE PROUD TO BE A #REEKER SQUARE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL CIVIC BUILDINGS AND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE LEADING FROM THE WATERFRONT TO THE CIVIC SQUARE IS s 4HE 0EBBLE ON THE 3AND SCULPTURE ON 6AN7AGNERS IS BEAUTIFUL )T SEEMS TO BLEND INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND IT AND ) REMINISCENT OF A SAILING SHIP COMPLETE WITH FEATURES THAT CHILDREN CAN PLAY ON )T IS BEAUTIFUL FUNCTIONAL AND USES THE LIKE THAT ITS NOT YET ANOTHER (AMILTON PAINTED WALL MURAL
UNIQUE SYMBOLISM OF .EW :EALAND s (IGH ,EVEL "RIDGE ALSO CALLED THE -C1UESTEN "RIDGE DElNES THE ENTRANCE INTO (AMILTON )T IS A GATEWAY TO THE CITY 4HE s -URALS ON VARIOUS BUILDINGS ESPECIALLY ON /TTAWA 3TREET )T WAS PLEASANT TO LOOK AT TOLD A STORY AND HISTORY OF THE AREA LIGHT lXTURES FROM THE (IGH ,EVEL "RIDGE ARE ALSO ECHOED IN THE -C1UESTEN 0ARK ON THE MOUNTAIN 4HESE ARE SYMBOLS ALSO ON RESTAURANT ACROSS FROM 'AGE 0ARK "EAUTIlED THE AREA TOLD A STORY OF (AMILTON s 0HILDELPHIA 4HE ,'"4 0RIDE MURAL ON THE WEST WALL OF 7ILLIAM 7AY ',"4 #OMMUNITY #ENTRE 3IMILAR TO THE CONCEPT OF s ,UMINATO THE MURAL INSIDE #ITY (ALL IT IS INSPIRATIONAL AND REmECTS THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE IN THE #ITY )TS IS A COMPREHENSIVE THEME OF DIVERSITY AND PEOPLE AS OPPOSE TO ONE THEME  &LOATING !RTWORKS 5NION 3TATION "#% 0LACE 4$ #ENTRE  MORE ! WORLD PREMIERE OF -AX 3TREICHERS 15!$2)'! A COMPOSITION OF INmATABLE HORSES mOATING TOWARDS THE CLOCK IN THE 'REAT (ALL AT 5NION 3TATION 4HE #ANADIAN PREMIERE s *AMES 3TREET 3OUTH THE (AMILTON #ONSERVATORY TUNNELL OF 8AVIER 6EILHANS MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE h,E 'RAND -OBILEv AT "#% 0LACE s  lSH SCULPTURE ON SOMEONES FRONT LAWN IN 7EST (AMILTON IT WAS UNEXPECTED AND IT MADE ME LAUGH  IRON SCULPTURES  0ULSE &RONT ! MATRIX OF LIGHT BEAMS OVER (ARBOURFRONT ORIGINATING FROM TWENTY OF THE WORLDS MOST POWERFUL AT -C-ASTER 5NIVERSITY THESE SCULPTURES ARE FORBODING  STONE STATUES IN &LORENCE )TALY THESE STATUES WERE PART OF ROBOTIC SEARCHLIGHTS IS ENTIRELY CONTROLLED BY A NETWORK OF SENSORS THAT MEASURE THE HEART RATE OF PASSERS BY SCENERY PART OF VIBE OF THE TOWN) WAS IN AWE OF THEM  (OMOGRAPHIES "Y 2AFAEL ,OZANO (EMMER 4$ #ENTRE (OMOGRAPHIES IS AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION FEATURING ROBOTIC s 4HERE ARE MANY -OST OF THEM ENGAGE THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT IN UNEXPECTED WAYS %G A WORD IMPRINTED ON THE mUORESCENT LIGHT lXTURES CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERIZED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS !S PEOPLE WALK UNDER THE PIECE THE LIGHT STREET TUBES ROTATE TO CREATE LABYRINTHINE PATTERNS OF LIGHT THAT ARE hPATHSv OR hCORRIDORSv BETWEEN THEM )N (OMOGRAPHIES s 0UBLIC !RT IN $OWNTOWN 4ORONTO IN THE &INANCIAL $ISTRICT PROVIDED A PRESENCE DIFFERENT THAN WITHIN THE HIGHRISE BUILDING THE hVANISHING POINTv IS NOT ARCHITECTURAL BUT RATHER CONNECTIVE AS IT IS DETERMINED BY WHO IS THERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME SURROUNDINGS AND VARIES ACCORDINGLY 4HIS GIVES A RECONlGURABLE LIGHT SPACE THAT IS BASED ON mOW ON MOTION ON LINES OF SIGHT )MPRESSED BECAUSE ITS A CUTTING EDGE UNDERGROUND CREATIVE APPROACH TO UNIQUE APPLICATIONS IN VISUAL CULTURE HIGHLY s THE BEAN CHICAGOCHALENGED MY PERCEPTION ORIGINAL
,OCATED IN 4ORONTO AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY s 4HE 0IER  SCULPTURE 4HE TWO lGURES CLEARLY AND POWERFULLY EXPRESS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING s 4HE TOTEM POLES ALL OVER THE TOWN OF $UNCAN ON 6ANCOUVER )SLAND 4HE MURALS ON THE WALLS IN #HEMAINUS 6ANCOUVER WIND AND WATER ! PARK BENCH CAN DO THE SAME THING ON A SMALLER SCALE )T INVITES AND ILLUSTRATES A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE )SLAND "ECAUSE ) HAD HEARD ABOUT THE TOTEM POLES AND MURALS IN THOSE TWO TOWNS ) MADE A SPECIAL TRIP OFF THE HIGHWAY IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING 4AKES A PICTURE OF A VIEW )F YOU COULD TAKE A PICTURE OF THE WIND THE SCULPTURE AT 0IER  DOES TO VISIT THE TOWNS SO CLEARLY PUBLIC ART DOES INVITE TOURISM THIS s 7AR MEMORIAL IN /TTAWA )T GAVE ME A SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF .ATIONAL PRIDE AND A SENSE OF BELONGING s -AY WE BEGIN BY STATING LABLES LIMIT AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABOUT LIMITING MYSELF AS SUCH LIFE TO ME IS THE ART AND ACT OF BEING ) HAVE FOR THE LAST  YEARS DONE MY 0%.ANCE ON HITTING THE BOOKS WHEN ) COULDNT lND ANY COURSES TO COVER s .ATIONAL 7AR -EMORIAL AS IT GIVES ONE A SENSE OF THE DETERMINATION AND DEDICATION OF OUR SOLDIERS IN THE FACE OF (ELL MY BROAD RANGE OF INTERESTS AND HIT THE BOOKS ON MY OWN BASICALLY ) mY BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS AND PLAY IT BY EAR ) LIKE ANY WHICH IS SILLY AND DELIGHTLUL ANY WHICH SPARKS OFF A CONVERSATION MURALS ON WALLS AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES )D LOVE TO SEE ART IN WINDOWS OF THE EMPTY STORES ) LIKE TO SEE STAINED GLASS LIKE ) HAD A VERY COLOUR PIECE OF  PIECESS AND ) PUT TWINKLY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BEHIND IT AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZING )T UNFORTUNATELY BROKE AND MY FRIEND WHO ) AM SURE WAS TOTALLY TICKED OFF SO HASNT MADE ME ANOTHER /N THE UPSIDE )VE GOT A SKETCH HE DID FOR ME FOR A KITCHEN CUPBOARD AND ONE LOOK AT IT HAD ME SHARE THAT WAY TO NEAT FOR A SMALL PIECE IT OUGHT BE BIG )N FACT IT REMINDED ME OF A COMMEMORATIVE FOR   ) WOULD LOVE TO SEE (AMILTON HAVE ITS OWN MUSICAL FEAST ON  BE IT AT 'AGE 0ARK    WHICH DOES REMIND ME OF 4HE (OUSE OF 3EVEN !NGELS NOW WHERE IS THAT YOU MAY ASK /N -AIN %AST 4HE 'AGE FAMILY HOME WHICH IS FOR SALE NOW AS TO WHY ) WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY STORY IN IT (AVE DIFFERENT ROOMS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES AS WELL AS SHOW OFF THE TOKENS AND TREASURES OF OUR JORNEY THROUGH LIFE HAVE IT BECOME A TOURIST ATTRACTION ) WOULD LIKE A lLM MADE A BLOCK BUSTER OF YES 0EACE BREAKING OUT IN THIS WORLD AND WITH IT (AMILTON BECOMING HUB AND HOME OF CYCLING THROUGH THE CHANGES WITHOUT TRYING (EY ) CONSIDER IT 4IGER 4OWNS $ESTINY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MERRY MUSIC AND -EDICINE WED "OTANY AND "IOLOGY WITH THE 2"' BEING THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF TIGER 4OWN AND THIS MY FRIENDS IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE PROVERBIAL ICE BERG WHICH ) NOW SEE AS THE 7HITE "UFF!LO #ALF OFF LAND WITH A BIG CRACK AND SPLASH TO SAIL OFF IN ALL ITS GLORY FOR A MELT DOWN ON THE 'RAND "ANKS OF .EWFOUND ,AND  AND REMINDING US OF &UNKLE &EST AS TO WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT THINK ) WILL LEAVE YOU GUESSING FOR NOW *UST KNOW THAT ANY ONE WHO GIVES US THE &UNKLES AND LEAVES US LAUGHING LEST IT FROM MAKING MUSIC THAT GIVES YOU THE SHIVERS OR GOOSEBUMPS HEY WE CAN GO ON FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR HOWEVER AM A WONDER WHAT THE NEXT QUESTION ASKS CHEERS s ) LOVE THE OUT DOOR INSTALATIONS AT "AYFRONT 0ARK ) THINK THEY CONVEY THAT THE PARK IS AN OPEN FRIENDLY PLACE TO COME TOGETHER THAT WE CARE ABOUT HOW OUR PUBLIC SPACES LOOK 4HEY ALSO REmECT THE EXPERIENCES PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT TO HAVE WHILE IN THE SPACE s ,OVE THE CHAIN  BOULDER AT "AYFRONT 0ARK AS IT STIRS UP CONSIDERABLE DIALOGUE WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ,IKE WALL MURALS AS IT CAN BECOME A LANDMARK AND PROVIDES NOT ONLY A RESPITE FOR THE EYES BUT FOR THE WILLING SOUL City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN OF A LARGER CULTURAL PLANNING EFFORT FOR THE #ITY BE ABLE TO RELATE TO ART3OME OF IT NOT TOO MUCH? TY ALL WILL BENElT )T IS ONLY WHEN WE TRY TO IMPLANT THE VIEWER SOMEHOW ADDS AN INPUT TO THE SYSTEM CAN BE EXCITING /R SOMETHING ENJOYED AND INTERTWINED WITH THE COMMUNI ART AS A MEANS OF DISPLAYING THEIR TALENTS )N TERMS OF LOCATION TYPE OF ART AND CONTRIBUTION TO REVITALIZATION THIS IMPORTANT 3OME THING THAT WILL ENGAGE THE PUBLIC RATHER THAN OFFEND OR ALIENATE THEM THIS IS NOT TO SAY THATWHETHER IT FOR SCULPTURE OR MURALS 7E SHOULD PRIORITIZE PROMOTING OUR OWN CREATIVE WORKERS AND USE OUR PUBLIC 4HEREFORE IT MAY BE PREMATURE FOR THIS PART OF THE PROCESS WITHOUT AN OVERARCHING IDEA OF HOW THE #ITY PLANS TO TO LOOK AND THINK AND SEEK TO UNDERSTAND IT ADDRESS BROADER ISSUES OF CULTURE AND ART WILL FALL IN AND OUT OF FAVOUR QUICKLY ! LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SENSITIVITY AND A RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDINGS IS ALSO PUBLIC ARTS MASTER PLAN SHOULD NOT OCCUR ON ITS OWN BUT AS PART VITALITY AND CIVIC PRIDE WILL BUILD FROM THERE BUT THE LABEL hREVITALIZATIONv DOES NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE TO THE SHOULD BE EASY OR PRETTY ART ONLY SIMPLY THAT THE WORK BE PRESENTED IN AN EDUCATED CONTEXT ALLOWING THE PUBLIC AND THEIR ART ESTABLISHED DISCUSSION TO 2AISE A #HILDv ETC AS LONGMOST WOULD AS WE IT NOT IS ACCEPT EXCELLENT SOMETHING AND GREAT APPROPRIATE IF ,OCAL IT HISTORY WAS IS NOT IMPORTANT SOMETHING IN LOCAL SOME 7OULD WE CASES NOT BUT PURSUE NOT SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN NEAR A SCHOOL OR RECREATION CENTRE NEAR A PARK WOULD BRING LIFE THE THEIR COMMUNITY GREAT IF IT DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO REVITALIZATION (OW DOES ONE SCORE PUBLIC ON REVITALIZATION n GOOD PUBLIC ART HAS ART THAT DOES NOT BELONG DO WE SEND A MIXED MESSAGE EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES HOSPITALS DAY CARE CENTRES PUBLIC TO @INTERACT WITH THE ART INSTALLATION ) ALSO WONDER IF A THEME COULD BE @-AKING (AMILTON THE "EST 0LACE &URGUSON 3TATION )T IS IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING ART TO INNER CITY SCHOOL CHILDREN ! PARK OR AREA IN THE INNER CITY UNLESS IT IS FOR SOMETHING LIKE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIlCATION !RT SHOULD BE ALL OVER THE CITY (AMILTON SHOULD BE A HAVEN FOR ARTISTS CHEAP TO LIVE HERE IS IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND CREATIVE )NVESTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE IN KEY PIECES IN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT ARE SUITED TO THE FORM AND MEANING OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION EVEN -ONTREAL THAT HAVE GREAT PUBLIC ART ALSO HAVE A VIBRANT CORE PROCESS BECOMES A SHAM SURROUNDED BY INDICATORS OF IMPOVRISHMENT )N FACT ) THINK IT MAKES A SAD CONTRAST #ITIES LIKE #HICAGO .EW 9ORK YOU CAN INTERACT WITH EG THE SPLASHPADFOUNTAINS WITH SCULPTURES THAT GUSH UP FROM THE SIDEWALK ALONG 3PARKS 3TREET IN /TTAWA SHOULD HAVE AS LITTLE INPUT INTO THE PROCESS AS POSSIBLE 4HE DECISION OF EXPERT JURIES MUST BE RESPECTED OR ELSE THE SHOULD ALSO BE POP ART "ECAUSE GREAT 0UBLIC !RT IS OFTEN CONTROVERSIAL AND GAINS ACCEPTANCE OVER TIME SHORT TERM POLITICAL APPOINTEES

s)N PLANNING THE INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC ART IN (AMILTON ) THINK THE #ITY SHOULD DRAW HEAVILY ON OUR LOCAL TALENT POOL s $ISTRIBUTING ART TACTFULLY AND SPARINGLYs SO THAT ) IT THINK MAKES PUBLIC A ART DIFFERENCE SHOULDs AND REmECT DOES NOT LOCATIONS NOT ONLY MUST BECOME LOCAL BE PART HISTORY CLEAN BUT OF HIGHs IT SIGNAGE TRAFlC SHOULD CAREFULLY 0UBLIC SPEAK !RT SELECTED TO SHOULD AS WHAT MUCH IS AS IMPORTANT RESPONSIBLE BE TO DONE (AMILTONIANS BY LOCAL ARTISTS ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THEMSELVES s DURATION OF EXHIBIT s %ACH OF THE PRIORITIES LISTED IS VERY COMPLEX MORESO THAN IS INDICATED TYPE CAN BE ANYTHING INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY s GIVING LOCAL ARTISTS A CHANCEs TO WORK )F #O IT OPERATION IS WITH ART THE THAT *AMES IS 3T .ORTH ART MOVEMENT THAT IS HAPPENING s 3OMEHOW lTTING IN WITH THEs ART CURRICULUM 4HE TAUGHT LIFESPAN AT OF SCHOOLS THE ARTs PIECE !RT THAT IS STRONG AESTHETICALLY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY 'OOD ART WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME WHERE @THEMES OR TRENDS s ) BELIEVE A LOCAL CONNECTION IS IMPORTANT EITHER THE ARTIST SELECTED THE ENVIRONMENT CHOSEN OR THE ABILITY OF THE s 4AKE ART TO THE PEOPLE MORE EG TOs SCHOOLS MORE (AMILTON SHOULD MALLS HAVE A FESTIVALS VAIRETY AND OF FORMS CULTURAL OR TYPES EVENTS ) SPORTING DO NOT EVENTS LIKE PLACES FORMS THAT OF FUNCTION AS ADVERTISEMENTS FOR BUSINESSES s 3UPPORT OF THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITYs THROUGH FUNDING ) FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO CLUSTER AREAS A FEW SCULPTURES MURALS ECT WITH BENCHES TREES ETC %XAMPLE WOULD BE s !N @INTERACTIVE ELEMENT WHERE s LOCAL ARTISTS SHOULD BE SHOWCASED s BUT EXCELLENT &EATURE INTER NATIONAL LOCAL WORKS ARTISTS ALSO CONSIDERED s ) FEEL THAT WE NEEDs TO SUPPORT !CCESSIBLE LOCAL TO ARTISTS ALL AND FOSTERS THEMES As THAT SEND REmECT OF ) THIS COMMUNITY THINK COMMUNITY AND THE CONNECTEDNESS #ITY OF (AMILTON HAS MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO ADDRESS )T DOESNT MATTER HOW NICE THE ART IS IF IT IS s 3OME OF IT SHOULD BE TOUCHABLE FOR CHILDREN CHILDREN SHOULD s

Mean Replies

217.0 4.33 222.0 5.72 221.0 4.88 222.0 5.57 217.0 5.53 222.0 5.22 221.0 5.28 Totals 217.0 222.0 222.0 217.0 221.0 222.0 221.0

100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Don't Know Don't 0.0 0.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 2.0

10.0

4.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 2.3% 1.4% 0.9%

Disagree Strongly 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.7 1.0 5.0 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 0.5% 2.3%

0.0 5.0 2.0 9.0 8.7 3.0 Disagree 32.0 0.0% 2.3% 0.9% 4.1% 3.9% 1.4% 14.7%

4.0 7.0 Neutral 59.0 13.0 31.9 33.0 74.0 1.8% 3.2% 6.0% 26.7% 14.4% 14.9% 34.1% QG2: I Believe:

