"DENVER — Gov. Hickenlooper announced Monday that Carbondale and Lafayette will receive the 2012 Governor's Arts Award by Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade.
The annual Governor's Arts Award recognizes a Colorado town or city for its efforts to enhance their community and their economy through strategic use of the arts.
Carbondale Mayor Stacey Patch Bernot and Lafayette Mayor Carolyn Cutler will be presented with the awards, original oil paintings by artist John Lintott of Fruita, at the Creative Industries Summit to be held April 13 in Breckenridge.
“Extremely honored only begins to describe our reaction to being named a recipient of the 2012 Governor's Art Award,” said Mayor Bernot. “Art and creativity are attributes that have been interwoven into the fiber of Carbondale for generations.
“Our community prides itself on our ability to appreciate, teach and engage in arts and creativity in a multitude of ways. Whether viewed through the beauty of our public art program, our cultural centers and businesses, or witnessed by the creative spark that is ignited in the minds of our youth through our programs, Carbondale values art and creative expression. We are grateful and proud to be this year's award recipient,” Bernot said.
Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade, annually convenes a panel to review nominations. In selecting Carbondale and Lafayette as the recipients, the review panel cited each city's detailed plans for making the arts central to economic and community development.
Review panel members included Marianne Virgili, president and CEO of the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association....." (Read more? Click title)
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March 20, 2012
December 1, 2011
SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Local News Briefs "Bucks put back into public art"
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Carbondale has an extraordinary display of public art. Professional, aesthetically pleasing, tourist attracting and a pleasure to stroll down Main Street enjoying.
It is also enough for at least this one year. There is no need for more when we have valley-wide homeless, hungry and jobless citizens.
The originally pledged $6,000 for maintenance was more than enough for the Carbondale Trustees to pitch in this year. Cajoling them to go the full $12,000 is unconscionable in this economy.
ART (Art aRound Town) should be ashamed of themselves knowing that they have done this at potentially the expense of a human service need that would be better suited.
At the very least, the Carbondale Trustees should make this organization finally get to work and produce within one year's time the detailed performance reports that shows the Town of Carbondale is actually drawing in revenue from the pieces of art bought in the 2012 cycle with this money.
Again, our thanks to the ART group for such a beautiful display of public art. You definitely have beat Glenwood Springs in that department and have truly set a wonderful example.
Now, all you need to do is figure out how to earn $6K in some kind of event that can be given to Carbondale's hungry and homeless.
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Carbondale has an extraordinary display of public art. Professional, aesthetically pleasing, tourist attracting and a pleasure to stroll down Main Street enjoying.
It is also enough for at least this one year. There is no need for more when we have valley-wide homeless, hungry and jobless citizens.
The originally pledged $6,000 for maintenance was more than enough for the Carbondale Trustees to pitch in this year. Cajoling them to go the full $12,000 is unconscionable in this economy.
ART (Art aRound Town) should be ashamed of themselves knowing that they have done this at potentially the expense of a human service need that would be better suited.
At the very least, the Carbondale Trustees should make this organization finally get to work and produce within one year's time the detailed performance reports that shows the Town of Carbondale is actually drawing in revenue from the pieces of art bought in the 2012 cycle with this money.
Again, our thanks to the ART group for such a beautiful display of public art. You definitely have beat Glenwood Springs in that department and have truly set a wonderful example.
Now, all you need to do is figure out how to earn $6K in some kind of event that can be given to Carbondale's hungry and homeless.
(Read more? Click title. Comment to discuss)
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