<div class="gmail_extra">From the National Gallery of Art developement office web site:</div><div class="gmail_extra"> </div><div class="gmail_extra">Private donations from generous individuals, foundations, and corporations have paid for every work of art in the collections and for the primary activities of the Gallery: art acquisition and conservation, scholarly and scientific research, exhibitions, and educational outreach programs.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"> </div><div class="gmail_extra">Most certainly not the case for the Massive Moscow Mudball.</div><div class="gmail_extra"> </div><div class="gmail_extra">g<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Art Deco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_extra">Yes. And let's tear down the National Gallery and make an asphalt plant out of it to fill all the potholes in the USA. And the Country Music Museum as well. I'm sure all the other Ted Nugent fans besides Gary and Wayne would agree with the first, but the second? Heresy.<br>
<br>w.<div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Wayne Price <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" target="_blank">bear@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Comrade Crabtree,<div><br></div><div>For shame, for shame, for shame!</div><div><br></div><div>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!</div>
<div>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"!!!!</div><div>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?</div>
<div><br></div><div>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!</div>
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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</div><div>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!</div>
<div>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!</div>
<div><br></div><div>THIS can and should be changed, and the time to change it is not now, but in November. </div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wayne Price </div></font></span><div>
<div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 23, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Gary Crabtree wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_extra">"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.”</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"> </div><div class="gmail_extra">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.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"> </div><div class="gmail_extra">g</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br> <br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Stephanie Kalasz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us" target="_blank">skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Contact: Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">p | <a href="tel:208-883-7006" target="_blank" value="+12088837006">208-883-7006</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">e | <a href="mailto:griedner@ci.moscow.id.us" target="_blank">griedner@ci.moscow.id.us</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Meet the Artist – Coffee with Robert M. Horner, artist and creator of Helio-Terra<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal">
<b>April 23, 2012 (Moscow, Idaho) – </b>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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal">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.”<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal">For more information on public art in the City of Moscow, please contact City of Moscow Arts Director Kathleen Burns at <a href="tel:208.883.7036" target="_blank" value="+12088837036">208.883.7036</a> or by email at <a href="mailto:kburns@ci.moscow.id.us" target="_blank">kburns@ci.moscow.id.us</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Interview Opportunity: </b>Robert M. Horner, artist<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Story & Interview Contact:</b> Kathleen Burns, Arts Director<b><u></u><u></u></b></p>
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