Mean Agree 50.0 74.0 62.0 61.0 61.1 70.0 48.0

22.5% 33.5% 27.9% 28.1% 27.5% 31.7% 22.1%

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HA IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL 7HAT HAS HAPPENED AT THE "AYFRONT IS TERRIlC AND IMAGES OF THE SUPERB HAPPENED SEEMS THAT BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED GARDENS ARE A VERY IMPRESSIVE ATTRACTION )F WE COULD SOMEHOW BRING THE "AY CLOSER WOULD HAVE TO END WITH A WONDERFUL RESTAURANT ON THE MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKING THE CITY ) OFTEN WONDER WHY THIS HASNT ALBUM OWNER HELPING TO HOLD UP THE MAST
-ANY BENCHES ALONG STREETS WOULD ENCOURAGE WALKING AND RESTING  SCULPTURE OF THE TWO PEOPLE HOLDING THE0ERSONALLY ) MAST WOULD IS ,/6% NO TO DOUBT SEE GRACING THE MANY VERTICAL PHOTO RAILWAY ALBUMS REINCARNATED AROUND ) THE THINK WORLD THAT WITH WOULDCOULD THE BE A DRAW FOR TOURISM )T A CHANGE [Continuing table] s !00%!, )4 3(/5,$ %.(!.#% )43s 3522/5.$).'3 ./4 DIFFERENT *534 TYPES #/.#%.42!4%$ ARE /. IMPORTANT "%).' EG ./4)#%$ MODERN ABSTRACT TRADITIONAL Describe any other priorities you feel would be important. s )NCLUDE IDEAS FROM NON ARTISTS AND CHILDREN0ERSONALLY ) HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF ONEvs ARTISTS hWORK AROUND ) TOWN THINK 7E NEED PEOPLE ENJOY TROMPE LOEIL OR ANY ART WITH AN IRONIC OR HUMOUROUS TONE AS WELL AS THE BEAUTIFUL PIECES )T ALSO s 2EmECTING (AMILTON IN SOME WAY BUT NOT NECESSARILY HISTORY )T WOULDNT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A SCENE OF (AMILTON OR s "RIGHT #OLORS ARE IMPORTANT FOR DOWNTOWN )T COVERS UP THE DOOM AND GLOOM OF OUR DILAPIDATED CITY EVEN A THEME IE STEEL BUT A CELEBRATION OF LOCAL TALENT UTILIIZING LOCAL ARTISTS ! WALL MURAL OF ONE OF +AREN +ULYKS s SHOULD NOT BE FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS MONEY WHEN MANY SENIORS AND LOW INCOME FAMILYS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME TO KEEP PAINTINGS FOR EXAMPLE WOULD BE WONDERFUL A HOME DUE TO INCREASED TAXES HYDRO ETC s 4ASTEFUL 0LACQUING OR SIGNAGE TO HELP VIEWERS UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT INTENT AND BIO OF ARTISTS s 'ENRE SHOULD BE OPENED UP GREENING THE ENVIRONMENT WITH NATURAL ART s !ESTHETICALLY ATTRACTIVE A WORK OF OBVIOUS QUALITY THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO LOVE EVEN IF IT IS CONTROVERSIAL AT lRST s 7HAT GROUPS WILL BE CONTRIBUTING THE THE ARTYOUTH CHILDREN SENIORS s 0UBLIC ART SHOULD INSPIRE THE VIEWER TO APPRECIATE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE AND TO ASPIRE TO BE BETTER PEOPLE s )F YOU BROADEN THE TOPIC OF ART IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE MUSIC AND THEATRE s (AMILTON IS NOT DIVERSIlED ENOUGH INDUSTRIALLY IN ORDER TO SURVIVE IN THE ST CENTURY )T HAS RELIED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY s !BLE TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE MASSES EG NOT TOO ABSTRACT IN NATURE ON STEEL MANUFACTURING FOR SO MANY YEARS UNTIL THE HEALTH INDUSTRY BECAME THE LARGEST EMPLOYER AND NOW THE CITY RELIES ON THIS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY .O MIND IS BEING PAID TO EVEN MODERNIZE THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND AS A RESULT OPERATIONS s %STHETIC !RTISTIC HIGH STANDARD OF WORK AS MEASURED BY PEER GROUP LIKE 3LATER(3" AND 3TELCO ARE CLOSING OR SELLING (AMILTON DEPERATELY NEEDS DIVERSIlCATION IN MORE THAN ONE THRIVING INDUSTRY 4HE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SHOULD BE ONE JUST AS 4ORONTO HAD MADE IT INTO ONE IN THE LATE S EARLY S /UR s !CCESSIBILITY TO CHILDREN ECONOMY DEPENDS ON DIVERSIlCATION AND ARTISTS AND ART ONCE THEIR POTENTIAL IS REALLY UNDERSTOOD AND VALUED WILL NEVER s /PEN TO ALL WITHOUT BARRIERS AS IN LARGER CITIES OFTEN IN (AMILTON THESE TYPE OF EVENTS SEEM LIMTED TO A GROUP IN A BECOME OBSOLETE DUE TO MARKET CHANGES BECAUSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A NEED FOR NEW ART AND ARTISTS )F IS A FACT TAUGHT CERTAIN ECONOMIC STATUS WHEREAS IN LARGER CITIES THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT THE COMMERCIAL ARTS IS THE WORLDS LARGEST INDUSTRY &ROM ILLUSTRATION TO ARCHITECTURE TO FORMAT OF OFlCIAL DOCUMENTS NOTHING EXISTS WITHOUT CREATIVE MINDS DESIGNING THEM lRST (AMILTON MUST SEIZE THE s  4HE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE PLANNED TO CREATE AN IMPACT lRST IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE THEN RADIATING OUTWARD IN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY OF ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND IMPROVING THE CITY THROUGH PUBLIC ART IS A SUBSEQUENT PHASES  ) FEEL THE THEME OF THE HUMAN DIMENSION SHOULD BE A PRIORITY (AMILTONIANS HAVE IT BUT THE START IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE CITY DOES NOT s ! CONCISE AND THOROUGH PUBLIC ART MANDATE THAT IS STRICTLY ADHERED TO BY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNEMENT ! TRANSPARENT s 7OULD LIKE TO SEE PREFERANCE GIVEN TO ARTISTS AND MANUFACTUING COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE THE lNAL PRODUCT FROM DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC (AMILTON s 4HE ENVIRONMENT AND SURROUNDINGS ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS 0UBLIC ART SHOULD ENHANCE THE SURROUNDINGS RATHER s 0ERHAPS ANOTHER PRIORITY WOULD BE THAT IT REmECTS LOCAL CULTURE OR MULTICULTURES WORKING TOGETHER THAN OVERWHELM THEM OR SIMPLY BE hSTUCK IN THEREv 4HE FOUNTAIN IN 'ORE PARK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THE SCULPTURE IN THE s INCLUDING VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS EX SCHOOLS NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS DOING ART TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC ART FORMS FOUNTAIN OF *ACKSON 3QUARE A DUBIOUS ONE 4HAT hTHINGv ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AT *AMES AND THE 'ORE IS PUBLIC ART AT ITS WORST s ) BELIEVE THAT EVERY ARTIST WHO CONTRIBUTES SHOULD BE LOCAL PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP SO TO SPEAK s 1UALITY OF ARTISTRY THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO MOST BUT IS RECOGNIZED BEYOND (AMILTON 7E ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF GALLERIES s "ROADNESS OF APPEAL TO AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE THAT DISPLAY LOCAL ART4HE !'( IS NOT REmECTIVE AND DIVERSE ENOUGH 7E NEED MORE LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE s ) BELIEVE IF WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE TIME AND  TO BE PLANNING OUT OUR LOCAL PUBLIC ART WE SHOULD BE USING THE MANY s NON VISUAL PUBLIC ART IE MUSIC PERFORMANCE THEATRE ETC TALENTED ARTISTIC PEOPLE IN OUR AREA !,, CREATORS SHOULD BE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY %VEN IF THE LOCAL PEOPLE NEED TO CALL IN OTHERS FOR FURTHER HELP THE CORE OF %6%29 PIECE SHOULD BE FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY !LSO USING SOME s 2EmECTS THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURE AGE GENDER ETC WE EXPERIENCE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY ) THINK A DIVERSITY OF ARTISTIC STYLE LESS THAN USUAL METHODS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA USE PHOTOGRAPHY AND CHANGING BILLBOARDS AS PUBLIC ART 3ET UP A LOCAL IS ALSO IMPORTANT PARK AS A hART GALLERYv WITH DISLPAYS IN IT THAT ARE BASED ON ONE THEME WITH MANY DIFFERENT MEDIUMS AND HAVE THEM s /FFER A CONTEST FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTSGIVE A THEME AND LET THEM GO WITH IT FOR SCULPTURE MURAL AND PARK BENCHES OUT FOR A SEASON AND THEN CHANGE THEM 4HIS WOULD BE A FABULOUS WAY TO DEVELOP THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST LOCAL ARTISTS )NCLUDE SOME OF THE MORE SENIOR ARTISTS IN AND AROUND (AMILTON $UNDAS 3TONEY #REEK 'LANBROOK &LAMBOROUGH HAVE IN PRODUCING ART FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY AS WELL !NCASTER AND THEIR ART SCHOOLS TO MENTOR WITH THE (IGH 3CHOOL #ONTESTANTSSORT OF COMBING THE TRADITIONAL WITH THE s CONSIDER THE WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS ONTARIO ARTISTS CANADIAN ARTISTS IN THAT ORDER MORE MODERN SO THE MURALS SCULPTURES AND PARK BENCHES COVER THE SPECTRUM FOR BRINGING INTEREST FROM ALL GENERATIONS 4HE IDEAS WOULD BE TERRIlC
+EEP THE CONTEST LOCAL WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITYADVERTISE THE PROGRAM PROVINCIALLY AND s 3UPPORTING YOUNG ARTISTS AS WELL AS RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCE5SE OF DIFFERING STYLESCONCEPTS MAYBE GET A COMPETITION GOING WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND /NTARIO TO BEAUTIFY THEIR #ITIES WITH LOCAL TALENT AS s #OMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS /NGOING MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ART WITH APPROPRIATE BUDGET FOR WELL THIS  s 0UBLIC ART SHOULD BE EVERYWHERE BUT PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF LOW INCOME AND DOWNTOWN TO HELP RAISE THE SPIRITS OF THOSE s )T WOULD BE NICE TO USE THE WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS IF POSSIBLE LIVING AND VISITING OR WORKING IN THOSE AREAS s lNANCIAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL COMMITMENT OF CITY s ADEQUATE FUNDS FOR UPKEEP s 0ERMANENCE IE SHORT TERMMOBILE VS LONG TERM INSTALLATIONS SLIGHTLY IMPORTANT IE ) DONT THINK ALL INSTALLATIONS HAVE s ) FEEL THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO SHOWCASE LOCAL ARTISTS TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND PURPETUATE OUR STRENGTHS AS A COMMUNITY 7E TO BE CONSIDERED PERMANENT SHORT TERMMOBILE COULD BRING GREATER EXPOSURE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY -AINTENANCE ARE QUICKLY BECOMING A VITAL CENTER FOR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT VERY IMPORTANT WHILE THIS PARTLY PERTAINS TO hTYPE OF PUBLIC ARTv ) ALSO THINK ITS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE ABILITY OF THE s ) PERSONALLY DO NOT LIKE ABSTRACT ART #ITY TO UPKEEP THE LOCATION IN WHICH THE ART IS INSTALLED s ) THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT DESCRIBE TOO NARROWLY THE hTYPEv OF ACCEPTABLE PUBLIC ART AT THIS STAGE s RECOGNZING AND IDENTIFYING THE ARTISTS ENCOURAGING YOUNG ARTISTS LETTING THEM KNOW THEIR ART IS IMPORTANT AND APPRECIATED s 0UBLIC ART DOES NOT NEED TO REmECT HISTORY ONLY ,ANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAY BE VERY IMPORTANT IN (AMILTONS DESIGN SINCE WE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT WE EMBRACE THE ESCARPMENT 4ORONTO DOESNT s ) DO NOT THINK HISTORY IS NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC ART 4HE ART CAN REmECT THE PRESENT OR THE FUTURE 4HE PAST IS A GOOD JUMPING POINT BUT WHAT ABOUT NOW
s IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY BE INVOLVED AND THAT THE ART IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA IT IS IN IT SHOULD STIMULATE PEOPLES IMAGINATIONS AND MAKE THEM FEEL PROUD OF WHERE THEY LIVE 3CALE AND CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT s /NGOING MAINTENANCECOSTS s QUALITY OF THE WORK s 7ATER FEATURES ALWAYS MAKE AN AREA SEEM MORE ALIVE AND ONE WITH NATURE AND IN A BIG CITY lLLED WITH CONCRETE AND GLASS AND STEEL MAKES AN AREA MORE SERENE s 4HE PROBLEM WITH MANY CITY LED PUBLIC ART OR PUBLIC BEAUTIlCATION PROJECTS IN (AMILTON IS THAT THEY ARE EITHER BORING OR UNINSPIRED EG mOWERS IN MEDIANS AND FAIL TO LEAVE A LEGACY &OR ONCE WE NEED IDEAS THAT ARE BIG BOLD AND s #ULTURAL SENSITIVITY TO BE INCLUSIVE TO MINORITY GROUPS THAT ARE THE CHANGING FACE OF THIS CITY BEAUTIFUL )F PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF (AMILTON ARENT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT THEN ITS NOT WORTH DOING )N OTHER WORDS PUBLIC s -AINTENANCE OF WORKS IS IMPORTANT 2ECOGNITION OF ARTISTS IS IMPORTANT ART PROJECTS SHOULD NOT ONLY BE A SOURCE OF CIVIC PRIDE FOR (AMILTONIANS IT SHOULD BE DRAWING TOURISTS AS WELL s (AMILTON HAS SOME PRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES AND THEY ARE REmECTED IN HOW PEOPLE TREAT THEIR COMMUNITYNEIGHBOURHOOD s ! PIECE REmECTING LOCAL HISTORY SHOULD DRAW FROM THE WEALTH OF LOCAL ARTISTS 4OURISM IS IMPORTANT AND STRATEGIC WHEN IT 3TIMULATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT AT EVERY LEVEL TO ENCOURAGE CUSTODIANSHIP AND PRIDE 'ET EVERYONE COMES TO PLACEMENT BUT THOSE LIVING HERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT AS WELL SO THEY CAN SHARE IT WITH THEIR VISITING INVOLVED sTHERE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES ALL OVER THE WORLD OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL REVITALIZATION BECAUSE OF PUBLIC ART FRIENDS AND RELATIVES 'REATER (AMILTON !REA IS A HUGE SPACE AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING WOULD BE FANTASTIC AS OPPOSED TO ADVERTISING ON BILLBOARDS BEING THE MAIN STAY s -ISC .OTES s 0ERCEPTION SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THE CITY IS A THRIVING AND EXCITING PLACE TO LIVEWORK AND PLAY  TYPE PRIORITY OBVIOUSLY DEPENDS ON LOCATION  DOLLARS AVAIL s ,ARGE AND REAL QUALITY AND PERMANENT WITH PICNIC AREAS LIGHTS AND 2ESPECT COMMANDING  THERES NO RECOGNITION HERE OR hNEXTv RE NEED FOR PROMOTION DIRECTIONAL STREET SIGNS PRODUCING MINIATURES FOR SALE TO BOTH RESIDENTS  TOURISTS NOT AWARE SUCH DONE FOR  MENTIONED s )T IS IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE AND SHOWCASE #ANADIAN ARTISTS LOCAL PREFERRED#OST IS ALSO A FACTOR  SCOPE OF COMPETITION COULD BE REGIONAL ONLY TRYING PROVINCIAL MIGHT BE POLITICALLY DIFlCULT BUT  City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN . BEAUTIFUL BENCHES4HE GAZEBO COULD BE LIT AS WELL Q20: Locations/Types of public art Q20: Locations/Types (AMILTON #LEARLY ANNOUNCED CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS OF MAQUETTES AND A WELL CHOSEN PANEL FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS THE PEDIATRICAN BRIDGE ON THE LAKESHORE COMING INTO 4ORONTO CREATES A SENSE OF IDENTITY )NNOVATION 0ARK AND AT THE NEW 0EDIATRIAN FOOTBRIDGE CONNECTING THE 2ED (ILL 6ALLEY TO #ONFERATION 0ARK 2ECALL HOW TYPES OF THEATRE SUCH AS MIME ETC BOOKENDS AT EACH OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE BRIDGE 2EPLICATE THIS ON ,ONGWOOD 3TREET BRIDGE NEAR THE -C-ASTER VAGRANTS AND POSSIBLY STIMULATE SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH RELATED TO TOURISM SUCH AS ARTS CRAFTS SOUVENIRS AND BUSKERFEST TO EXCLUSIVELY SUPPORT IN THE S AND S )M INDIFFERENT ABOUT WHETHER THE ARTISTS HOULD BE LOCAL OR NOT -AY THE $UNDAS COULD BE UPGRADED TO A GAZEBO WITH WOODEN CARVINGS WITH LIKE TO SEE A MURAL WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR OWN MARK AS MINUTE AS IT MAY BE TO FEEL PART OF THE INSTALLATION 4HIS AREA IS WELL USED  PERSON WITH THE BEST IDEA GET THE JOB
1%7 BRIDGE 2EDElNE THE ENTRANCES TO THE CITY USING THE CONCEPTS FROM THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE 4ALL ART DECO PILLARS AS AND SUCH IN ")!S EXAMPLES IN "URLINGTON 6ERMONT AND IN 3EATTLE 7ASHINGTON WOULD ALSO HELP WITH INCREASING THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES ) WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF +ING 3TREET AND -ARION !V OF (AMILTON 7ATERFRONT SO WE SHOULD TRY TO CAPTURE THAT INTEREST IN OUR ART North AND MEETING PLACES 4WEEDSMUIR 3CHOOL SITE )T MAKES AN AREA FEEL LIKE IT BELONGS  THE EXTENTION OF THE !RT 'ALLERYS SCULPTURE COURT ) WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE ART IN AREAS IN THE INNER CITY NEAR THE 'ENERAL BANNERS 7E ARE TRYING TO MAKE OURSELVES KNOWN AS THE #ITY OF 7ATERFALLS AND WE ARE SEEING INCREASED INTEREST IN (AMILTONS BRINGS THE CHILDFAMILY EXPERIENCE TO THE FOREFRONT 4HIS WOULD ALSO BE THE lRST STEP IN BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF OVERALL LAYOUT OF THE PARKA AND SUCCESS THE MORE LOCATION SMALL AND GREEN POSITION SPACES OF IN THE THE PIECES DOWNTOWN THE CORE

