COUNCIL FACES COPPER CURTAIN CHOICES; COST TO WEIGH HEAVY IN FINAL DECISION ON ARTS PLAZA MURAL.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer Three clear choices face the City Council when it returns to resolve the quandary over the Copper Curtain on the Civic Arts Plaza, and cost will figure as prominently as artistic merit Artistic merit is an English language term that is used in relation to cultural products when referring to the judgment of their perceived quality or value as works of art. Artistic merit is a crucial term, as pertains to visual art. . The least controversial option might be suspending the city's seal of an oak tree in front of the curtain. That was the top choice among participants given eight options in a recent phone poll the city conducted. The second and third choices - the plaza's muse logo and a bucolic hillside scene - come from designers with far different views of the Copper Curtain. Architect Cynthia Grant said suspending a metal silhouette silhouette (sĭl'  ĕt`), outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. of her muse on the left side of the curtain would be a positive addition. Computer software consultant Glen Sievertson wants to remove the curtain in favor of his digital mural muralPainting 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. design. Further complicating com·pli·cate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing. 2. To twist or become twisted together. adj. 1. the council's choice is an offer from a private donor to pay for installation of the muse logo. ``This is the kind of decision where it's not a right or wrong,'' said Tom Mitze, the city's theaters' director and director of the phone poll. ``It's really an artistic decision that's going to be influenced by this poll and the cost and feasibility. Now it's in the council's hands.'' Mitze said he will present the phone poll results at one of the council's September meetings. The council then is expected to have city staff study costs for one or more of the options before making a final decision. The phone poll conducted from July 21 through Aug. 3 generated more than 6,300 calls. There were far more calls for the three leading options. City seal oak tree overlay: 1,605. The muse logo: 1,138. Realistic mural: 1,043. Placing fifth among callers was the oak tree branch overlay selected by participants in a previous phone poll. That poll featured three abstract designs that local architect Francisco Behr submitted to a committee the council appointed to recommend a fix for the curtain. The council decided to conduct the second phone poll featuring additional choices after residents and some council members criticized the oak tree branch overlay, comparing the branches to lightning bolts Lightning bolt may refer to
Varicose veins are dilated, tortuous, elongated superficial veins that are usually seen in the legs. Description . Grant, who designed the muse for a competition five years ago, said she is ready to work with the city at no cost to incorporate the logo featuring a Greek goddess into the curtain. ``If the muse goes and they want it big on the curtain, I have my own ideas of how I'd like it done. I wouldn't want it just stuck up there,'' said the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. native now working for a Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. architecture firm. Grant, in fact, already has completed a mock-up mock·up also mock-up n. 1. A usually full-sized scale model of a structure, used for demonstration, study, or testing. 2. A layout of printed matter. with the muse centered on the left side of the curtain. She said the muse design is intended for a vertical space rather than the more square curtain. Sievertson was pleased to learn his mural design received so many votes. But he contended the lack of a clear public consensus might mean the council should leave the curtain alone, even though he doesn't like it. ``I think what the poll has shown is that there's not a clear front runner front runner n → favorito/a front runner n (fig) → favori(te) front runner n (fig) → and that's what I would have hoped happened,'' he said. ``If there isn't a clear enough direction to go, maybe it should stay the way it is. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO City of Thousand Oaks: Copper Curtain Citizen Telephone Survery Final vote count More than 6,300 votes were cast in a phone poll on eight Copper Curtain alternatives, with the oak tree from the city seal being the most popular. An overlay of the Civic Arts Plaza's Muse logo captured second place, and a realistic pastoral mural came in third. (1) City seal oak tree overlay, 1. 1,605 votes (2) Muse logo overlay, 2. 1,138 votes (3) Realistic mural, $3. 1,043 votes |
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