$325,000 ART FUND MAY BE TAPPED FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer BURBANK - The city has $325,000 for public art projects in a fund it has dipped into only twice since creating it in 1991, but officials said the money could be used for several upcoming projects. The Public Art Fund has grown as developers with projects worth more than $1.5 million have placed a mandated 1 percent of their project costs into the fund. Developers can also chose to spend the 1 percent to create art pieces on their own project sites. The city spent about $25,000 from the fund some eight years ago to help fund a water sculpture at the Stough Canyon Nature Center. And last month, the City Council voted to allocate $50,000 from the fund for public art projects along the recently opened Chandler Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. Bikeway bike·way n. A bicycle lane or path. . ``I think that we were trying to build it up so that we could do some significant art pieces,'' said City Councilwoman Stacey Murphy. Among the potential locations for public art projects officials are considering are: a green belt at the ``Four Points'' intersection of Victory and Burbank boulevards; a public plaza that could be built outside a planned community Noun 1. planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences services building; the planned Bud Ovrom Park project; and the Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Power Plant, which is under construction. ``I think the fund is going to be used more,'' said City Councilman Todd Campbell. ``It's just that the opportunities in the past were not as obvious. Finally, we're able to complete the Chandler Bikeway, and now we're able to use the funds appropriately.'' The city has more than 50 public art installations, and most of them were paid for by developers for their own projects. The city is bound by the same requirement as private developers to spend 1 percent of a project budget on art, and its pieces include a statue at the Buena Vista Branch Library and a mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. and statue at the Police/Fire Headquarters. Among the art pieces created by private developers are a 30-foot rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. sculpture called ``Blocks on Blocks'' outside the Pinnacle pinnacle (pĭn`ĭkəl), minor architectural motif of vertical tapering shape, usually crowning a pier, buttress, or gable. Although sometimes it appears in Renaissance design, as in the Certosa di Pavia, it is almost exclusively a medieval Building and an ink steel mesh of a boxing match outside the AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. 16 Theatre. The City Council last month voted to streamline the way city-initiated art projects are created. Campbell said the city has been patient and careful in the way it has used the Public Art Fund, but he added it can ``always do better'' to improve the presence of public art in Burbank. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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