CONSIDERATION NOT OF JUST THE SCULPTURE SITE DROPPED AS IN A FRONT WHOLE OF MAKE BUILDINGS IT EMPTY BUILDINGS AN ABSENCE OF MOBILE ADVERTISING IS ART FARMERS MARKET LIBRARY ENTRANCE NEEDS COLOUR SCULPTURE WOULD IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY 7E COULD WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS ON "ARTON  *AMES 3T . TO MAKE AN !RT 0ARK AT THE OLD ART APPRECIATORS (OSPITAL NEAR 0INKY ,EWIS 2EC AND THE 7EAVER 3CHOOL .EEDY AREAS THAT THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO ART AND IT s $EGREE OF IMPACT ON SURROUNDINGs AREATHOSE WHO 4HEMATIC5NIQUE VIEW AND IT!LSO UNUSUAL2EmECTING AMOUNT SOMETHING OF SPECIALs UPKEEP ABOUT INSTALLATION THE /PEN REMOVAL AREA.ATIVE COMPETITIONS ETC PEOPLE AND SUBMISSIONS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF #!.!$)!. ARTISTS WITH ATTENTION TO ARTISTS WHO RESIDE IN s 3ENSE OF COMMUNITY IN THE SELECTION OF ART BEING ABLE TO WATCH THE PROCESS AND FEELING PART OF THE lNAL PIECE ) WOULD s ) PREFER TO SEE OUR TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON MORE PERMANENT PUBLIC ART AS OPPOSED TO THE PAINTED MURALS THE #ITY SEEMED s ) THINK THAT LOCATIONS IN THE 'ORE 0ARK AREA SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED IT WILL ENHANCE THE CITYS IMAGE HELP TO REDUCE s 3EE EARLIER COMMENTS s ) THINK LOCAL INSTALLATIONS THAT CAN BE MULTI FUNTIONAL SHOULD BE ASSESSED 0UBLIC !RT THAT CAN BE USED BY CHILDREN CLIMBING s $ElNE THE ENTRANCES TO THE #ITY #REATE A VISUAL ENTITY 2IGHT NOW THE VISUAL ENTITY IS THE STEEL MILL AS SEEN FROM THE What locations and types of public art do you recommend for Hamilton and why? What locations and types of public art do you recommend s -CMASTER #HILDRENS (OSPITAL WOULD BE A PERFECT SPOT FOR CHILDS INSPIRED OUTDOOR STATUE OR STRUCTURE /UR +AGA PARK IN s ) WOULD LIKE TO SEE ART IN THE mOWER ISLANDS AND NEAR &URGUSON 3TATION  'ORE 0ARK IN THE CORE ) WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE s MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND COMMUNITY CENTRES *AMESVILLE (ESS VILLAGE PUBLIC PARKS AND GREEN SPACES PEOPLE WILL SEE s &/5.4!).3 ). 0!2+3 !.$ ,!2'%s 34!45%3 $/7.4/7. mOWER 2/!4!).' ).34!,,!4)/.3 GARDENS AND TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO IMPROVE MORALE MURALS ON BUILDINGS PUT UP FENCES WITH MURALS AROUND s ONE OF THE BEST PIECES OF PUBLIC ART IN HAMILTON IS THE FOUNTAIN IN GORE PARK AND ITS ATTENDANT SCULPTURE GROUPS THE s !LL TYPES IN ALL PUBLICLYs ACCESSIBLE PLACES 3EE IN PREVIOUS ALL COMMENTS NEIGHBOURHOODS AND sHOW COMMUNITIES ABOUT ART THAT IS CHILD INTRIGUINGSOMETHING TARGETED TO CHILDREN IS INTERACTIVE AND s !T EVERY PUBLIC FACILITY -URALS STATUES ABSTRACT ART ALL BY LOCAL ARTISTS  !LSO PAINTINGS AND OTHER VISUAL MEDIA IN LOBBIES s SCULPTURE COMBINED WITH GARDEN 'AGE 0ARKUP DATED STREET BANNERS ON LIGHT STANDARDS FOR EACH COMMUNITY DISTRICT s ) WOULD RECOMMEND ART PIECES THAT INVOLVE WATER FOUNTAINS WATER DISPLAYS ART PIECES IN (AMILTON (ARBOUR ETC  s -ORE ART AROUND THE WATER FRONT 7ALKING ALONG ,AKE /NTARIO SIDE THE STATUES OF THE CHILDREN PLAYING WERE ENCHANTING AT ME HEY WHEN YOU BRAINS  WONDER KNOW AT THE ART WE HAVE DO NOTHING EXAMPLE THE HISTORICAL THERES ONLY   LEFT THE PART THATS SAID WE USE OUR "IG CUP FOR SOCCER NEST DAY WAS AN EVEN BIGGER PARTY AND ) THOUGHT WHAT A WELCOME BACK AFTER  YEARS AWAY OF PUBLIC ART 0UBLIC ART CAN AND SHOULD REPRESENT THE CONTINUOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY FABRIC AND THE ARE MORE IMPORTANT WHATS UNDERNEATH THEM CHANGING ENVIRONMENTSURROUNDINGS APPROACHABLE ART US AND ON THAT NOTE NEXT QUESTION COMING UP SURROUNDING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ,OCALIMAGE AND HISTORY EXPERIENCE DAILY THAT OCCUPATION IS AND ACCESSIBLE THE TO ALL NATURAL ECOSYSTEM CAN THEN FUSE INTO ONE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF A COMMUNITY AND IS SUPPORTIVE OF ALL AFOREMENTIONED FUNCTIONS SOME DISASTER OR LONG DEAD PERSON FEW CARE ABOUT  (ISTORY HAS ITS PLACE BUT IDENTITY BEAUTY CREATIVITY AND UNIQUENESS GROUPS PEAKING THE IMAGINATION OF THE CITI:%.S OF 4IGER 4OWN E30!CIlCALLY OURCHIDS  COMBO OF OUR KIDS AND ORCHIDS FOR IN FRONT OF THE OLD BUS 4ERMINAL ONLY PLAYCE ) COULD HAVE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR TO ATTEND 2%#%33 THE KIDS PLAY OF A 7ORLD SENSE OF SELF /VER AND ABOVE ALL ) THINK IT IS TIME TO CLEAR THE AIR CLEAN UP OUR ACT AND AH YES USE THE BUSES (AMILTON GENERALLY OR A MORE SPECIlC ASPECT BUT IT DOESNT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE HISTORICAL OR COMMEMORATIVE USUALLY A SHOW BOTH THEIR FRAGILITY AND RE3),,9ANCE ) LIKE WHAT ) READ ABOUT 3!'% ) AM ALL FOR INSTILLING A HAPPY HEAL4HY SHOW   THAT WILL GO ON WHETHER  OR A  FOR AUDIENCE AND LUCKY FOR US ALL THE UNIVERSE HAS PLANS OF ITS OWN FOR PLAQUE AT +ING AND &ERGUSON LAST SEEN LETTERS MISSINGPARTLY ILLEGIBLE AND SO DOESN{T GRAB ATTENTION AND VOWING )D NEVER GO BACK AND DO MY TO BONES SEE IT MY THE 'RADE WORDS  WITH 4EACH KNIFED WHO MY CORECTED SPIRIT ME AH WITH STORY HIS IS lNGER SO TO LONG HIS IT LIPS OFT SIGN TAKES OF ME A ALL DAY TO SHARE WHAT COMES TO MIND /UR SPLIT LEVEL 3TEEL CITY 7S INTRIGUED ONE TIME THE 3PEC FEATURED /SCAR +ICHI OF THE 2AMADA )NN MAN OF FEW WORDS AND THE STORY HOWEVER WE CAUGHT IT IN 0!33ING AND GOT SO MUCH NEW STUFF ON THE BRAIN BEST ) GO ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION LOTS OF ACTION OR HOWEVER THEY PUT IT  #OULD ONLY SMILE AT BEING A WOMAN OF MANY WORDS   ALL CAUGHT IN THE PRESENT ADVERTIZE-END BY FEATURING (AM,IT RIDING BULETIN BOARDS FOR THE ARTS IN TIGERTOWN AND SO DANG GOOD PEOPLE COME TERMS AND YES THIS HAS VERY MUCH BECOME AS GOOD AN EXAMPLE OF THE GENERAL TRAIN OF MY THOUGHTS AND DID ) lNISH OFF LAUGHING OR SHAKING THEIR HEADS AT JUST HOW FUN+I WE CAN GET ON DOING THE CAN CAN AS ONLY WE CAN IN 4IGER 4OWN THE IN ANY CASE WHEN !L 'ORE 0!RK HIS INCONVENIENT TRUTH IN ME LAP IT UP AND AFTER A SLIP IN THE DITCH AND LOSING ME KEYS HIS ,UXURIOUS )NN ON THE "AY HE HAD PLANS FOR ) JUST SAW IT AS WHAT A WONDERFUL VIEW OF THE 2"'S "E THE 0YRAMIDS OR AND HOPE SOME WHERE ERE THIS TEST ISIDEAS WHICH DONE HAVE WE COME CAN TO CONTINUE MIND OUR AND SHARE HAD ME ME ) lND HAVE THE NO TRUTH NEED WHICH BE LIES KNOWN BEYOND HECK QUESTION ASK WHEN ME WORRY AND WORK TAKE POINT ) LIVED IN TRUST THAT SOME DAY OUR STORY WOULD COME TOYOURSELF LIGHT DEEPER ALSO REMEMBER IN PROMISING DEBT MYSELF IF THAN ) EVER CANT BEFORE MAKE IT WITH NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND GIVE WE ARE IN A THIRD TIME FOR THEIR BECOMING THE TRANSPORTAION OF CHOICE IN TIGER 4/WN HOW BY HAVING HAVING THEM BECOME THEIR OWN BEST HUSH   WOW AS THE MIND BOGGLING lX SANK THROUGH ALL THE TIMES WHICH NOW REMIND US OF STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK WHAT WAS THAT SONG ROY 2OGERS SAND HOME HOME ON THE RANGEL WHERE WE "ARE !RMS . LEARN YA CATCH MORE mYES WITH  UNTIL THERE IS A PLAN  AN EFFORT TO CONSTANT MONITORMAINTAIN THE NOTE ABOUT THE #HI +I DEA I WAS GIVE ON READING /SCAR +ICHIS   VISIONS OF THE #RYSTAL 0!,ACES ACROSS THE BAY FOR HONEY THAN A NASTY WORD AS WE JOURNEY INTO A WORLD WHERE THE ONLY DISCIPLINE IN FACT IT WLL TURN THE (UMAN 2ACE INTO AND A DO SO WITHOUT TRYING AS WE CYCLE THROUGH THE CHANGES OF LANDING 0EACE ON %ARTH WITHOUT TRYING AND ID SHARE THE DAY TO MY AMAZEMEND LIKE WAT IS HAPPENING HERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND ALL THE STORES ARE CLOSED WELL THEY WON ROUND OF HAVING HAD SUCH A HUG% EXCLAMATION MARK ON AH YA TALK ABOUT HAVING BEEN STOPPED SHORT IN NO UNCERTAIN THIS MOMENT OF OUR TURNING THE FUTURE INTO THE PAST lRST TIME ) USED THAT ONE  YEARS AGO ) BEGAN LIVE IN TRUST TO THE OOOPS YES IS A CONTINUOUS STORY OF AWAKENING TO THE FACT THAT IT IS BEST TO SHARE OR AT LEAST CATCH THEM IN 0!33ING A QUESTION AND ME MIND GOES BLANK INNINETY FACT PERCENT ) OF WILL YOUR SHARE WAKING YOU HOURS MY TRUTH AH THATD BE TOO LONG A STORY *UST PACK ALL THE YOU HAVENT LEARNED AS TO WHAT WOULD HAVE LIFE COME WORK FOR YOU RATHER THAN WORKING FOR A LIVING AND lNDING HERE HEY JUST DONT WANT TO MAKE IT ANY PLACE ELSE FOR IF YOU CANT MAKE IT HERE YA CANT MAKE IT ANYWHERE BECAUSE $OMES ON OR LONG THEBE WATERS EDGE KNOWN  OTHER  THAN  THOSE HECK SHES THERE RUBBED ISNT ELBOWS A CITY WITH IN WHICH THE GENERALLY WORLD HAVE LET THEN LONE ONE ROLL SUCH THEIR AS EYES MY SELF WHO WILL NEVER HAVE AN'ELS DANCE THROUGH ALL YOU DO AT LIVING IN TRUST $UCK 5NIVERSITY WOULD JUST 4RANSFORM AND 4RIGGER 4IGGER AH   THEYS 'ODS AN'ELS LET LAND TO GOOD AS OVERNIGHT BEGIN LIVE IN LOVE AND RESPECT IN HONOUR OF THEIR BEING !LL WE /F THE 4EACH WHO  WELL ) WAS STOPPED SHORT AND WITHIN  MINUTES ) HAD BOUGHT A TICKET BACK TO (OLLAND    ) ARRIVED THE HUM!N 0LAY &OR THE ONLYU DISCIPLINE IN (EAVEN IS TO PLAY MUSIC WHERE EVER SO MUCH AS A HINT OF TROUBLE BREWS HAVING LET SLIP WORRY AND WORK FROM MY LIFE ) GOT   LEFT TO TURN PUNISHMENT INTO 0H5.IS-%.$ THE CHILDREN OF TODAY CEED DO AS TO WHAT LEGACY WE LEAVE IN OUR WAKE AND THIS IS TODAYS STORY ON READING #HRIS 3PENCES NOTES IN THE PAPER s 2EmECTS LOCAL ARTISTS WORK 2EmECTS DIVERSITY IN THE COMMUNITY INSPIRATIONAL AND MAKES PEOPLE THINK ADAPATABLE TO s !RT IS ABOUT AWAKING THE POSSIBILITYES IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US )T IS ABOUT TAKING US INTO A STATE O ALL WE CAN BE s CREATS DISCUSHION s 0UBLIC ART ALSO CAN BUILD AWARENESS FOR LOCAL NATURAL HISTORY AND THE SURROUNDING ECOSYSTEM 4HE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE s 0UBLIC EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES PUBLIC PERFORMANCEs ART NOT POPULATION TALKING ASKED PLAYS TO OR CONTRIBUTE DRAMA OR ETC RECOGNITION WORK OF ON THE ART ARTIST PIECES S EG STUDENTS WORKING ARTISTS VETERANS MINORITY GROUPSETHNIC s ) FEEL OUR TAX MONEY COULD BE BETTER SPENT 2ATHER THAN PAINTING THE MANHOLE COVERS MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT s PRIORITIZE (AMILTON ARTISTS s 4HE BEST PUBLIC ART GIVES A CITY SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH )T IS BEST IF IT REmECTS THE PLACE EITHER THE ART AND IT WILL BECOME A PART OF THEIR LIVES $IFFERENT ART WILL lT IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND EACH SITE AND ART PEICE s )F ) HAD TO DESCRIBE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF PUBLIC ART ) THINK WOULD BE TO DELIGHT THE VIEWER 4OO MUCH PUBLIC ART FAILS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED TOGETHER TO ENGAGE THE VIEWER "UT lNDING WAYS TO REACH AND ENGAGE PEOPLE DOES NOT MEAN EVERYTHING HAS TO BE POPULIST FOR EXAMPLE )M NOT FOND OF GRAlTTI STYLE MURALS  )T CAN BE COMPLEX MODERN ETC s DOWNTOWN ANY AREAS WHERE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENTPROSPECTIVE BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO INVEST IN AN AREA WITH A STRONG AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL IDENTITY s PARKS AS THIS IS FOR EVERYONE AND CAN BE EASILY VISITED AND APPRECIATED BY ALL WHIMSICLE THEMES BE FUN /N THE SIDE WALK IN AN OPEN AREA HUMANITY REMINDERS +INDNESS #OMPASSION SHIFTERS FOR FELLOW SISTERS AND BROTHERS (OSPITALS ,IBRARIES TO s ) BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC ART SHOULD BE LOCATED IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY 4HE MUNICIPALITY SHIFT CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUPPORT THE ATRIBUTES AND HUMANENESS NATURE AND BEAUTY OR RAW RICH NATURAL ARTINESS TO HAQVE SHOULD NOT BEAR FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ERECTION OF PUBLIC ART RATHER LIKE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THE PRIVATE SECTOR PEOPLE THINK BUILDING OWNERS ETC SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC ART INTO THEIR SPACES 4HIS CAN BE DONE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS CITIES LIKE #HICAGO 4ORONTO AND 6ANCOUVER ) BELIEVE HAVE ALL CREATED INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY s ) ENJOY THE LARGE WALL ART THAT IS LOCATED ON DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AROUND TOWN AND WOULD LOVE TO IS THAT EXPANDED ON TO HOLDERS TO ADD PUBLIC ART TO THEIR SPACES )N TERMS OF TYPES OF PUBLIC ART MURALS SCULPTURES FOUNTAINS ETC ARE ALL GOOD AS OTHER BUILDINGS AND WALLS IN PARKS LONG AS THEY ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR LOCATION $O NOT PLACE A PUBLIC ART FEATURE IN THE CENTRE OF A PARK WHERE THERE IS s $OWNTOWN IS MY lRST PRIORITY BUT ) THINK THE VARIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS WOULD ALSO BENElT A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITY 4HESE INSTALLATIONS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO IMPEDE EXISTING PUBLIC USE OF SPACE RATHER THEY SHOULD BE USED TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC USE OF A PUBLIC SPACE AND PRIDE IN THAT SPACE s SCULPTURES ON THE THREE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND ALL HOSPITALS -URALS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS ESPECIALLY THOSE USUALLY UNATTRACTIVE WELFARE #!3 DAY CARE ETC  s 4HE LISTER BLOCK SHOULD BE PRESERVED IN SOME WAY PERHAPS EVEN LIKE THE PEACE MEMORAL ARCH IF IT -534 BE DEMOLISHED -ORE STATUESSCULPTURES IN PARKS -AKE GRAFlTTI WORK FOR YOU INSTEAD OF IT BEING A HINDERANCE AS HAS BEEN DONE ON s MORE SCULPTURES IN PUBLIC PARKS ETC SOME WALLS NEAR THE FORMER BUS TERMINAL s IN THE DOWNTOWN COREWATERFRONT AREALOCAL ARTISTSCHILDRENS ARTWORKNATIONALLY RENOWED ARTISTSCOMMUNITY MURALS s $OWNTOWN HAMILTON %NTRIES INTO THE CITY WHERE IT IS DONE BY THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY NOT @PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS s ) RECOMMEND PUBLIC ART IN THE ,OCKE 3TREET AREA BECAUSE THERE REALLY ISNT ANY THERE IN POOR COMMUNITIES LIKE 2IVERDALE s DOWNTOWN WATERFRONTSCULPTURE MURALS WATER FEATURES ETC AND ,ANDSDALE AND BEASLEY TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO SEE IT AND THEN SPEND MONEY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD s /N THE MIDDLE BOULEVARDS IN PARKS *UST LIKE THE mOWER BEDS WE SHOULD MISS IT WHEN TAKEN AWAY s ) THINK WE NEED MORE PUBLIC ART IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE ) ALWAYS LOVED THAT % 2OBERT 2OSS MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THAT OFlCE TOWER )NSTALLATIONS LIKE THAT ARE GREAT "UT OTHER TYPES OF ART LIKE SCULPTURES IN PUBLIC PARKS ARE ALSO WONDERFUL ) s &ANCY 4RANSIT 3HELTERS $OWNTOWN 3CULPTURES OF (AMILTONS FOUNDERS AROUND DOWNTOWN NEAR THEIR HISTORIC HOMES ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF FUNCTIONAL PUBLIC ART 3CULPTED BENCHES GARDEN FEATURES ETC ARE A NICE APPROACH s ) WOULD LIKE TO SEE ART IN OUT OF THE WAY AND SURPRISING LOCATIONS; INDUSTRIAL SITES PARKLAND ALONG THE SHORE ETC= 4HERE s ) AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE LOCATIONS PUBLIC ACCESS BUILDINGS AREAS NEEDING REVITALIZATION AND PARKS COME TO MIND HAS TO BE A CERTAIN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY AS WELL ;7HY IS THIS HERE 7HAT DOES IT MEAN 7HAT WAS THE ARTIST THINKING = IMMEDIATELY !S FOR TYPES ) THINK A VARIETY IS GOOD THINGS THAT CATCH A PERSONS ATTENTION AND STAND OUT %XPECT THE -AYBE ) WIL GET IT MAYBE NOT 5NEXPECTED s HEY BYUDDY s !NYWHERE IN THE DOWNTOWN #ORE 'ORE 0ARK ESPECIALLY s $OWNTOWN AREA TO REVITALIZE THE INNER CITY s (ISTORICAL FUNCTIONAL NOT EXPENSIVE SUE TO VANDALISM s MURALS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES EXCITING TO COME ACROSS THE UNEXPECTED WHEN SHOPPING ALONG DOWNTOWN STREET EG s 0ERAHPS IN EACH OF THE ")!S ANDOR BUSINESS DISTRICTS LIKE ,OCKE 3TREET WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A ")! 7HY ,OTS OF TRAFlC s IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE TO HELP RENEW THE AREA ESPECIALLY PEDESTRIAN TRAFlC TO ENJOY THE ART !LSO THE ART PIECE COULD HELP DElNE THE NATURE OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OR DISTRICT AND COULD BECOME A LOGO TYPE OF SIGNATURE s ,OCATIONS DOWNTOWN CORE4YPES MURALS INTERACTIVE ART FOR CHILDREN s -URALS BENCHES DOWNTOWN CORE SOME FUN ARTISTIC BENCHES TO SIT ON WOULD BE GREAT
) KNOW THE FERGUSON STREET TRAIN s ) BELIEVE OUTDOOR WORKS PROJECTS IS ESSENCIAL TO FULlLL THE GOALS AS OUTLINED PREVIOUSLY !CCESS IS IMPORTANT AND MANY MURAL ATTRACTS ATTENTION
