|
|
Article: SEMINAR PAINTS GLOOMY PICTURE OF PUBLIC ART
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 3, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2000 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
"Traveling Without a Map" was the all-too-appropriate title of a
five-hour symposium on public art in Boston last Saturday, sponsored
by the Massachusetts College of Art and its new partner, the 20-year-
old UrbanArts Institute, and held at the school.
The goal, set out in the subtitle, was examining "Real and
Imagined Obstacles for Public Art in Boston and Massachusetts."
"Real" won over "Imagined." Boston is a city whose government has
failed, in recent years, to make any commitment to a viable public
art policy, much less to good permanent public art. In joining forces
last year, Mass Art and UrbanArts, institutions savvy about both art
and politics, provided a glimmer of hope.
The ...