[Vision2020] PR - Public Invited to Meet the Artist
Wayne Price
bear at moscow.com
Mon Apr 23 16:17:40 PDT 2012
Comrade Crabtree,
For shame, for shame, for shame!
YOU clearly don't see the utopian big picture here! The dollars were
not collected to be used for the good of the city or its population,
it was collected for the use of art!
This money is being spent on YOUR behalf for the sake of art and
beauty. It cannot be used to pave streets, build sidewalks, it has to
be spent for "art"!!!!
And god forbid we should look for a local artist to spend locally
gathered money on, it is far better in the pocket of a Washington
State artist! What happened to buying locally?
This rates right up there with the not-so-secret service spending tax
dollars enriching the poor "working girl" population of Cartagena as
far as "boon-doggles" is concerned!
What would be wrong with the THOUSANDS of dollars this "art" is going
to cost going into the food bank? But then, the poor souls that have
empty bellies would not have their collective
souls enriched by looking at a pile of pounded dirt! Or those that
are going for a cup of city paid for, self-congratulatory coffee at
7:30. Just wait till you see home may syncophants belly up to the bar
for the free coffee!
And who is paying for the coffee? It surely can't come out of the "art
fund" as that money was collected AND dedicated to art, and can't be
spent for anything else, which is the standard answer given when
anyone asks why the money can't be spent on something more needed in
the community!
THIS can and should be changed, and the time to change it is not now,
but in November.
Wayne Price
On Apr 23, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Gary Crabtree wrote:
> "Helio-Terra is a mass of locally quarried earth that is compacted
> into a form resembling a seed. The geometry of artwork is gesture
> towards the agricultural heritage of Moscow, as well as the grain
> towers that flank the site. The seed is a concentration of nutrient
> that gives forth the energy necessary to yield future sustenance,
> and thus serves as a metaphor for the community of Moscow. Helio-
> Terra strikes a direct connection between the sun and the harvest.
> The installation highlights the furthest reaches of the sun along
> the horizon and depicts solar-rhythmic seasonal crests that have
> served as anchors for farmers for thousands of years.”
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> This is the most pretentious description of a wasted tax dollar dirt
> ball that I have ever had the displeasure to have read. For the
> price of this boondoggle I can't help but wonder how many potholes
> might have been filled in of how many feet of public sidewalk might
> have been laid or maintained. Were it only one, it would be money
> far better spent.
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> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Stephanie Kalasz <skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us
> > wrote:
> City of Moscow
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> 206 E Third Street
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> Moscow, ID 83843
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> Contact: Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor
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> p | 208-883-7006
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> e | griedner at ci.moscow.id.us
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> w | www.ci.moscow.id.us
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> PRESS RELEASE
>
> Meet the Artist – Coffee with Robert M. Horner, artist and creator
> of Helio-Terra
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> April 23, 2012 (Moscow, Idaho) – Robert M. Horner, renowned artist
> from Port Townsend, Washington is currently constructing the Helio-
> Terra public art sculpture at the corner of Highway 8 and 95. The
> City of Moscow is happy to host a coffee talk with the artist on
> site at the couplet this Wednesday, April 25, at 7:30 a.m. Please
> join us to learn more about the artist, the piece, and the process.
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> Helio-Terra is described by Horner on his website, “Helio-Terra is a
> rammed earth construct that depicts the solar rhythm specific to
> Moscow, Idaho. The installation is situated on the Southern edge of
> the Wren Welcome Garden located at the intersection of State
> Highways 8 and 95. The Installation falls along the axis of the
> park and serves as a visual anchor and gateway into the City of
> Moscow. Helio-Terra is a mass of locally quarried earth that is
> compacted into a form resembling a seed. The geometry of artwork
> is gesture towards the agricultural heritage of Moscow, as well as
> the grain towers that flank the site. The seed is a concentration
> of nutrient that gives forth the energy necessary to yield future
> sustenance, and thus serves as a metaphor for the community of
> Moscow. Helio-Terra strikes a direct connection between the sun and
> the harvest. The installation highlights the furthest reaches of
> the sun along the horizon and depicts solar-rhythmic seasonal crests
> that have served as anchors for farmers for thousands of years.”
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> For more information on public art in the City of Moscow, please
> contact City of Moscow Arts Director Kathleen Burns at 208.883.7036
> or by email at kburns at ci.moscow.id.us.
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> Interview Opportunity: Robert M. Horner, artist
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> Story & Interview Contact: Kathleen Burns, Arts Director
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> Phone: 208.883.7036
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> Email: kburns at ci.moscow.id.us
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