PEOPLE FEEL INTIMIDATED BY A GALLERY IE hONLY FOR THE WEALTHYv hWE DONT GET ITv)F WE WORK ON ART AND PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATE THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH WHO THIS COMMUNITY IS ABOUT s A LARGE MURAL SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN (AMILTON THAT ANYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HAVE A DAY WHEN ANYONE CAN COME AND PAINTADD TO THE MURAL s !RT ON BUILDIINGS IS GOOD AS IT IS EASILY SEEN AND APPRECIATED AND UNABLE TO BE VANDILIZED IF IT IS POSITIONED OUT OF REACH ,ARGE MURALS OR SCULPTURE INLAYED OVER DOORWAYS s !NY LOCATION THAT NEEDS SERIOUS UPLIFTINGREVITALIZAION 0UBLIC ART HAS MANY FORMS FROM MOSAIC MURALS TO LARGE SCULPUTURAL FOUNTAINS SO THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE IT COULD BE USED EFFECTIVELY s -URALS ON SIDES OF SOME BUILDINGS GIVES ARTIST EXPRESSION OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIlES CITY CULTURE ENHANCES PUBLIC APPRECIATION FOR ARTISTIC ENDEAVOURS INDICATES CIVIC PRIDE OF CITIZENS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 3CULPTURES IN PUBLIC PARKS s FOUNTAIN AT THE TOP OF *OLLEY #UT-C1UESTEN 0ARK LOTS OF EMPTY SPACE FOR ANY BIG SCULPTURE SAME AS ABOVE AND ARE HANDS ON FOR MAXIMUM APPRECIATION s &ROM SMALL SUBTLE INTIMATE AND AMUSING 4/ SERENE WALLS GARDENS mOWERS AND LOOK OUTS 4/ MAJESTIC IMPOSING AND s NEAR PARKS LIBRARIES VISITED BY MANY INSPIRING %VERY PLACE HAS A NICHE FOR PUBLIC ART %VERY PLACE CAN BE ENHANCED TO AN APPROPRIATE DEGREE s $OWNTOWN MOUNTAIN 2ED (ILL 6ALLEY WATERFRONT ANY PUBLIC PARK !NYWHERE WHERE THERE IS PEDESTRIAN TRAFlC WHICH s $OWNTOWN BEAUTIlCATION IS A MUST BUT THINGS LIKE PAINTING OLD TELEPHONE BOXES WOULD ALSO BE A GREAT START !DDING ALLOWS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF GREATER IMPACT AND INTERACTION BITS OF COLOUR AND BEAUTY WILL HELP THE CITY )T WILL INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW THAT THERE IS MORE TO (AMILTON THAT ITS FACTORY SECTOR -ANY PARKS COULD ALSO USE ART IN THEM 3OMETHING TO INSPIRE THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT THESE PUBLIC PLACES s (AVING TOURED CITIES IN %UROPE AND .EW 9ORK CITY ) DONT RECOMMEND ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OR LOCATION ) THINK ARCHITECTURE TO CREATE STYLE OF BUILDING ARE IMPORTANT THE SAVING OF OLDER BUILDINGS IS CRUCIAL ) BELIEVE THAN ANYTHING AND ANYWHERE CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR ARTWORK SO LONG AS THE ARTIST IS SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIROMENT )F THEY ARE NOT INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENT IN s 3CULPTURE OUTDOORS PARTICULARLY AROUND PUBLIC BUILDINGS INSIDE TOO AND PARKS ETC THEIR THINKING AND PLAN FOR THE PIECE THEN THEY ARE NOT THE BEST CHOICE AS AN ARTIST s !LMOST ANYTHING BUT ) THINK MURALS WOULD BE A MOST EFFECTIVE PUBLIC ARTIN THE WAY THAT $IEGO 2IVERA CONTRIBUTED s ! SCULPTURE ON 9ORK "OULEVARD WOULD BE AN ADDITION SINCE IT IS A GATEWAY TO THE CITY !S ) MENTIONED EARLIER MORE WALL TO -EXICO #ITY AND THE 5NIVERSITY MURALS REPRODUCING PAINTINGS BY LOCAL ARTISTS ESPECIALLY ON BUILDINGS NEAR OTHERWISE BARREN PARKING LOTS DOWNTOWN s .O SPECIlCATIONS CONCERNING TYPES OF PUBLIC ART TOO LIMITING FOR INNOVATION AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION ,OCATIONS THINK "ESIDE STREETS RATHER THAN IN PARKS CREATIVELY  INLCUDE A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AND NEIGHBOURHOODS -AY INCLUDE SEPARATE INSALLATIONS FOR EACH OF THE LOCAL s !LL AREAS 9OUNG AND OLD !RTIST OR NOT ,ET THE CREATIVITY JUICES mOW COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE AMALGAMATED #ITY OF (AMILTON EG 3TONEY #REEK "INBROOK $UNDAS 7INONA &LAMBOROUGH !NCASTER ETC AS LONG AS THE INTENT IS TO PROMOTE A MORE INCLUSIVE IMPRESSION OF OUR TOTAL #ITY 0ERHAPS INCLUDE SOME FORM s $OWNTOWN AND OTHER ")! AREAS WOULD BE MY TOP PRIORITY !RT SUITED TO ITS SURROUNDINGS !RT THAT HAS A STRONG VISION OF ART WITHIN THE .ORTH %ND AND CORE AREAS CONSULT WITH THE RESIDENTS BY THE ARTIST AND IS NOT EDITED OR CENSORED BY COMMITTEE 7HILE ITS IMPORTANT TO HAVE WORK THAT MEETS COMMUNITY STANDARDS IN GENERAL IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE WORK THAT IS VISIONARY STRONG AND ARTICULATE !NYTHING LESS MIGHT WELL s ) ENVISION AN ENHANCED WATERFRONT VIEW FROM THE "URLINGTON 3KYWAY AREA END UP BEING A VERY LARGE KNICK KNACK s .OT SURE s .O LOCATION SHOULD BE EXCLUDED 0IECE CAN PROVOKE THOUGHT AND INSPIRE ANYONE REGARDLESS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC s 7ATERFRONT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS AREA ATTRACTIVE AN APPEALLING AND RECREATIONAL FOR FAMILIES 7HAT CAN WE DO TO s #ENTRAL LOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE ART OBVIOUSLY "UT THE HIDDEN LITTLE GEMS ATTRACT GREAT AFFECTION A STATUE BEHIND A ERASE (AMILTONS IMAGE AS DIRTY AND INDUSTRIAL #AN WE HONOUR THE FAMILIES WHO WORKED SO LONG HERE IN THE MILLS SO THAT SHRUBBERY A MURAL IN AN ALLEY SOMETHING YOU ONLY SEE WHEN YOU LOOK UP SOMETHING YOU ONLY SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AS (AMILTON TRANSFORMS FROM LUNCHBUCKET TO TECHNOLOGY HEALTH INDUSTRY RELATED ETCTHE MEMORY BE PRESERVED (AVING DOWN SAID THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT DIRTY INDUSTRIAL MENTALITY THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT (AMILTON CHANGED FOR ONE THAT IS MORE RELFECTIVE OF (AMILTONS EMERGING IMAGE ) THINK THAT PUBLIC !RT WILL HELP US TURN THAT CORNER SIGNIlCANTLY s !LL GREEN AND BROWN SPACES AND PARKS City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN ) SAY LITTER *AMES FROM THAT COMMUNITY D BY A COMPETITION OF POEPLE IBLE TO THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE )NVITE LOCAL RETIRED !RCHITECTS OR !RCHITECTUAL STUDENTS TO WORK WITH THE HORITICULTURE STUDENTS AND PRIDE IN A CITY WITH A CULTURAL!NOTHER EMPHASIS INTERESTING POSSIBILITY IS SOMETHING LIKE 4ORONTOS DOWNTOWN 3CULPTURE 'ARDEN LOCATED IN A VERY SMALL PARKETTE WHERE ARTISTS APPLY TOPROVIDE INSTALL AN A EVER WORK CHANGING FOR ART A SCENE LENGTH OF TIME 4HIS PROGRAM IS ONGOING AND WORKS ROTATE TO MUNICIPAL ART -OST CITIZENS PREFER REALISTIC PIECES WHO LIVE HERE 4OURISTS WILL TRAVEL TO SEE GOOD WORKS OF ART AND AT THE SAME TIME (AMILTONIANS CAN EXPERIENCE TO VISITORS IE CLOSE TO HOTELS PUBLIC ART SHOULD BE ACCESS ENCOURAGED WE NEED TOINTEGRATE IT WITH OUR #APITAL WORKS THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE IS A PIECE OF ART 4HE PROPOSED POWER PUMPS TO MAKE WATER mOW THROUGHOVER FOUNTAINSCULPTURE "RONZE SCULPTURE IS AN IMPORTANT MEDIUM TO STREET FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO THE HARBOUR WITH PUBLIC ART THEN CONTINUE TO OTHER STREETS DESIGNATED AS PEOPLE STRIP AT THE AIRPORT FROM UP ABOVE TO IDENTIFY (AMILTON TO THOSE LANDING /N THE MOUNTAIN )TS A SUBURBAN INCOME AREAS AND THE DOWNTOWN !RT SHOULD ALSO BE IN PUBLIC PARKS AND OUTSIDE #ITY BUILDINGS 4HESE LOCATIONS TOUCHINGSITTING ON THE ART DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ART !S STATED PREVIOUSLY THE ART SHOULD BE LOCATED IN LOW REASON TO CHECK OUT OUR BEAUTIFUL SHORELINE  0EOPLE AND CORRIDORS WOULD 7E GIVE NEED PEOPLE TO A START THINKING REASON ABOUT TO (AMILTON TAKE ROADS PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE HOME TO STREET LIFE AND IS ACCESSIBLE FRIENDLY EG +ING 7ILLIAM (ESS  GOING TO 0UBLIC AREAS SHOULD ALSO SUPPLY PEOPLE WITH AN AREA TO UNWIND CLIMB ON AND ENJOY NOT JUST LOOK AT (AVE THEM BETWEEN THOSE POINTS BUT NOT INTERFERING WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS &ROM YOUR PLANE /N THE LANDING CAN INCLUDE SIDES OF BUILDINGS AS WELL AS STAND ALONE STRUCTURESSCULPTURES AND REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY -URALS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS WILL HELP NOT ONLY TO BEAUTIFY THE SPACES BUT ALSO HELP PROMOTE OUR SOCIAL IT WOULD SHOWCASE (AMILTON AS AN ART FRIENDLY CITY AND INTRODUCE INTERESTING ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK TO THE PEOPLE NIGHTMARE WITH NOTHING BUT TRAFlC AND CHAIN RESTAURANTS TO SEE ALONG THE ,).# )N CURRENT PARKS &OR PEOPLE TO STRUCTURE OVER THE 1%7 SHOULD BE SEEN AS A PIECE OF ART INTEGRATING PUBLIC ART INTO OTHERWISE NORMAL CAPITAL HISTORY AND PUBLIC OPINIONS 7E ARE A DEVELOPING CITY IN CONSTANT mUX WITH OUR SURROUNDINGS AS WE CHANGE AND TEACHERS IN THE DESIGN AND THEN HAVE STUDENTS FROM THESE LOCAL COLLEGES LOOK AFTER THE PLANTING EACH YEAR AND CARE ON LOCATIONS THAT ATRACT PEOPLE SUCH AS THE WATERFRONT #ITY (ALL BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR PARKS BOTH LOCAL AND LARGER -ORE ART IN PUBLIC PARKS NEW BUILDINGS 2EVENUE #ANADA "UILDING (OW ABOUT A 3CULPTURE 0ARK 7ASHINGTON $# #ITY 0UBLIC 0ARKS AND SHOPPING MALLSTYPES MURALS STRUCTURE AND SCULPTURES WATER FEATURE ART PIECES CHILDRENS ART WORK A SPACE WHERE ARTISTSINSTALLED SELECTED 4HERE BY MIGHT COMPETITION BE PERHAPS A ON THEME AN DESIGNATED ANNUAL OR BASIS NOT WOULD )F HAVE IT THEIR WAS WORKS A NATIONAL PEMANENTLY OR EVEN AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION GROW 7% NEED TO SHOW OFF OUR MANY TALENTED LOCALS WHO ALSO FEEL A STRONG PASSIONATE CONNECTION TO THIS CITY PROJECTS EXPANDS EXPONENTIALLY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ART TO EXIST AND mOURISH I THINK WE SHOULD CLEARLY FOCUS 4HINK OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND PRIDE THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE TAKING AS PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM FOR A CREDIT 4HE COLLEGES WOULD PROBABLY WELCOME THE HANDS ON PRACTICAL WORK WHAT IF EVERY PARK IN OUR CITY HAD A PIECE OF ART IN IT DESIGNE #ITY FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS WOULD GAIN NOT ONLY EXPERIENCE BUT ALSO PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY COULD TAKE THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO ADMIRE THEIR DESIGN AND WORK )T WOULD BRING MUNICIPAL PRIDE BACK TO THE COMMUNTIES TO SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF ART SET WITHIN A LANDSCAPE CONTEXT OR ART THAT MAKES SPECIAL USE OF LIGHT AND WATER COMBINE A mORAL WORK OF ART THAT WOULD WELCOME PEOPLE TO THE #ITY OF (AMILTON AT EACH ENTRANCE TO OUR OUTLYING TRAFlC BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE SHOPS ON THE STREET s7ATERFRONT YES TO FOUNTAINS ARCHITECTURALLY MODERN LIKE 7INDSORS WIND TURBINES USED TO RUN GENERATOR TO s 7E MIGHT PICK A THEME BASED ON OUR WATERFALLS OR HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION BUT REALLY ANY TYPE OF ART SHOULD BE s 4HE YORK ST BRIDGE )Ts LOOKS INCOMPLETE)N 7HERE OUR DO PARKS TOURISTS PLEASE GO 3TANELY IN 0ARK THE "# CITY $RIVING TO AND FROM THEIR HOTEL AIRPORT SCENIC VIEWS RESTAURANTS ATTRACTIONS s %XPAND FROM *AMES STREET TOs 4HE DOWNTOWN /NE CORE SUGGESTION SOMETHING IN THE FORM OF AN hARTISTS WALKv COULD BE CREATED IN ONE OF OUR PARKS 4HIS WOULD BE s s ,ARGER SCALE SCULPTURES IN OPEN PUBLIC SPACES WILL CREATE A BEUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT AND ENCOURGAGE PRIDE IN OUR s (ISTORICAL AREAS AND LARGE PUBLIC AREAS ) FEEL THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM AND s  7ATERFRONT ) REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF A LARGE GEYSER AT (AMILTONS WATERFRONT )T WOULD GIVE PEOPLE A GOOD s $ISPLAYED IN THE FRONT OFs #ITY (ALL THE ART SHOULD BE OF DURABLE MATERIALS IN ORDER TO LAST AND TO WITHSTAND ACTS OF VANDALISM OR JUST PEOPLE s ALL WARDS OF THE CITY IT SHOULD BE ACCESIBLE TO ALL$OWNTOWN WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT TO LINK TO !'( TOURISM s HAMILTON ESCARPMENT HIGH TRAlC AREAS PEDESTRIANs OR VEHICULAR s )D LIKE A REAL FOCUSs TO BE ) IN BELIEVE THE THAT DOWNTOWN MANY AREA SO OF THAT (AMILTONS REAL ARTISTS PRIDE LIVE IN AROUND THE ,OCKE CORE WILL STREET CONTINUE SOUTH TO AND RETURN THE STREET ALREADY HAS LOTS OF FOOT s (AVE HORTICULTURE STUDENTS FROM LOCAL COLLEGES WORK WITH ARTISTS FROM THE !RT 3CHOOLS AND LOCAL (IGH 3CHOOLS TO /N AND AROUND THE HELP REVITAIZE AND PREVENT TAGGING SIBLE IN ALL MAJOR PUBLIC SPACES AND IN hSURPRISEv SPACES AT TO THE PUBLIC 2UN DOWN AREAS TO NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL 0UBLIC ART DOESNT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A BIG MAJOR WORK IN A PROMINENT LOCATION ) WOULD LIKE ADDED TO MAKE THE PLACE LIVELIER AND ATTRACT ART LOVERS FROM OUT OF TOWN 'ORE IS TYPICALLY USED AS JUST A PLACE TO CATCH BUSES OR LOITER WITHOUT MUCH OTHER PURPOSE )T SHOULD BE BETTER USED LIKE THE 0UBLIC ,IBRARY OUTDOORS 4IMES 3QUARE SCULPTURE GENRES OF JAZZ SAILBOATS LANDSCAPES WILDLIFE ABSTRACT ETC 3CI l FANTASY URBAN PORTRAITS SOCIAL AWARENESS lGURES LIKE PEOPLE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE INNER WORKINGS SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE FOR HAVE NO REAL REASON TO GO THERE "AY &RONT 0ARK SAME AS 'ORE 3AM ,AWRENCE 0ARK SAME AS 'ORE 4ELEVISION MORE BIGGER AND BRIGHTER ADVERSTISING OF.EWS ARTS PAPER EVENTS SAME 3HOWCASE AS LOCAL 46 ARTISTS IN%STABLISHED  SECOND SPOTS GALLERIES PROVIDE INSENTIVE FOR THEM TO PROMOTE ART AND ARTISTS THAT ARENT LIMITED TO ILLUSTRATION AND ART SPORTS ILLUSTRATION GRAPHIC DESIGN DIGITAL ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOULD BE BETTER PROMOTED 7E HAVE A CONNECTION FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS COME'ORE FOR 0ARK RECREATION THE AND THE EXISTING AREA OLD IS STATUES STILL MUST SEVERELY LIMITED REMAIN IN BUT EVENTS MORE AND#ENTRAL ATTRACTIONS ART 0ARK AND AND "ATTERY PUBLIC 0ARK ART ALL OF"ROWNlELDS AND .9# ENTERTAINMENT AND GATHERINGS DERELICT MUST LOTS BE SOME SUCH AS THOSE AROUND 7ILSON -ARY 2EBECCA AND &ERGUSON AND THE "ARTON AND OF #ITY (ALL COULD VERY WELL ACT AS A CATALYST FOR INCORPORATING ART WITHIN THE RENOVATED STRUCTURE LARGE MOSAICS ON THE IS SERVED IN POTTERY MADE BY LOCAL ARTISTS AND AVAILABLE FOR SALE 0UBLIC ART IN THE ROAD MEDIANS SUPPORTING THE mORAL (AMILTON SEEING AS THIS ISWAS A STEEL TOWN AND PEOPLED WITH A LOT OF STEEL WORKERS ) THINK WORKS SHOULD BE THEMATICALLY AND CYCLISTS 5SUALLY ART IS FOUND IN PARKS BUT PARKS ARE ALREADY A REPRIEVE FROM URBAN NOISE AND POLLUTION ,ETS USE FRONTPIECE WHO KNOWS CARS ) THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THERE TO MAKE THE SURROUNDINGS MORE INTERESTING AND WELCOMING TO PEDESTRIANS WITH THE MILITARY SERVICES COMBAT DUTY AND MILITARY AVIATION !VIATION NAVAL AND OTHER MILITARY SERVICE ART SHOULD BE )TALY AND &RANCE 4HERE ARE MANY WHO LIVE ON THE MOUNTAIN WHO HAVENT BEEN DOWNTOWN IN AT LEAST A DECADE 4HEY BETTER PROMOTED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS THAT LOCAL HISTORY OUGHT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC ART SCUPTURE EMPLOYING THE MATERIALS THAT FOLLOW 2OME 0RAGUE OF THE PARK AND ITS LOCATION ON A MAIN ROAD PUBLIC ART TO BEAUTIFY THE WORST PARTS OF OUR CITY PARK $UNDURN 0ARK OUTDOOR lLM SHOWINGS IN THE SUMMER OUTSIDE THE !'( LETS REWARD THE OLD WITH BEAUTY  NOT BLAND BECAUSE THEY DESRVE IT DElNED (AMILTON IN THE LAST CENTURY ) ALSO BELIEVE THAT ART AND ARCHITECTURE OUGHT NOT TO BE DISTANCED 4HE RENOVATION APPROPRIATE AND IN PLACES WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM 3OME MORE PUBLIC PARKS IN (AMILTON ESPECIALLY IN THE &ERGUSON AREA SHOULD BE CLEANED UP AND TURNED INTO PUBLIC SQUARES -ODERN ICONIC VERSIONS OF THOSE FOUND THROUGHOUT DISPLAYS  +EY MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS IE ,IMERIDGE -ALL AS IT SEEMS TO BE LESS OBVIOUS ON THE MOUNTAIN THAN BELOW 3QUARE #LUB HAS INTERESTING MURAL PAINTED BY CHILDREN HEAT hSTAIRSv LEADING UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN )N THE COURTYARD BEHING THE CENTRAL ,IBRARY 3HERATON (OTEL AND *ACKSON DOWNTOWN CORE WOULD BE A GREAT HOME FOR SOME NEW LARGE SCULPTURES AND SHADY REFUGES FROM TRAFlC AND THE SUMMER THE s +ING 7ILLIAM SHOULD BE A PUBLIC ART FOCUS INCLUDE LOCAL ARTISTS SELLING THEIR WARES ENCOURAGE ART CAFES WHERE FOODDRINK s (OW ABOUT ELEVATOR GALLERIES WATERFRONTs TRAIL AND JAZZ THE FESTIVAL TRACK ON TRAILS THE ARE WATERFRONT GOOD DANCE PLACES IN TO DISCOVER THE ART PARKON THE WATERFRONT #HURCHILL 0ARK -AC-ASTER ETCLIVE THEATRE IN THE s )N REGARDS TO THE CITY OF (AMILTON MY FEELING IS THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL LOCATIONS ARE UP FOR GRABS /F COURSE ) THINK s PAINTS SOMETHING INTERESTING ON DERELICT BUILDINGS OR OTHERWISE BORING SPACES EG LOW WALL NEXT TO (AMILTON 4ENNIS s 'ROUP OF 3EVEN MYs FAVOURITES "EAUTIFUL "EACH SHOULD 7OMEN HAVE 0ROJECT $ $ AND PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVALS 4HIS HAS LONG BEEN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF MOST DEMOGRAPHICS s !RT THAT IS FUNCTIONAL IS AWESOME 4HERE IS A CLOCK IN 0EARSON !IRPORT WHICH IS JUST AMAZING ITS MADE OUT OF METAL s ) CANT NAME SPECIlC LOCATIONS EXCEPT TO SAY ART SHOULD BE VI s $ISTINCT COMMUNITIES AND VENUES WORKSs THAT ARE 7ATERFRONT STRIKING SIONCE CLEVER IT HUMOUROUS BELONGS WARM AND EVOKE HUMANITY s )N TERMS OF LOCATION 7HEREVER THE VERY YOUNG AND THE VERY OLD @HANG OUT ,ETS ENRICH THE YOUNGS VISUAL PALATE AND s ) WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SPREAD THROUGH OUT OUR SPECIlC NEIGHBOURHOODS IN NATURAL GATHERING PLACES GOODs EXAMPLES -URALS TO DOWNTOWN GORE PARK REVITALIZATIONs CLEAN #ENTRAL UP CITY DOWNTOWN *AMES IMAGE 3T 4HISs AREA IS ,IVING DETERIORATING WALLS BADLY AND 0RIDE LIVING IN ARTs THE ALL AREA OVER ) MAY THE RECOMMEND DO CITY BUSY WONDERS TO DOWNTOWN COOL LOCATIONS AND FEED MAIN AS STREET WELL AND AS KING CLEAN STREET THE 4HESE AIR ARE ENVIRONMENTS WHICH ARE DOMINATED BY s 6ICTORIA 0ARK WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE TO SET UP SOME PERMENANT ART INSTALATIONS BECAUSE OF THE PLANNED REVITALIZATION s DOWNTOWN AT THE HARBOUR ACCESSIBLE TO AS MANY LOCALS AND TOURISTS AS POSSIBLE IN PARKSPLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN TO s ) LOVE THE MURALS AND STATUES MYSELF AND WOULD RECOMMEND BOTH THEYRE VERY VISIBLE WHICH ASSURES YOU THAT A LOT OF US ENJOY AT SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES AGAIN FOR OUR YOUTH AT HOSPITALS TO UPLIFT PATIENTS AND VISITORS IN AND OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC WILL BENElT FROM THIS ESPECIALLY OUR LOCAL ARTISTS BUILDINGS LIKE CITY HALL /NTARIO AND FED GOVT OFlCES NEAR SHOPPING CENTRES AND ANY OTHER PLACE WHERE LARGE NUMBERS s 0LEASE NO MORE MURALS THEY REALLY DONT APPEAL TO ME ANY MORE THAN GRAFlTI DOES 3CULPTURES ARE LOVELY THOUGH OF PEOPLE CONGREGRATE s ) WOULD LOVE TO SEE PAINTINGS ESPECAILLY ON BUILDINGS ON THE SIDE FOR EXAMPLE WHICH DEPICTS (AMILTONS HISTORY THE s 4HE -)0 -C-ASTER )NNOVATION 0ARK IS AN HISTORIC SITE THAT HAS A RELIC '5. #!../. /6%. IN IT -ANT MYSTERY "LOCKS FT ONE ON +ING 3TREET DOWNTOWN LOOKS GREAT BUT ALSO SCENIC NATURE VIEWS IE FOREST WATERFALLS LAKE WILDLIFE ETC ) WOULD BY  FT SOLID AND  FT DEEPA STATUE OF SORTS TO COMMEMORATE THE STORIED SITE IS SO IMPORTANT OR ALL HISTORY WILL BE LIKE TO SEE THIS AT ANY POINT OR LOCATION ON +ING -AIN ,OCKE "AY "URLINGTON (ESS *AMES AND "ARTON 3TREETS AND THE FORGOTTEN DOWNTOWN CORE s 0UBLIC ART SHOULD BE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY NOT JUST IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND BE INCLUSIVE AND REmECTIVE OF THE s ,OCATIONS HIGH PROlLE PUBLIC AREAS EG DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT -C-ASTER #ITY (ALL FORMER TOWNS IE &LAMBOROUGH $UNDAS ETC  s 7ATERFRONT DOWNTOWN PARKS SUCH AS 'AGE 0ARK AND OTHER PROMINENT GATHERING PLACES SUCH AS THE BEACH STRIP s $OWNTOWN NEEDS MORE MURALS TO COVER UP THE BOARDED UP BUILDINGS ,OTS AND LOTS OF BRIGHT COLORS COMMERCIAL STREETSCAPES SUCH AS 7ESTDALE 6ILLAGE ,OCKE 3TREET 3OUTH #ONCESSION 3TREET DOWNTOWN $UNDAS AND 3TONEY s SCULPTURES MURALS STREET FURNITURE COMPONENTS CUSTOM DESIGNED BENCHES LIGHTING SIGNAGE #REEK AND THE LIKE s -URALS AND SCULPTURES DOWNTOWN TO SPICE UP OUR AGING CORE AND TO INSPIRE TOURISM AND CULTURE TO PROMOTE OUR HISTORY s 0LACES YOU WOULD LEAST EXPECT IT AS WELL AS THOSE YOU WANT TO DRAW MORE VISITORS TOO 0LACES LIKE THE PUBLIC WORKS AND lGURES IMPORTANT TO HAMILTON PROPERTIES THE SIDES OF THE CITE BUS THE WALLS OF THE CITY BUILDINGS ETC !S WELL A PARK OR A PLAYGROUND A CITY POOL ETC -/34,9 &2%% 0,!#%3










