Comments on: Question CUL5 http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/529/question-cul5/ A Place To Talk About Birmingham's Big City Plan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mattmurtagh http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/529/question-cul5/comment-page-1/#comment-241 mattmurtagh Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:28:03 +0000 http://bigcity.paradisecircus.com/?p=529#comment-241 - Invest in the buildings that the Council already owns, eg Curzon Street Station, brilliant spaces that have been abandoned for lack of political will.<br><br>- Get in contact with the companies that lease shops in the city centre, they'd be more than happy to get artists in on limited leases in shopspaces that are vacant. In a time of recession there are embarassing holes on the main high streets of Brum. If there was a council approved scheme for art plugging these gaps the city centre would become a much more interesting place to work and live in, look at the success of the small galleries in the Mailbox for adding a little soul to the place.<br><br>- Get people involved in art in the city, Artsfest is a brilliant event, The Big Picture was very successful. City residents are much more likely to enjoy a piece of art if they have some stake in it rather than it being forced down from above. If each Artsfest resulted in a large piece of lasting artwork that would stay in the city centre it would be a unifying force, too much of the public art in the city centre is unloved having no connection to the people at all - Invest in the buildings that the Council already owns, eg Curzon Street Station, brilliant spaces that have been abandoned for lack of political will.

- Get in contact with the companies that lease shops in the city centre, they'd be more than happy to get artists in on limited leases in shopspaces that are vacant. In a time of recession there are embarassing holes on the main high streets of Brum. If there was a council approved scheme for art plugging these gaps the city centre would become a much more interesting place to work and live in, look at the success of the small galleries in the Mailbox for adding a little soul to the place.

- Get people involved in art in the city, Artsfest is a brilliant event, The Big Picture was very successful. City residents are much more likely to enjoy a piece of art if they have some stake in it rather than it being forced down from above. If each Artsfest resulted in a large piece of lasting artwork that would stay in the city centre it would be a unifying force, too much of the public art in the city centre is unloved having no connection to the people at all

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