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by P.D. Lesko City staff, John Hieftje, his City Council pals, the Board members of the Downtown Development Authority and even the members of the Board of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority want taxpayers to renew the city’s Street Repair Millage for another five years. To get you to do it, city staffers and politicos [...]
September 19th, 2011 | Posted in Ann Arbor Politics,Art,Econ,Featured,Infrastructure,Money,Taxes | Read More »
By P.D. Lesko In 2007, Ann Arbor City Council passed the Public Art Ordinance that sets aside one percent of funds from all public construction budgets for art projects — to a maximum of $250,000 per project. On the City of Ann Arbor web site, it says that John Hieftje “championed the Percentage for Art Program to [...]
September 9th, 2011 | Posted in Art,Econ,Featured,Money,Taxes | Read More »
I’m a super hero, sort of… Let’s not skirt around the issue. It’s not that I haven’t taken a few modest steps towards disguising my true identity. I have, in fact, updated my homely, Midwestern name to something that has a bit more of an exotic flair. I’ve even converted my self-portrait to grey-scale–the missing hues make [...]
February 16th, 2011 | Posted in Art,The Culture Vulture | Read More »
I like Constance Crump’s thoughtful writing. I particularly like writers who, with a simple question, can get me all tangled up in trying to figure out the answer. I first read Crump’s blog post a few days ago. Initially, I didn’t get hooked. Who cares if Austin has music, Sundance has film, Aspen has comedy [...]
August 27th, 2010 | Posted in Art,Politics | Read More »
Over at Concentrate Media, Jeff Meyers blogged on November 4th about the lack of affordable (i.e. free or minimally priced) space for “creative types” to use for their respective muses. He writes about the Ann Arbor Ignite event. In case you’ve not heard about the event, the Andy Warhol-inspired notion is that each speaker gets [...]
November 12th, 2009 | Posted in Art | Read More »
On Friday November 6th, A2Politico posted “The Politics of Art: A2 and the Giant Phallus.” It was a post, of course, about the very first project being built under the auspices of the Ann Arbor Percent for Art Program. On Monday November 9th, Third Ward Council member Christopher Taylor sent out an email to constituents [...]
November 11th, 2009 | Posted in Art,City Council,Money | Read More »
A giant phallus? We’re taking, of course, about the Dreiseitl art project that is planned for the new Temple on the corner of Fifth and Huron dedicated to our 15th District Court (tip o’ the keyboard to David Cahill) judges: the Honorable Christopher Easthope, the Honorable Julie Creal, and the Honorable Elizabeth P. Hines, and one appointed [...]
November 6th, 2009 | Posted in Art | Read More »
Some weekend fun. I thought I would make use of the obscene amount of statistical data that I’m able to collect about the blog and its postings. So, I’ve started a new feature called “Top Ten.” I’ll post these on the weekend, along with the Weekend Polls. Below is a list of the top ten [...]
October 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Art,Boards and Commissions | Read More »
I didn’t visit an art museum until I was 21. There, I’ve said it. It was a life-altering experience. Though you shouldn’t press me about modern art, or some of the installations Bjork’s hubby does. Let’s just say I’ve learned to appreciate art, and this is why I have read Jeff Meyers’s piece “What is [...]
September 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Art,Boards and Commissions,Money | Read More »