s NOTHING ABSTRACTART THAT lTS THE AREA s ! MUSIC GARDEN A REmECTING POND AND WATER GARDEN THE MOOSE AND COWS WERE VERY POPULAR IN 4/ !T BUSY PLACES s 4HE DOWNTOWN CORE IS BLAND AND COLD )T NEEDS WARMING UP WITH ART THAT EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND 1UITE OFTEN PUBLIC COULD BE PHOTOS OF WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS AND A NOTE ABOUT THEM ART SEEMS TO BE MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST THAN THE SPACE s -URALS ON FENCES AROUND CONSTRUCTION SITES OR BUILDINGSPROPERTIES NOT IN USE s ) LOVE MURALS WHERE PEOPLE CAN EXPRESS WHAT THEY FEEL OR WHAT EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE HAD &OR EXAMPLE IF A GROUP OF REFUGEES WERE INVITED TO PAINT WHAT THEY INTERPRET AS #ANADA OR A GROUP OF CHILDREN WERE ASKED TO EXPRESS WHAT LOVE s 3CULPTURES IDEALLY -URALS ARE SO SO ONE PIECE OF GRAFlTI AND THE WHOLE THINGS GONE TO WASTE MEANS ETC s -ORE PUBLIC ART SHOULD BE IN OUR ALREADY EXISTING PUBLIC PARKS AND OTHER COMMONPUBLIC SPACE /NCE IT IS THERE IT MAKES s ) RECOMMEND OUR HERITAGE SITES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 4HIS WOULD BRING ATTENTION TO OUR MOST TREASURED LOCATIONS PARKS EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE AND ALLOWS US TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE )T ALSO MAKES US MORE PROUD WHEN WE BRING VISITORS TO WITHIN THE CITY OUR PARKS s -Y PREFERENCE IN ART IS FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE AND ) GUESS OBVIOUS "Y THAT ) MEAN WHERE THE MEANING OF THE PIECE IS VERY s !LL PARTS OF THE CITY ARE APPROPRIATE 4HE MOUNTAIN WOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING PLACE FOR PUBLIC ART AND OUTREACH !RTISTS CLEAR  4O THAT END ) LIKE THINGS LIKE MURALS AND SCULPTURES THAT HAVE CLEAR STORIES TO THEM ) ALSO LIKE FOUNTAINS VERY WOULD REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES ON THE MOUNTAIN 0UBLIC ART SHOULD BE PROVOCATIVE )TS REALLY APPROPRIATE MUCH ALTHOUGH ) HAVE TO SAY THAT ) NEVER REALLY THOUGHT OF THEM AS ART )LL LOOK AT THEM WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ANYWHERE AS LONG AS ITS SITE SPECIlC AND SENSITIVE TO THE BIOREGION NOW &LAMBOROUGH WOULD BE A WONDERFUL AREA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ART AND INSTALLATION THAT GROWS INTO OR OUT OF THE SITE s PARKS SHOULD HAVE A PIECE OF ART REmECTING JOY AND PLAYFULNESS AND HELP TO IDENTIFY THE PARK AS BELONGING TO THE AREA !NYWHERE ALONG THE HARBOUR OR BEACH WOULD ALSO WORK WELL 0UBLIC ART AT THE AIRPORT AND EVEN ON THE PLANES WOULD BE AND CITY WHICH WILL HELP THOSE WHO FREQUENT THE SPACE TO TAKE PRIDE AND FEEL A PART OF THE AREA A GREAT WAY OF PIQUING THE CURIOSITY OF VISITORS AND UNDERLINING THE HIGH LEVEL OF ART ACTIVITY IN THE CITY s #ITY PARKS HIGH TRAFlC AREAS IE DOWNTOWN CORE (ESS 3TREET "AYFRONT PARK ETC  -URALS SUCH AS THE ONE AT &ERGUSON s 0ARKS ENTRANCE TO THE CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT AND BUS TERMINALS 4O MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON VISITORS AS WELL AS THE 3TATION WINDOW ART IE STOREFRONTS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS ART DISPLAYED SUCH AS +ATHRYN 3MITH WALL MURALS IN SCHOOLS  ) LOCALS ATTENDED -OUNTVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL AND WILL ALWAYS RECALL THE MURAL PAINTED BY #ONRAD &URY  s ) THINK THE MORE IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AT THE OUTSET IS TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS AND POLICY FOR PUBLIC ART IN THE CITY AND A s #ITY HALL WHEN RENOVATED DOWNTOWN E G CORNER OF +ING AND *AMES(AMILTON 0LACE IN FOYER COMMITMENT lNANCIAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FROM THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO WHERE AND WHAT KIND OF ART THAT CAN FOLLOW ONCE THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE BEEN LAID FOR THE PROGRAM s DOWNTOWN UNIVERSITY GROUNDS HOSPITALS PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS HISTORIC SITES AIRPORT AND BUS TERMINALS PLACES WHERE VISITORS TO (AMILTON ARRIVE MAJOR ENTRANCE AREAS TO (AMILTON TO SHOW (AMILTON IS A CITY WITH AN ACTIVE s ) THINK MURALS CAN BE WONDERFUL ABSTRACT OR REALIST LARGE SCALE OR SMALL THEY CAN REALLY SERVE TO BRIGHTEN UP PUBLIC SPOTS APPRECIATION OF !RT  #ULTURE AND PROVIDE THAT ELEMENT OF hSURPRISEv ESPECIALLY WHEN PAINTED ON SIDES OF OLD BUILDINGS IN SOME OF THE LESS COLOURFUL AREAS OF A TOWN  4HESE COULD BE COMMISSIONED FROM ARTISTS OR COULD EVEN BE USED AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT s !S ) MENTIONED EARLIER REALISM IS IMPORTANT )N FACT OUR WHOLE FAMILY AGREES THAT ABSTRACT ART LEAVES US @COLD -Y FOR RESIDENTS PERHAPS ALONG WITH SOMETHING LIKE A COMMUNITY GARDEN TO MAKE THE ART A FOCAL POINT OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD HUSBAND  ) HAD THE PLEASURE OF DINING AT 2IDEAU (ALL A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO $ISCUSSED WAS THE @PAINTING OF THE 1UEEN DESTINATION 3CULPTURES  WATER FEATURES ADD A NICE TOUCH TOO BUT REQUIRE SPACE AND ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE  SECURITY  0RINCE 0HILIP WITH THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND .OT ONE PERSON WAS IMPRESSED WITH THIS PAINTING   PERHAPS THESE WOULD BE BEST IN HIGHER TRAFlC AREAS NOT EVEN THE 'OVERNOR 'ENERALS SPOUSE s ) WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE 0ARKS IN #ENTRAL (AMILTON LIGHTENED UP WITH SOME ART #ENTRAL $OWNTOWN  %AST END IS THE MOST s ! BROAD SCOPE OF ART INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL AND LOCALIN THAT WAY (AMILTON  THE SURROUNDING POPULATION COULD CONDENSED POPULATION AREA IN (AMILTON MOST PARKS ARE VANDALIZED DIRTY RUN DOWN AND GENERALLY NOT AN APPEALING SHARE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AND PERHAPS lND A GENRE THAT IS THE MOST PLEASING TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THE NEW SITE FOR THE CITY ) BELIEVE SOME ARTISTIC TOUCHES WOULD WORK WONDERS FOR THEM -URALS ON &ENCES OR "RICK 7ALLS ) DONT !RT 'ALLERY OF (AMILTON SEEMS TO BE THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THIS REALLY AGREE WITH PAINTING UP BUILDINGS THAT ARE CONDEMNED AND DESTINED FOR DEMOLITION ITS LIKE PUTTING A BAND AID s 'ATEWAYS TO THE CITY 0LACES WHERE CHILDREN PLAY 4HE "RUCE 4RAIL 0ROSPECT POINTS ON THE ESCARPMENT 4HE (ARBOUR ON A GUN SHOT WOUND 3OME THINGS THAT COULD BE DRESSED UP IF NOTHING ELSE TO HELP PREVENT VANDALISM 0OSTAL "OXES %LECTRICAL $ISTRIBUTION "OXES "US 3HELTERS 0UBLIC "ENCHES s -OUNTAIN CENTRAL AREAS OBVIOUSLY AVAILABLE BY CITY TRANSIT AND IN SAFE AREAS THAT PEOPLE IN WALK IN WITHOUT FEAR AND BRING THE KIDS /H YEAH THE KIDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COME ALONG s YORK BOULEVARD BECAUSE IT IS AN ENTRANCE TO THE CITY CENTRE MALL AREA BECAUSE IT IS VERY DRAB THERE )M AFRAID TO SAY 'ORE PARK BECAUSE LAST TIME THE CITY TRIED TO CHANGE IT THEY MESSED IT UP AND IT HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE BUT MAYBE s  #OMMISION MURALS ON ABANDONED BUILDINGS  %STABLISH BLANK MURALS AND INVITE GRAFlTTI IN THOSE LOCATIONS 7HITE SPRUCE IT UP IN SOME WAYS) PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE QUEEN STATUE GONE THE MOUNTAIN ACCESSES LIKE JOLLY CUT WASH THEM REGULARLY TO KEEP TO SATISFY THOSE ARTISTS NEED  #ONCENTRATE ON THE DOWNTOWN CORE TO ESTABLISH A CRITICAL KENILWORTH ACCESS AND THE SHERMAN CUTTHE PART WHERE THE TRAFlC MERGES TO GO UP AND DOWN THE HILL TYPES OF ART DENSITY OF ART 4HEN RADIATE OR SWITCH TO OTHER AREAS BANNERS SCULPURES MURALS MAYBE SOME SCULPURE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR DONE RIGHT INTO THE LANDSCAPE NOT AS EXTENSIVE s !BDERDEEN+IRKENDELL AS MOUNT RUSHMORE BUT ALONG THOSE LINES BLOWN UP PHOTOGRAPHY PICTURES BY LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ALSO THE PIER AREA TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE THERE s #ITY OF (AMILTON PARKS FUNCTIONAL STREET ART SUCH AS BUS SHELTERS BENCHES AND ESPECIALLY BIKE RACKS INNOVATIVE INSTALLATIONS NOT JUST STATUES TRAFlC CIRCLES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO USE AS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE s 4HE 1UEENSTON CIRCLE WOULD BE A GREAT SPOT MOST OF THE CITY DRIVES BY ON THE WAY DOWNTOWN !LSO IN THE NORTH END ON CONCEPT TO THE PUBLIC RATHER THAN ONE ")' PROJECT IN ONLY ONE PART OF THE CITY STREET CORNERS OR SELECTED STREET CORNERS TO HELP THE REVITALIZATION OF THE AREA (OW ABOUT THE 9ORK STREET BRIDGE ) WOULD LOVE TO PUT SCULPTURES IN THE EMPTY SPACES
s DOING THINGS IN LINE WITH THE IMAGE WE ARE WANTING TO PROJECT IN (AMILTON IN LINE WITH OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS DO WE HAVE THEM  ALSO INCORPORATING THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF OUR CITY WITH STEEL INFRASTRUCTURES FROM $OFASCO OR s 3TART WITH VERY PUBLICPROMINENT LOCATIONS !S PROGRAM CONTINUES MOVE TO MORE OBSCURESURPRIZE LOCATIONS 3TEEL IS NOT AN EYESORE ! STEEL SCULPURE IN FRONT OF THE MAIN OFlCE OF $OFASCO WOULD BE NICE ,OCATIONS NEED TO BE s LOCATIONS INCLUDE PUBLIC PARKSCENTRE BOULEVARDS AND ALONG MAIN STREETS AND PEOPLE GATHERING AREAS TYPES OF ART COULD CHOSEN THAT ARE VISIBLE TO PEOPLE 4HE SHOW OF mOWERS ON THE LANE WAYS THROUGHOUT (AMILTON ARE A FORM OF ART THAT IS INCLUDE SCULPTURES MODERN SHAPE ART AND WATERWORK ART SPONSORED BY VARIOUS BUSINESSES IN (AMILTON IS AN EXCELLENT LOCATION s 0UBLIC PARKS 'OVERNMENT BUILDINGS THE 2"' City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN MURALS CALL IT @#ITY 3TROKES WHATEVER YOU DO MAKE PROVOKINGBUZZ GENERATINGTOURISM INDUCING BRICK FEW WINDOWS PROVIDING LARGE CANVASSES FOR PAINTING OF PROJECT TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN ART 'ARDENS AND mORAL DISPLAYS ARE ALSO A FORM OF ART EXPRESSION AND COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COLOR AND BEAUTY NODES INFORM INSPIRE AND SIGNIFY THE ACTIVITIES AND PRESENCE OF PEOPLE WHO VISIT THEM BRIDGE RATHER THAN SNEAKING PAST IT ON THE  'AGE 0ARK "URLINGTON "AY (AMILTON 3IDE /BVIOUSLY 0IER  -AHONEY 0ARK (OSPITALS (AM 'EN#HEDOKE-AC3T *OES HAPPENINGS AND PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA &UN AND INTERESTING ART WORKS EG FOUNTAINS ETC IN PUBLIC AREAS ) THINK THE EDUCATION RECREATION HEALTH FOOD MATERIAL NEEDS AND A CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 0UBLIC ART IN THESE MATERIALS (AVE MORE OPENJURIED ART EXHIBITIONS LIKE THE 'O SHOW ! 0UBLIC (ANGING ETC DEVELOP AN ANNUAL @&ESTIVAL &OUNTAINS  3CULPTURE !DDS STABILITYRECTITUDE TO LANDSCAPE -URALS PULLS  THE $ISPLAYS VIEWER 6ISUALLY hINTOv APPEALING THE MENTALLY WORK CALMING ITSELF COMFORT VISUALIMMERSION FOR THE EYES PLUS ALL4HERE OF SHOULD BE THE A ABOVE MONUMENT TO THE #AMP AT "URLINGTON WHICH WAS AT $UNDURN #ASTLE AS THIS WAS THE -ILITARY BASE THAT ETC *ACKSON 3Q#ENTRE -ALL%ASTGATE,IMERIDGE +INGS &OREST +ENILWORTH !CCESS -UD 3T THE !IRPORT )VOR 7YNNE4YPES )NTERACTIVE 3TADIUM &RESH/RIGINALTOPICALULTRAMODERNTHOUGHT "URLINGTON 3T/TTAWA 3T#ANNON*AMES  ALONG THE 1%7 MURALS THAT THE 7ATERFRONT 4RUST ARE WORKING ON IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA ARE A GREAT IDEA WE COULD DO MORE OF THIS TYPE IT ACCESSIBLE TO ALL REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR EDUCATION 3O OFTEN @ART SEEMS TO BE GEARED AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE MORE FOR CONCERTS POETRY READINGS THEATRE PERFORMANCES SHORT lLMS ETC !LL OF THE ABOVE LOCATIONS ARE COMMON GROUND OR GATHERING PLACES 4HEY ARE NODES OF ACTIVITY 0EOPLE GATHER FOR REPRESENTED THE STRONGHOLD FOR THE WHOLE .IAGARA 0ENNINSULA OF !RT BOARDED UP BUILDINGSHAVE STREET ENGAGED YOUTH PAINT AFmUENT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE IN PARKS TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL PIECES 5SING THE PERMANENTSEMI PERMANENT ARTWORK ALSO AS VENUES !LSO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ROOFTOP SCULPTURES LOOKING TO THE STREET SIMILAR TO THE CONCEPT OF THE $ BRONZETHERE SCULPTURES ANYTHING THAT IS VANDAL PROOF %LECTRIlED MAYBE




