11-10-2020, 11:31 PM
(11-10-2020, 03:56 PM)jamincan Wrote:(11-10-2020, 03:07 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: *rolls eyes*...
If you folks aren't interested in a serious conversation, that's fine.
By the way, I never said fine art, capitalism has no problem creating wealthy people and corporations to commission or own their own pieces. Public art on the other hand is what the discussion was actually about.
I get your hypothesis, but it just doesn't seem to be supported by evidence.
More seriously, City of Waterloo has had a one percent for public art policy since 1996. City will reserve up to 1% for projects over $1M, up to a max of $300k. I guess developer contributions can help with bonusing ("Section 37 of the Planning Act") and private sector/community donations are "encouraged".