BRIDGE ) KNOW THAT )M HOME )N FACT ) DRIVE OUT OF MY WAY WHEN COMING BACK INTO (AMILTON SO ) CAN GO ACROSS THAT SQUALOR OF SPECTATORS CHEERING OUT OF THE EXTERIOR WALL OF 3KYDOME s (IGH PEDESTRIAN VENUES $ LABYRINTH IN COLOURED BRICKSSTONESCEMENT $ -AZE IN NATURAL AREA MADE OUT OF NATURAL s .ONE s ) BY THE WAY HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED IN A PAINTING OF THOUGHTS PLAY OF WORDS AND CATCH ALL OF ALL MY IDEAS AND s ,OCATIONS s ) WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME FUNCTIONAL ART IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA sINTERESTING SEATING ETC TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY s ! LARGE MEMORIAL STYLE SCULPTURE OR BAS RELIEF TO THE STEELWORKERS s /UR BUILDING IS SW CORNER OF  2EBECCA 3TREET  STOREY RED s )N THE *AMES 3TREET .ORTH AREA IT IS IN NEED OF REVITILIZATION 3O MANY WONDERFUL BUIDLINGS AND SUCH A LOT OF UNNECESSARY s -ORE SCULPTURES LIKE THE ONE IN THE 7ATERFRONT PARK SEE EARLIER QUESTION  -ORE ART IN THE .ORTH %ND MURALS s &UNCTIONAL PERMANENT ART /F EQUALs IMPORTANCE IS %ACH BUDGETING BRIDGE DOLLARS TO COMING MAINTAIN TO THE ART (AMILTON AND SHOULD THE SURROUNDING HAVE AREA A THEMEIDENTITY MODELLED ON THE (IGH ,EVEL "RIDGE !S ) CROSS THAT s 'ORE 0ARK (ESS VILLAGE WATERFRONT s PIER  ) DOWNTOWN HESISTATE 3TONEY SUGGESTING #REEK"ATTLElELD ANYTHING (OUSE THAT $UNDAS COULD BE VANDALIZED )T MAKES ME SICK TO SEE OUR PLAQUES VANDALIZED BY IDIOTS )S SOUND AS NATIVE PLANTS REQUIRE VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE SPRAYS AND EXTRA WATERING PATHS SHOULD ALSO BE INCORPORATED 4HIS INSTALLATION WOULD REmECT WHAT (AMILTON IS AND IT WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTALLY AND PERRENNIALS AND AN ARTIST SCULTPUTRE DEPICTING A mOCK OF #ANADA 'EESE LANDING ON THE WATER 3EATING AREAS AND /UTSIDE #ITY (ALL AND FORMER -UNICIPAL #OUNCIL BUILDINGS ALREADY PUBLIC SPACES THAT COULD ENHANCE PEOPLE ATTENDING WITH PUBLIC SPACES )T IS A HIGHLY WALKABLE COMMUNITY MEANING MANY CITIZENS RESIDENTS STAFF OF BUSIENSSES AND VISITORS ALIKE TIDY UP THE STREETSCAPE AND ENCOURAGE POSITIVE USE 3OME WORKS ARE PRESENT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REALLY MAKE A CLEAR ART -URALS IN HISTORICAL AREAS OF (AMILTON INDUSTRIAL SECTOR NEAR OLD NEIGHBOURHOODS #ORKTOWN *AMES 3TREET ETC 7ATERFALL #ITY NATURAL ROCK FORMATIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN 3OUTHERN /NTARIO PLANTINGS OF NATIVE SPECIES OF TREES SHRUBS DECLARATIVE STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY CULTURE AND OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE 4HEY GET SOMEWHAT LOST IN THE SURROUNDING EXPERIENCE THE NEIGHBOUROOD BY FOOT 0UBLIC ART WOULD ENHANCE THE ALREADY WELL USED PUBLIC SPACES !LSO PEOPLE IT EG WOULD NEW DEVELOPMENTPUBLIC SPACES AREAS WHICH IN ARE $UNDAS CONDUCIVE TO AND WALKING MEADOWLANDS AND IN SOCIALIZING IN !NCASTER  PERSON 4EMPERAL ) ART THINK PIECES THAT PUBLIC CELEBRATE ART THE NEEDS SEASON TO AND (AMILTONS SUPPORT NATURAL RESOURCES EG mOATING LARGE SCALE COLOURFUL BALLS (AMILTON HAS SO MUCH URBAN SPRAWL AND TOO MANY PEOPLE USE THEIR CARS AND VISIT AREAS WHICH ARE BUILT FOR CARS AND NOT DISREPAIR AND NEGLECT 0UBLIC ART ALREADY PRESENT WILL ALSO BE NOTICED MORE 0EOPLE WILL START TO LOOK FOR hARTv THAT UPON ITS PUBLIC SPACES ) THINK PUBLIC ART WOULD BE LOST IN AREAS WHICH DO NOT HAVE PEDESTRIAN TRAFlC AND UNFORTUNATELY BE AMAZING TOCONNECTING HAVE THE AN BUSINESS OUTDOOR AREA ART TO THE GALLERY PARK CORRIDOR AREA CONNECTING +ING $OWNTOWN 3TREET (AMILTON TO THE #HURCHILL DOWNTOWN PARK NEEDS AND TO #OOTES IMPROVE AND 0ARADISE BUILD ON THE LAKE VISITING  v0ROFESSIONALv 'RAFlTI DONE BY LOCALS  3CULPTURED PARTLY lLLED 7AGON  OFF LOADING "ENCH $RIVER WITH OUTSIDE OCCUPANTS NEW REMEMBER &ARMERS{ THE -ARKET FAMOUS LOVING 4WO SURVEYORS COUPLE AT EITHER VISIBLE SIDE ENDS OF OF +ING AREA 7 ! BY OF -URAL  *AMES OF STILL STANDING A HERITAGE MALE BUILDINGS  OR FEMALE WHATEVER  APPROX ){VE SAME ALWAYS AGE IMAGINED  THIS FT WITH APART OPPORTUNITYPERHAPS CASUALLY FOR EVEN LOOKING PERSONS HAVE AT TO CITY APPOINTED EACH STAND PHOTOGRAPHERS OTHER BETWEEN TAKE FOR INEXPENSIVE A POLAROID 3MALL PHOTO TYPE MURAL SHOTS ON hNEWv BUILDINGS SHOWING BUILDING -URAL PREVIOUSLY OF ON SITE A "USKER FROM A'OT PREVIOUS TO TIME GO PERHAPS WILL IN THINK AREAS AGAIN WHERE  BUSKERS PERHAPS PERMITTED hGET BACK TO YOUv WILL PLEASE THE EYE AND MAKE THEM PROUD OF (AMILTON IF THEY LIVE HERE AND HAVE A POSITIVE IMPRESSION IF THEYRE JUST ENOUGH AND NEED NEW THINGS THAT ARE VIBRANT RELEVANT FOR THE AVERAGE (AMILTONIAN AND HAVE A SENSE OF FUN ,ETS CELEBRATE (AMILTON AND ITS PEOPLE 4HERE IS A GREAT PIECE OF ART COMEMORATING THE ARRIVAL OF DUTCH PEOPLE IN (AMILTON #OULD WE DO SOMETHING UNIQUE FOR ANY MAYBE BY THE OTHER LARGE IMMIGRANT GROUPS TO THE #ITY )TALIAN #ROATIAN OUTSIDE OF #OPS ) STILL QUESTION THE RELEVANCE OF DOLPHIN TOPIARY OUTSIDE OF #ITY (ALL A COUPLE OF SUMMERS AGO *AMES 3T . IS DUE FOR SOMETHING WONDERFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL SINCE IT IS STARTING TO IMPROVE HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY AND HAS 3IKH ETC ) AM SURE ARTISTS FROM THESE COMMUNITIES COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING FABULOUS IF THE #ITY PROVIDED A SITE AND MAINTAINED IT ) LOVE THE FOOTBALL PLAYER OUTSIDE THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME AND THE ATHLETIC ETCHINGS IN THE SIDEWALK A LARGE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY RUNNING ERRANDS PARKS DOWNTOWN NEAR MAJOR BUILDINGS COULD USE THE FACE LIFT s 'ATEWAYS CORRIDORS PARKS IN FRMOTs OF MUNICIPAL PARKS BUILDINGS DOWENTOWEN ROOFTOPS CITY BUILDINGS GOVERMENTs GROUNDS MURALS 3CHOOLS SCULPTORE PARKSGREENSPACES HOSPITALS RESTAURANTS SHOPPING CENTERS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS s &IRST LOCATION *AMES 3TREETs .ORTH 3CULPTURE "EASLEY IN NEIGHBOURHOOD THE FREE SPACEs AROUND THE 7ESTDALE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGES NAMELY USE AROUND PUBLIC THE ART CITY!T TO GATEWAYS ANNOUNCE IN NEIGHBOURHOODS THE 7ESTDALE ")! S HAS IF FABULOUS POSSIBLE GATHERING SPOTS AND WELL USED s )M STILL NEW TO (AMILTON BUT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE CORE TO SEE HOW BADLY PUBLIC ART IS NEEDED TO STIMULATE PRIDE s &UNCTIONAL URBAN FURNITURE DESIGNED BY ARTISTS AND ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY s )N FRONT OF #ITY (ALLTHIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE FOR A LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION THAT INCLUDES WATERFALLS WE ARE THE s  "UILDING WALL hARTv EG 7ILSON EAST OF *AMES 'ET THE OWNER  COMMUNITY INVOLVED s !NYTHING AND EVERYTHING EXCEPT MORE STATUES OF LONG DEAD MEN ROYALTY OR SOLDIERS 4HESE ARE IMPORTANT BUT WE HAVE s )T IS ESPECIALLY NICE TO SEE ART THAT CAN BE VIEWED FROM A MOVING CAR ON THE WAY TO AND FROM WORK OR JUST OUT AND AROUND s TYPES OF PUBLIC ART SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY CAN RELATE TO AND NOT WONDER WHAT IT IS OR WHY IT IS THERE LOCATIONS s 4HE %AST %ND OF (AMILTON PAST 7ENTWORTH 4HIS SIDE OF TOWN SEEM TO BE BEREFT OF NOTICEABLE PUBLIC ART AND THIS SIDE s Q21: Please share any additional comments or suggestions with us. s 7E ARE IN GREAT NEED OF STUDIO SPACE FOR ARTIST TO WORK AND LIVE IN 4HIS HAS BEEN DONE IN 4ORONTO AND HAS HELP BRING LIFE BACK TO MANY DIEING COMMUNITIES ) WOULD THINK WE COULD USE ALOT OF THE EMPTY BUILDING AROUND TOWN s $O YOU CONSIDER GARDEN LANDSCAPES A TYPE OF PUBLIC ART )F SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM TO ACCOMPANY ANY OTHER ART FORM THROUGHOUT THE CITY Please share any additional comments or suggestions with us. s 7E CAN TAKE A TIP FROM 4ORONTO 4HE CITY ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE INTERESTING INSTALLATIONSSCULPTURES IN MANY A VARIED LOCALE WHICH ADDS TO THE CULTURE AND INTEREST TO THE CITY s .ONE OF THE ART ) DO COLLAGELARGE WOODEN CUTOUT PEOPLE REALLY lTS WITH WHAT ) HAVE SUGGESTED ) WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED s (AMILTONS MANY APARTMENT BLOCKS WOULD SERVE AS THE PERFECT CANVAS FOR PUBLIC ART MURALS WITH THE ART AT THE 5 OF 0ENN WHICH OF COURSE IS SUPPORTED BY VERY WEALTHY ALUMNI ) HAVE A PIECE A DANCER IN "URLINGTON INSIDE THE "URLINGTON 3TUDENT 4HEATRE BUILDING ON 0ROSPECT 3TREET AS WELL AS NUMEROUS SMALLER PIECES IN THAT s )NDUSTRY AND OFlCES SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE hPUBLIC ARTv A CONTRIBUTION TO GOOD CITIZENSHIP BUILDING 4HE SCHOOLBOARD SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE ART WORK AT THE ENTRANCES OF SCHOOLS TO GIVE STUDENTS PRIDE s ) 4().+ 4(!4 "%).' !3 )4 )3 05",)# !24 4(% 05",)# 3(/5,$ (!6% ! #(!.#% 4/ #/.42)"54% 4/ )4 4// /&4%. 4HE -C-ASTER GROUNDS ARE ALMOST DEVOID OF ART WORK THIS IS SAD #)493 /.,9 ,%4 ! &%7 3%,%#4 %34!",)3(%$ !24)343 ")$ &/2 4(% 2)'(4 4/ #/.42)"54% ! 0)%#% !.$ ). 2%452. 0!9 4(!4 !24)34 ! '//$ 3/-% ) 4().+ 4(!4 4(% #)49 3(/5,$ ).6)4% 4(% 9/5.'%2 ,%33 %34!",)3(%$ !24)343 (AMILTON HAS A PLETHORA OF GOOD ARTIST BUT WE DONT SEE THEIR WORK EXCEPT IN GALLERIES !.$ '%.%2!, 05",)# 4/ 35"-)4 7/2+3 &/2 $)30,!9 !2/5.$ 4(% #)494(2/5'( 4()3 7%"3)4% #( 4(% 30%# 1UESTION WHO SITS ON THE COMITTEE WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL DECIDE ) COULD NOT lND IT ON THE CITIES WEBSITE 7(%4(%2 4(%9 "% 0%2-!.%.4 ).34!,!4)/.3 /2 2/4!4%$ /54 2%'5,!2),9 I4 7/5,$ "% &!2 -/2% ).4%2%34).' !.$ ')6% ! '2%!4%2 3%.3% /& #/--5.)49 7(),% )-02/6).' 4(% !00%!2!.#% !.$ %#/.)-)# 34!453 /& 4(% s 0UBLIC ART IS NOT A STATUE OR A MONUMENT )T CAN BE EPHEMERAL AND DISAPPEAR OVER TIME )T CAN BE DERIDED AND DEFACED #)49 )T WILL NEVER PLEASE EVERYONE OR EVEN MOST s hDOORSv A FEW YEARS AGO WAS A GOOD IDEASELL POSTERS EG DOORS OF (AMILTON GARDENS OF (AMILTON HISTORICAL (AMILTON s FEAR THAT THE INSTALLATIONS WILL BE VANDALIZED FOR FUNDRAISERS s ) WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES VOLUNTEER SUPPORT AT ANY LEVEL ) BELIEVE THIS IS IMPORTANT s 'REAT IDEA TO ADD ART IN OUR COMMUNITY 7E CAN USE SCULPTURES IN PARKS mOWER BEDS ECT AND MURALS ON SOME OF OUR s ) BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC ART INCLUDES PERFORMANCE ART AS WELL )F YOU HAVE INTERESTING WORKS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A BUILDINGS MODEST FEE PEOPLE WILL COME )F YOU CAN SUSTAIN PERFORMANCES FOR MANY YEARS THEN TOURISTS WILL COME s -ONEY FOR A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM SHOULD BE BUILT INTO THE #ITYS ANNUAL BUDGET AS A PRIORITY TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE OF s ) WOULD HATE TO SEE THE CITY SPEND MONEY ON PUBLIC ART WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY ) THINK ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS PUBLIC ART IS GREAT BUT THAT WE CANT CURRENTLY AFFORD TO PAY ARTISTS TO PROVIDE IT )F THE CITY WANTS PUBLIC ART THEN HAVE A s 'ETTING ETHNIC COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN SOME WAY SO THE ART IS NOT CHOSEN BY THE PRIVELIGED ONLY WOULD HELP HIGHLIGHT COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS THAT WOULD GIVE THEM VISIBILITY WHILE COSTING THE CITY LITTLE THERE ARE A LOT OF TALENTED YOUNG THE DIVERSITY PEOPLE WHO WOULD WELCOME A CHANCE s SO MANY PARKING LOTS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE HAVE NO NATURAL ELEMENT WHEN IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO PLANT A COUPLE TREES s 3EE ABOVE -AYBE SOMETHING COMBINING SOLAR PANELS OR WIND ENERGY WITH A LARGE SCULPTURE ! COUPLE OF LARGE STRIKING ALONG A MEDIAN OR INTEGRATE SMALL GREEN SPACES WITH SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS MORE FENCES BENCHES TREES PLEASE PIECES WOULD PROBABLY BE PREFERABLE TO ME RATHER THAN A LOT OF RELATIVELY INSIGNIlCANT PIECES s !PPRECIATIVE OF THE IN DEPTH CONSULTATION BEING PROVIDED 0LEASE AVOID CLUTTER s ! NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ARISE FROM YOUR SURVEY NAMELY WHAT IS THE #ITYS GOAL IN DEVELOPING A PUBLIC ART MASTER s )T WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ARTISTS AND THOSE WHO PERHAPS ARE NOT ARTISTS BUT MAY BE INSPIRED BY THEIR OWN PLAN )S THIS TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC SPACES 7ILL THE #ITY BE PURCHASINGCOMMISSIONING WORK FOR INSTALLATION CREATIVITY ANDOR PERHAPS WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME CAPACITY -ANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE TALENTS UNTAPPED AND PERHAPS ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY 7HY IS THIS PROCESS UNDERWAY !LSO ) WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW THE #ITY VIEWS THE ROLE NOT ABLE TO BE EXPRESSIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CLASSIlED AS AN ARTIST THAT PUBLIC ART CAN PLAY IN ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT &INALLY ) WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THE CONCERN THAT A s )F YOU HAVE A SELECTION COMMITTEE INVOLVE KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE AND FORMULATE AN OVER ALL VISION 0UBLIC !RT -ASTER 0LAN SHOULD BE OCCURING IN CONSORT WITH A LARGER MUNICIPAL CULTURAL PLAN 4HIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER PUZZLE AND WITHOUT A BROADER OVERARCHING VISION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IN (AMILTON A 0UBLIC !RT -ASTER 0LAN s ,ETS HAVE VARIETY BUT PRAY 'OD LETS NOT SET QUOTAS AND POLITICAL AGENDAS AROUND THE WHOLE THING IS SOMEWHAT NEUTERED IN ITS EFFECTIVENESS s )F WE HAVE TO COPY OTHER CITIES INCENTIVES LETS BE CREATIVE EG #HICAGO HAD THE "ULL SO 4ORONTO WENT AND DID THE -OOSE s -AKE A DESICION ON THE LISTER BLOCK NOW 7HATEVER THE OUTCOME IT WILL HELP US MOVE ON TO OTHER IMPORTANT THEN (AMILTON DID THE $OOR "Y THEN IT HAD NO IMPACT )F YOU SAW #HICAGO YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THEY HAD THE RIGHT IDEA )T WAS EXCITING AND CREATIVE
%ACH STATUE WAS DIFFERENT AND HAD PERSONALITY WHEREAS THE 4ORONTO -OOSE LOOKED THINGS 4REBLE HALL BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WAS RESTORED IN THE S AND NOW SEEMS TO BE HALF VACANT AND THE BACK END IS LIKE IT WAS MADE FROM THE SAME MOLD WITH A DIFFERENT PAINT JOB 0LEASE DONT JUST HAVE (AMILTON ARTISTS INVOLVED THEY FALLING APPART IT COULD BE REVITALIVED NOW TO JUSTIFY THE S RESTORATION AND TO PREVENT ANOTHER LISTER!T #AROLINE ARE A CLIQUE AND SOME SHOULDNT BE CONSIDERED ARTISTS AT ALL AND MAIN THE LARGE FEDERAL BUILDING HAS BEAUTIFUL CONCRETE TABLEUXS OF CANADIAN SCENES AND ANIMALS THAT ARE BADLY STAINED BY PATINA FROM THE mAG POLLS AND WOULD BE AT RISK IF THE BUILDING IS CONDEMED ) SAY CLEAN IT AND KEEP IT

!N EXAMPLE ) AM THINKING OF IS IF WE HAD A BENCH INCENTIVE  ARTISTS WOULD DESIGN MANY VARIED BENCHS AND TABLES TO ADORN PARKS  CRAFTSMEN WOULD CONDTRUCT THEM  LANDSCAPE ARTIST WOULD PLACE THEM IN A CREATED SETTING 0ARKS WITH s 7E CANT hPUT PERFUME ON A PIGv (AMILTON NEEDS TO REVITILIZE ITSELF lRST COVERED GAZEBOS AND SHELTERS FROM RAIN ) HAVE MANY IDEAS
s I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC ART THAT IS A GROUP PROCESS NEIGHBOURHOOD MURALS  ) WOULD LIKE A BETTER SCULPTURE PARK ) s 4HIS IS A GREAT IDEA )& YOU ACTUALLY INCORPORATE THE THOUGHTS OF PARTICIPANTSUNFORTUNATELY ) AM ONLY TOO AWARE THAT WOULD LIKE OFlCIAL SPACE DEDICATED TO THE SO CALLED URBAN ARTISTS GRAFlTI GRAPHIC ARTISTS THOSE WHO COMMISSION THESE @INQUIRIES DO SO ONLY BECAUSE THEY WISH TO APPEAR EGALITARIAN DURING AN INTERVIEW PROCESS s 4HIS SHOULD NOT BE FUNDED BY TAX BASE 4HE PRIVATE SECTOR OR GROUPSINDIVIDUALS SHOULD DONATE THE WORKS OR MONEY AND ONCE THEY ARE @IN CHARGE 4(%9 ARE ). #(!2'% AND @FORGET THE PLEBS BECOMES THEIR MANTRA s 4HANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICPATE VIA THIS SURVEY ) THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE AND HOPE IT IS AS s 'O FOR IT THE MORE THE BETTER MAKE IT TASTEFUL AND REmECT WELL ON (AMILTON "E SURE TO INCLUDE LIFETIME MAINTENANCE SUCESSFUL AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE
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s 4HE *AMES 3T .ORTH ART COMMUNITY IS STARTING TO GROW AND ITS AN AMAZING THING 0UBLIC ART FOR THEIR MONTHLY ART CRAWLS s ) TRY TO GET 2ED (ATTERS TO COME INTO (AMILTON TO OUR GALLERIES BY SENDING OUT A LIST OF THEM THANKFULLY THE MYHAMILTON WOULD BE GREAT ) ALSO THINK ITS IMPORTANT TO INVOLVE THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES THAT HAMILTON HAS ABSORBED SUCH AS CA WEBSITE LISTS THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD MARKETING FOR SURE 3TONEY #REEK 0UTTING ART IN THE OTHER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITIES IS IMPORTANT FOR (AMILTON WIDE UNIlCATION s 4HE CITY SHOULD HOLD ANDOR SPONSOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND GALLERIES TO HOLD LOCAL AMATEUR AND PRO ART COMPETITIONS s 7E NEED TO DEVELOP A SPECIlC WEB SITE FOR THIS FUTURE PROJECT $EDICATED TO FORUMS INPUT AND PROGRESS WITH WINNINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO CONTESTANTS ESPECIALLY THOSE BREAKING INTO THE COMMERCIAL ARTS 0RIZES SUCH AS ART MEDIA CAMERASEQUIPMENT COMPUTERS PROGRAMS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AFFORDABLE ADVERTISING AND OTHER RECOGNITION s .OT SURE SCHOLARSHIPS CASH  s 7E NEED ART ALL OVER THIS #ITY ESPECIALLY AT ENTRACE WAYS INTO INTO THE CITY BRIDGES FOUNTAINS SCULPTURES -ORE -URALS s 4OO MUCH PUBLIC ART IS EITHER CREATED hFOR THE SAKE OFv OR AS A POLICY DECISION AND ENDS UP HAVING NO CONNECTION TO DOWNTOWN ITS SURROUNDINGS OR CONSIDERATION FOR THE PEOPLE USING THE SPACE 5NFORTUNATELY TOO MUCH OF IT IS ART FOR THE SAKE OF s 7ORKSHOPS IN PUBLIC AREAS DRUM MAKING OR SIMPLY PEOPLE ENCOURAGED TO PAIN THEIR INNER EXPERIENCES ) HAVE FACILITATION ART AND SEEMS TO BE DEVELOPED WITH THE CLEAR INTENTION OF MAKING A STATEMENT BY STANDING OUT 4HAT IS WHAT GALLERIES IN 4RANSFORMATIONAL !RT THROUGH MINDFULNESS !S  YEARS IN SCULPTURE WOODCARVING AND ILLUSTRATION .OW WITH (OLISTIC ARE FOR PUBLIC ART WHETHER IT IS A MURAL SCULPTURE PAINTING OR OTHER IS SUPPOSED TO ENHANCE ITS SPACE NOT BECOME THE IDEAS HAVING PEOPLE RELATE THEIR OWN IDEAS AND BRINGING THAT TOGETHER AS A THEME INCLUDING THEM IN THE PROCESS AND REASON FOR THE SPACE EXHIBITING THIS TO OTHERS AT ITS COMPLETION City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN WORKSPACE FOR ARTISTS AS WELL AS A DESTINATION LIC DONT REALLY KNOW WHO PUT THOSE IN THE CITY OULD BE SPENDING OUR  ENCOURAGING THE ARTS OF PUT INTO THE CITY AS PUBLIC ART HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IES AROUND THE WORLD TO CHECK OUT HOW OTHER HAVE IS IMPORTANT THAT WHATEVER IS ITS ART TRADITION AND SHOULD DISPLAY IT -ANY NEW ARTISTS ARE MOVING INTO (AMILTON YOUNG ARTISTS TOGETHER WITH THE SEASONED ARTISTS CREATING A HAPPIER PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE AND GET TO AN EVENT OR SITE EASILY CAN ENJOY IT WITHOUT STRAIN THEY ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SPEND THEIR  IN THE LOCAL 6%29 CONCIOUS OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR TRANSIT !ND ABOVE ALL WE SH DONE IT (OPEFULLY THESE WOULD BE LOCAL (AMILTON FOLKS WHO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT MIGHT WORK IN OUR CITY 4HEY BUSINESSES AROUND THEM THE TOURIST TYPE BUSINESSES CAN THEN GAIN BUSINESS FROM THE LOCALS 7E SHOULD ALSO BE TOMORROW COSTS PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILTY AND PLACES STRATEGICALLY CLOSE TO THE BUSINESSES WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE )F PEOPLE CAN IDEA IS GREAT INIS THAT CONSISTENT IT THROUGHOUT LENDS (AMILTON ITSELF 4HE TO ONLY VARIOUS THING GROUPS IS PUTTING WE THEIR THE ART PUB ON THE CURVED SHAPE )T IS SOMETHING THAT EXPERIENCE #OLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND MANUFACTURERS STEEL FOR EXAMPLE WOULD ENABLE ARTISTS TO LEAR SKILLS AND EXPENSIVE SO PERHAPS THERES AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR (AMILTON 5SING SOME OF THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT SUCH A AND CONTINUING lNANCES TO MAINTAIN IT EX SUFlCIENT LIGHTING REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF THE ITEM STAFF CHECKS FOR YEARS TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS ABOUT FALLING DOWN BUILDINGS COULD MAKE SOME CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF FRAMEWORK AND LOCATIONS MANUFACTURERSTRADESPEOPLE TO EXPAND THE SCOPECHALLENGES OF THEIR @NORMAL PRACTICE BY TAKING ON PROJECTS THAT OFFER NEW ATTRACTIVE INTERESTING ART FOR THE PUBLIC PLACES IN (AMILTON TO MAKE THIS CITY AN EVEN BETTER ONE +EEP UP THE VARIETY OF APPROACHES TO AND STYLES OF PUBLIC ART ANDOR ENVIRONMENTAL ART THAT EVOLVES OR GROWS INTO A LOCATION ) HAVENT READ MUCH
 ) THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE GREAT IF THIS INITIATIVE COULD BE BROADENED TO ENCOURAGE THINGS LIKE FOR SHOPPERS AND A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ANYONE ) UNDERSTAND THAT ARTISTS ARE lNDING 4ORONTO INCREASINGLY VANDALISM  NODE FOR INDUSTRIAL ART 4HE INDUSTRY RELICS OF THE CITY CAN BE STORED HERE TO REPRESENT THIS CENTRYS DYNATIZM PROGRESSIVELY YEAR BY YEAR )F THERE IS A COMMITTMENT THE EFFECT OVER TIME CAN PUT (AMILTON ON THE MAP AND IS BEHIND THE IDEA !LSO IT GOOD WORK
WILL ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING HERE IN (AMILTON THIS AS AN ONGOING THEME ) TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS IDEA AS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DO ABLE AND CAN BE BUILT UP MAINTAIN KNOW THE COSTS OF UPKEEP BEFORE BUYING IN hARTIST COMMUNITIESv sENCLAVES OF STUDIOS WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ! CITY THAT HAS ART BRINGS PEOPLE BUSINESS AND CAN MAKE A CITY NOT JUST A CITY BUT A PLACE THAT STANDS APART FROM BECAUSE OF THE RECENT ARTIST DEVELOPMENT IN ITS ART COMMUNITY 4HIS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED AND DEVELOPED AS IT THE MUNDANE #LOTHES 7E DO NOT WANT 0ICASSO WE WANT REALISM OF PEOPLE mOWERS TREES OR WHATEVER IS CREATED AND WE CAN JUNKY 4HE THING (AMILTON NEEDS TO BRING OUT IN ITS PUBLIC IMAGE IS THE HUMAN DIMENSION SO ) STRONGLY ENCOURAGE APPEAL TO EVERYONE 4HERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN hNOT YOUR STYLEv AND OFFENSIVE #OST EFFECTIVE AND EASY TO TELL AT A GLANCE WHATEXPRESS IT OUR IS OPINION 3OMETHING IS @WRONG WHEN ART MUST BE @EXPLAINED 4HANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCHING )T SHOULD BE NON OFFENSIVE BUT DONT RULE OUT MODERNCONTEMPORARY OR ABSTRACT JUST BECAUSE IT DOESNT THE CITY THERE MUST BE A CRITICAL DENSITY OF IT SO THAT BOTH CITIZENS AND VISITORS CANNOT HELP BUT NOTICE IT )T ALSO CREATES A DESTINATION (AVING  PIECES SCATTERED OVER  SQ KM WILL NOT EVEN BE NOTICED (AVING  PIECES IN  SQ KM MIGHT %VEN THEN IF THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON TO IT THE EFFECT MAY BE OK BUT AT WORST COULD APPEAR BE THERE AND WHATS SO GREAT ABOUT IT "RIGHT AN COLOURFUL WHETHER REALISTIC ABSTRACT OR OTHERWISE WILL BE EYE s 7E SHOULD SEND ONE OR TWO PEOPLEARTISTS OUT TO A LIST OF CIT s )T WOULD BE GREAT TOs SEE ARTWORK !RT IN IS THE SO DOWNTOWN SUBJECTIVE CORE THAT HOWEVER YOU THERE CAN IS NEVER A PLEASE SECURITY ALL RISK OF TO THE THIS PEOPLE THATS FOR SURE 3O ) WISH YOU THE BEST IN lNDING s 4EMPORARY PUBLIC ART CURATED SHOWS WITH A SPECIlC TIME FRAME THAT ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO EXPERIENCE A WIDE s 4OURISM BRINGS REVENUE INTO THEs CITY 0UBLIC &ROM ART WHAT )VE MAKES READ ABOUT THE THIS CITY INITIATIVE THE MORE FOCUS SEEMS ATTRACTIVE TO BE AND ON APPEALING PURCHASED ITEMS TO FOR INSTALLATION TOURISTS BUT ADMITTEDLY s ) LOOK FORWARD TO SEEINGs THIS HAPPEN ) IN WOULD OUR 2%!,,9 #ITY ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGE IN THE OUR THOUGHT DOWNTOWN AREA
OF PLACING MUCH OF THE ART WE WANT IN PLACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR s ) FEEL MURALS ARE THE BEST THING FOR (AMILTON BECAUSE IT HIDES DECAYING PROPERTIES (AMILTON IS KNOWN FOR TAKING s 7ONDERFUL THAT THE #ITY ISs PROCEEDING WITH PERSONALLY A lND 0UBLIC THE !RT CURVED SHAPED -ASTER ART 0LAN PIECES THAT WE ARE NEED THROUGHOUT IT
THE CITY ARE SOMEWHAT TACKY IN DESIGN BUT THE s ) LIKE REALISM AND WHIMSYs AT THE (AMILTON SAME SHOULD TIME BE EG PROUD SCULPURE OF AT 0IER  WITH THE SAILS AND PEOPLE s 4HE "OILERHOUSE COULD BE TURNED INTO A TEACHING TOOL FOR ENGINEERS AS WELL A GENERAL MUSEUM AS WELL AND ARTISTIC s 0LEASE DONT LET THE #ITY BE INmUENCED BY A SMOOTH TALKING ARTIST SIMILAR TO THE FAIRY TALE 4HE %MPERORS .EW s +EEP IT OPEN TO ALLs AND NOT -OST STUFFY CITIES HAVE PUBLIC ART (OW MAY ARE KNOWN FOR PUBLIC ART &OR PUBLIC ART TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE IMAGE OF  9OU SHOULD SEE THEIR SURPRISE WHEN ) TELL THEM ITS POLICY )M CONCERNED THAT ONCE #OUNCIL APPROVES AND PASSES THE DOCUMENT IT WILL BE SHELVED (AMILTON !NOTHER GOOD RULE TO CONSIDER WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION IS TO ASK YOURSELVES IS THIS PROJECT DOING IS TRYING TO ORGANIZE AN ICE SCULPTURE CONTEST IN THE WINTER AT "AYFRONT 0ARK OR 0IER  TO ENCOURAGE A WINTERFEST HOPEFUL AGAIN OF (AMILTON IF lXED UP CAN DRAW ON THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AND (AMILTON CAN USE THAT TO ITS ADVANTAGE 7HAT )VE OFTEN THOUGHT OF AN EXPRESSION TO KIDS WHO WOULDNT OTHERWISE 'RAFlTI lTS WITH (AMILTON +EITH (ARING DID IT IN .EW 9ORK(AMILTON MAPS AND POSTING IT ONLINE AS A TOURISM FEATURE IS A GREAT STEP !CCESSIBLE BY BUSWALKING WHENEVER POSSIBLE )NTERACTIVE AND IGNORED AS THE OLD ONE WAS BEFORE AMALGAMATION HE GOT HIS START ) DONT NECESSARILY THINK THAT HAVING THE LATEST IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BE BUILT HERE 4HE OLDER BUILDINGS TO TAKE PICTURES SITTING ONEFFORTS THE TO BENCH CREATE OR A PRETENDING MASTER TO PLAN HELP FOR HIM PUBLIC WITH ART ) WHATEVER HOPE HE MY IS SUGGESTIONS WRITING WILL AND BE SO HELPFUL ON ) APPLAUD YOUR NEED TO SHOW PRIDE IN OUR CITY OUR LOCALS UNDERSTAND OUR LONG AND COLOURFUL HISTORY AND ARE BEST EQUIPT TO REPRESENT ) WOULD RATHER SEE A REALLY LARGE WALL SECTION IN A PARK THAT ENCOURAGES GRAFlTI ARTISTS 4HE PAINTS ARE BRIGHT AND GIVES NOT LIKELY TO BE VIEWED AND APPRECIATED THAN FEWER LARGE SCALE PROJECTS IN BUSY LOCATIONS 4HE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC ART FOR FAMILIES WHETHER THROUGH TOUCHING CLIMBING READING ABOUT IT n HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE WHY THE ART IS CHOSEN TO !RT 'ALLERY HAS ONE OF HIS PIECES  ) CAN SEE ONE OF HIS SCULPTURES BEING A FOCAL POINT IN A GRAFlTI PARK SINCE THATS HOW MAKES GOOD SENSE TO BUILD ON THIS CREATIVE BASE BY ESTABLISHING A PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC ART INVITING WITH SOME ART WORK AT ALL OUR ENTRANCES TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT IT HARBOURS THIS PUBLICLY ON A BENCH AND WRITING ON A PIECE OF PAPER 4HERE IS ROOM FOR A PERSON TO SIT NEXT TO "ENJAMIN AND SO PEOPLE LINE UP MORE ABOUT ITS BEAUTYTHE %SCARPMENT AND THE PARKS THAT OVERLOOK THE #ITY ARE BEAUTIFUL ,ETS MAKE THEM EVEN MORE IS TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP VIEW APPRECIATEINSISTED THE THAT OBJECTS BEAUTY SOME AND OF STORY MY 4HIS WEDDING TYPE PHOTOS OF BE EXPERIENCE TAKEN EVENTUALLY IN RUBS OFF FRONT ON OF IT THE BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES TURNED OUT BEAUTIFULLY CREATIVE WAYS OF IT OR OF PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF IT ! CLEVER IDEA THAT ) HAVE SEEN IN SOME !MERICAN CITIES ARE SCULTPURES THAT PROGRAMS4HERE IS THE *AMES 3T . ART DEVELOPEMENT AS WELL AS MANY INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WORKING THROUGHT THE CITY )T COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED (AVE A BOARDSTEERING COMMITTEE THAT WOULD HAVE STUDENTS TEACHERS LOCAL ARCHITECTS AND RESTAURANT INSIDE WOULD BE $UNDAS 3TONEY #REEK &LAMBOROUGH TEACHER 'LANBROOK STUDENTS THAT ARTIST ALL ARCHITECT THE COMMUNITIES TO HAVE COLLABORATE A WITH REPRESENTATIVE ALL FROM EACH THE CATEGORY COMMUNITIES 9OU COULD PROBABLY APPLY FOR FUNDING ADVERTISED MORE AND BRAGGED ABOUT 3AME WITH #ONFEDERATION 0ARK AND THE BEACH #ITY OF (AMILTON SHOULD BRAG SCREAM TO BE INTERACTED WITH &OR INSTANCE IN 0HILADELPHIA THERE IS A LIFE SIZE SCULPTURE OF "ENJAMIN &RANKLIN SITTING (AMILTONS IMAGE !S AN EXAMPLE THE 'ORE &OUNTAIN IS PROBABLY THE BEST PIECE OF PUBLIC ART THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS ) ARTISTS SITTING ON IT SO THAT WHEN THE THEMES ARE DECIDED ON FOR THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY ENTRANCE GARDENS !NCASTER @PICTURE WORTHY 4HAT IS THE PIECE OF ART SHOULD MAKE MOST IF NOT ALL PEOPLE PASSING BY TO STOP AND TAKE A PICTURE AND PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK @WHERE WERE THOSE PICTURES TAKEN %UROPE FROM THE 0ROVINCIAL OR &EDERAL 'OVERNMENTS FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS TO HELP WITH THE COSTHAVE SOME LARGE lRMS WITHIN 9ACHT #LUB AND 0ORT !UTHORITY AREA ARE UNDERRATEDTHEY ARE ALL VERY WELCOMING SITES THAT ARE HIDDEN AND SHOULD BE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN EXPOSING PEOPLE TO THE VARIED GALLERIES IN (AMILTON 7EVE COME TO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF ARTISTS !RT 0ARK IN "UFFALO AND .OW MAGAZINES LISTINGS OF ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN 4ORONTO DOWNTOWN RIGHT INPUT ! #ITY OF (AMILTON !RT !TTACK
3HARE WITH ALL MUNICIPALPROVINCIALFEDERAL MAGAZINES TO GET THE WORD OUT ) THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS THAT ENSURES PROPER lNANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND RESPECTS THE SENSIBILITIES OF THE BEAUTY AND REMOVE THE STIGMA OF THE SMELLY SMOG lLLED STEEL TOWN FOREVER ) THINK "AYFRONT 0ARK THE 2OYAL (AMILTON WE WERE NOT AWARE OF BEFORE ) WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUGGEST AN OUTDOOR CAFE AT THE (AMILTON !RT 'ALLERY AND POSSIBLY A COMMUNITY BUT DOES NOT SUBJECT INNOVATIVE WORK TO THE TYRANNY OF OF THE UNINFORMED ART COMMUNITY HAS MADE SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY 4HE !RT "US ON CERTAIN &RIDAY EVENINGS HAS MADE THE COMMUNITIES TO BACK THE CONTEST lNANCIALLY 4HIS COULD BE A GREAT FUN PROJECT IF HANDLED PROPERLY AND WITH THE ELEMENTARY SECONDARY SCHOOL AS WELL AS THAT OF UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE STUDENTS CAN BE FEATURED IN PUBLIC PLACES (AMILTONS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN /NTARIO WILL BE DROPPING BY TO VIEW THE PROJECTS AND INQUIRING HOW (AMILTON DID LOCALLY 3PORTS ARE VALUED AND ART IS NOT AND THIS IS EVIDENT IN THE SCHOOL CIRRICULUM 4AKE A LOT AT OTHER SUCESSES SUCH AS THIS FANTASTIC JOB OF BRINGING THE GENERATIONS TOGETHERS ALONG WITH THE PROFESSIONALS WITH THE STUDENTS TO CREATE SUCH s BEST OF LUCK LACK OF PUBLIC ART IS A HUGE HOLE IN THE SOUL OF OUR #ITY AND AN IMPORTANT STEP IN MAKING US PROUD AND s )T WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE A s ) THINK MY lNAL SUGGESTION IS TO CONSIDER HUMAN PERCEPTION ,OTS OF SMALL SCALE PROJECTS SCATTERED ACROSS THE CITY ARE s ,OCAL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING IT IS A lRST STEP OF EXPOSURE A FUN THING TO EXPLORE ACROSS THE CITY AS A RESIDENT AND HAVING s ) DONT LIKE -OOSEUM OR #ARTOONS 4ORONTO AND 7INDSOR USE THESE GIMMICKS (AMILTON HAS THE DOORS BUT THEY ARE CHEESY s 4HE FRONT OF #ITY (ALLs IS AN 7E EYESORE DO AND NEED IS ART SO IN BLAND THE CITY 7ITH ART IT COULD DRAW MORE ARTISANS AND TOURISTS WHO WISH TO SEE SPECTACULAR ART USED IN s 7E HAVE ALREADY A GROWING ARTISTIC COMMUNITY IN (AMILTON 7E HAVE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY WITH ART s )F WE TAKE THIS TOO FAR FROM HOME IN OUUR SCOPE OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR WE WILL LOOSE THE IMPORTANT IDEA THAT WE s ) THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INVOLVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCEDRETIRED PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE IN THE s ) THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE CREATION OF PUBLIC ART IS SEPERATED FROM THE PREFERENCES AND TASTES OF POLITICIANS s )D LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ART BE PUBLICALLY RECOGNIZED FOR EXAMPLE THE ARTISTIC WORK OF STUDENTS IN s 7E DESPARATELY NEED MORE ) SPEND MY TIME GOING TO SEE ART ELSEWHERE BECAUSE THERE IS SO LITTLE THAT INTERESTS ME DEVELOPMENT COULD ALSO ENHANCE COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO CARRY OUT ARTISTIC ENHANCEMENTS OVER THE LONGER TERM s 4IE IN COMPETITION FOR MURALS AND SCLPTURE ITH THE WONDERFUL *AMES 3TREET .ORTH !RT #RAWL )T IS BECOMING A DESTINATION IN AN AREA THAT SORELY NEEDS GROWTH AND CULTURE s THERE ARE SO MANY ART FORMS BESIDES THE ONES MENTIONED LIKE DANCE MUSIC COOKING AND DESIGNCLOTHING INTERIOR EXTERIOR JEWELRY WRITING JUST TO NAME A FEW THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL ART DAY LIKE IN $UNDURN PARK SO THAT SOME OF THE LOCAL ETHNIC PEOPLE COULD DISPLAY SOME OF THEIR CREATIVE TALENTS WITH THE ART FORMS MENTIONED ABOVE s ) WAS BORN IN (AMILTON AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAS RISEN THAT HAS BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE CITY )T IS MY BELIEF THAT THE CITY NEEDS SOMETHING TO MAKE IT ALIVE AGAIN ) HAVE A STUDIO AT THE )MPERIAL #OTTON AND ) SEE THE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH Q22: NetCollect Pages chart AND ART IS A WAY TO BRING ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER
s 4HE COMMISSIONING OF PUBLIC ARTISTS OF COLOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT 4HIS CITY IS FAST BECOMING COSMOPOLITAN AND IT MUST BE REmECTED IN THE PUBLIC SPACE 4HIS BENElTS THE ENTIRE SOCIETY BECAUSE IT ENCOURAGES NetCollect Pages CULTURAL CROSS POLLINATION s ) HOPE COUNCIL TAKES A HARD LOOK AT THEIR DECISION WITH REGARD TO THE #ITY (ALL REBUILDRENOVATION )T SHOULD YEARS FROM Counts Percents Percents NOW STAND AS A STRONG IMPRESSIVE LANDMARK THAT SPEAKS OF A GREAT CITY )T TOO SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC ART 0100 s 3EE MY MISC NOTES ON PREVIOUS PAGE s 3OME OF MY OTHER FAVOURITE PIECES OF PUBLIC ART ARE A PUBLIC WASHROOM IN .EW :EALAND DESIGNED BY (UNDERTWASSER 1 233 100.0% !5STRIAN ARTIST WHICH WAS TILED IN TILES HANDMADE BY LOCAL CHILDREN 4HE WASHROOM IS QUIRKY FUNCTIONAL RELEVANT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FUN AND YES BEAUTIFUL )T IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION
4HE BRONZE lGURES ON THE STREETS OF $UBLIN AND A FEW 223098.7% OTHER CITIES OF NORMAL PEOPLE DOING EVERYDAY THINGS ARE FABULOUS BUT PERHAPS OVERDONE NOW 322596.6% s )F DONE RIGHT IT CAN LOOK GREAT AND GIVE (AMILTON A CERTAIN @IDENTITY IF NOT IT WILL JUST LOOK AND FEEL AWKWARD ) HAVE NO SUGGESTIONS AT THE MOMENT BUT WILL BRAINSTORM
422496.1% s ,OCAL ARTIST COMPETITION LIKE 4ORONTOS MOOSE BUT INSTEAD OF MOOSE STATUES AND SIMILAR hANIMALSv 3UGGEST DIVERSE PERMANENT PIECES LIKE -ONOPOLY BOARD PIECES ON CORNERS THROUGHOUR THE #ITY THAT REmECT (AMILTON  (ISTORY A 522496.1% HAMMER (AMMERTOWN A LUNCHBOX LUNCHBUCKET #ITY A TIGER CAT FOOTBALL A HOCKEY STICK (AMILTON TIGERS HOCKEY TEAM  "ULLDOGS HORSESHOE WITH ANCHOR MAJOR ANCHOR IN THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE STETHASCOPE (EALTH 3CIENCES VERTICAL 622496.1% 3TEEL PLATE WITH 34%%, WRITTEN IN IT 3TEELTOWN A BASKET OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES RURAL AND FARMERS MARKETS LIGHTBULB ELECTRIC CITY AND OTHER SYMBOLS THAT REmECT AND TIE IN (AMILTONS HISTROY CULTURE AND COMMUNITY Done 218 93.6% s 4HE PROCESS IN WHICH THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SELECTED s 4HANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THIS AREA FOR (AMILTON 0UBLIC ART IS A UNIFYING FORCE AND GUIDE TO BEAUTY IN OURSELVES OUR 7 5 2.1% COMMUNITY AND HISTORY AND THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ) LOOK FORWARD TO BECOMING INVOLVED IN ANY ADDITIONAL WAY Totals 233 n/a s ) SUGGEST THE CITY DO AWAY WITH THE POSITION OF CULTURAL MANAGER AND SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED ONLY Mean -- AS MOST OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS COME FROM THE AVERAGE WORKING LOW INCOME PERSON -UNICIPALITIES INCLUDED IN THE (AMILTON TAX STRUCTURE ARE NOT GETTING ANY BENElT FOR THE HIGH TAXES THEY ARE PAYING )T IS VERY UPSETTING TO THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE SPENDING OUR MONEY WHO THINK THERE ARE NO LIMITS s ART IS ABOUT BRINGING THE BEST OT IN %6%29 BODY ITS ABOUT PUTTING A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND TURNING NIGHTMARES INTO HAPPY DREAMS AND A PRESENT THAT EVERY BODY ON EARTH WILL COME TO ENJOY s ) AM DISAPPOINTED THAT ART IS NOT PROMOTED MORE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL )T IS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR KIDS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES ) WAS IN 0ARIS A FEW YEARS AGO AND LOVED THE PUBLIC ART sSTATUES AND FOUNTAINS EVERYWHERE HIDDEN DOWN STREETS WHERE YOU CAN DISCOVER THEM  4HE ARCHITECTURE IS SPECTACULAR THE GARDENS ARE BEAUTIFUL THROUGHOUT THE CITY sIF YOU GIVE PEOPLE THINGS TO SEE AND EXPLORE THEY WILL WANT TO COME BACK FOR MORE s #HILDRENS -USEUM IN 'AGE 0ARK 4OO SMALL HOW ABOUT MAKING IT AN OFlCIAL @-USEUM OF ALL THINGS (AMILTONS AND ITS (ISTORY &IND BIGGER VENUE FOR #HILDRENS -USEUM TO HOUSE AN ARRAY OF PUBLIC ART INSIDE AND OUT s )NVOLVE ARTIST GROUPS IN THESE DISCUSSIONS !RTS (AMILTON +AIROS LITERARY SOCIETY -EDIA GROUPS (AMILTON !RTISTS )NC ETC s 7E AT THE $OWNTOWN !RTS #ENTRE WERE GOING TO APPROACH SCHOOLS AND LOCAL ARTIST TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR MURALS TO BE PAINTED ON ANY OF OUR  EXTERIOR WALLS AS WELL AS SOME HALLWAYS AND STAIRCASES WITHIN THE BUILDING WHICH IS PUBLIC SPACE WHEN EVENTS ARE HELD sFOR EXAMPLE DURING THE &RINGE &ESTIVAL WHICH IS AT OUR #ENTRE IN !UGUST  OR FOR (AMILTON 4HEATRE )NCS PRODUCTION  TIMES A YEAR FOR  WEEK PERIOD EACH 7E WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PORTRAITS PAINTED OF THE FAMOUS (AMILTON ARTISTS LIKE +AREN +AIN %UGENE ,EVY -ARTIN 3HORT $ANIEL ,ANOIS "ORIS "ROTT *ACKIE 7ASHINGTON AND A WHOLE LOT MORE s ) THINK YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS A UNIQUE HISTORICAL AREA sTHERE IS A GOOD MIX OF OLDER BLDGS THAT CAN BE CLEANED UP AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS SPECIALTY SHOPS ETC sMAKE IT A DESTINATION FOR TOURISTS TO APPRECIATE THE CHARM AND HISTORY OF (AMILTON sINTRODUCE SOME UNUSUAL TRANSPORTATION EI #OLORFUL DOUBLE DECKER BUS AND GIVE TOURS s ) BELEIVE ART IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO A CITYS REVITILIZATION AND ) BELEIVE THAT INVESTING IN ARTWORK WOULD BE AN ASSET TO DOWNTOWN (AMILTON s &EELL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS s ) WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THIS INITIATIVE IE PHOTOGRAPHING EVENTS DOCUMENTATION SOURCE MATERIAL LOCATIONS PRESSPROMO ETC AS MY FAMILY HAS STRONG TIES TO (AMILTON ALSO HAVING LIVED THERE FOR A TIME MYSELF AND ) AM VERY COMFORTABLE THERE AND FEEL LIKE IT IS PART OF MY HOME s -OST PUBLIC ART THAT IS PUT INTO (AMILTON SHOULD BE OF METAL AS THIS TOWN WAS MADE BY IT City of Hamilton PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN > Gateway opportunities potential > Gateway > Revitalization > Youth-based FLAMBOROUGH/WATERDOWN Downtown Corner, Over 20 sites including: Clappison’s Park Smokey Hollow and Joe Sam’s Greensville, Criteria for Prioritizing Sites: > Visibility Value > opportunities > Educational/Historical Cost of Maintenance/Durability > Partnership Expression/Involvement > > Youth Potential tie-in with Capital Works > Consistency with Urban Design Guidelines ANCASTER Over 30 sites, including: Fieldcote Memorial Park, Brock and Fairgrounds House Park, Bruce Trail Criteria for Prioritizing Sites: > Visibility > Value > Access to Utilities > Educational/Historical Cost of Maintenance/Durability > > Accessibility (Enjoyed and accessible by all) > (in active locations) Eyes on Street > Cost of site > City Distribution among the entire opportunities/Willing Partnership donor STONEY CREEK Nearly 30 potential sites including: > Centre > Punch Bowl Devil’s Ponds > Town King and Centennial > Turtle Criteria for Prioritizing Sites: > Impact > Visibility Low cost/Budgetary consideration > Potential significance > > Local/Historical Ease of implementation DUNDAS Hall, Highway 8 Over 30 sites including: Old Town look-out, Dundas Driving Park, Bruce Trail Criteria for Prioritizing Sites: > significance > Visibility potential Economic impact potential/Tourism identity > Local/Historical > Community > Durability/maintenance > Aesthetic > opportunities (Doors Open) Partnership > Local/Historical Significance > opportunities > Local/Historical Public-Private Partnership opportunities > Revitalization > > Budget Build on existing strengths/assets > Local artist involvement HAMILTON - LOWER CITY HAMILTON 6 table groups 30-40 sites identified per table group Criteria for Prioritizing Sites: > opportunities > Community Need/Community Driven > Gateway High traffic/high visibility > Accessibility > > Public input into site selection communities among all Hamilton Distribution Public Workshop Summary Workshop Public 100 people in total attended 6 Approximately June 5, 2007 and public workshops held between 6 communities: June 12, 2007 in the following Creek 1. 2. Stoney City Hamilton - Lower 3. Dundas 4. Flamborough/Waterdown 5. Ancaster 6. Hamilton [Mountan] and Glanbrook The following is a summary overview of the participants workshop outcomes and the input from that formed the basis of the final site selection and Master Plan recommendations. Activities: 3 Workshop 1. 2. Possible sites for public art 3. Image and inspiration for public art Criteria to define priorities HAMILTON [MOUNTAIN] and GLANBROOK > Potential tie-in with Capital Works Site types: > Youth Expression/Involvement > Escarpment similar to Mt. Rushmore > Consistency with Urban Design Guidelines/Policy > Holograph at steel plant Documents > Integrated art on the mountain > Community Need/Community Driven > Build a bridge over highway in Dundas > Revitalization opportunities > Associate with the airport > Build on existing strengths/assets > Budget - ‘best bang for the buck’ Criteria for Prioritizing Sites: > Local artist involvement > High impact > Ease of implementation > Ability for partnerships > Economic impact potential/Tourism potential > Willing and supportive host

CONSOLIDATED INPUT FROM THE 6 WORKSHOPS: Key Public Art Themes and Inspiration > Cultural heritage > Social heritage > Industry/labour > Natural Environment > Youth > Historical events > Recreation > Important sites (ie. airport, municipal buildings, historic sites) Key Site Selection Criteria > High visibility/high traffic > Cost of Maintenance/Durability > Educational/Local Historical Value > Accessibility > Equitable Distribution > Partnership opportunities