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[CorgiMatt]

Spartan, on Nov 27 2007, 10:53 PM, said:

Interesting. I was under the impression that the School of Law was going to build closer to Gervais & Hampton.

Gervais and Hampton don't intersect.  The new law school is going to take up the entire block bounded by Gervais, Bull, Senate and Pickens.  It will include a renovation of the former Columbia Museum of Art.  The main part of it will be a new 4-story building along Gervais.

[krazeeboi]

Columbia officials plan to hire a full-time cultural affairs director in the next few months, part of a broader plan to strengthen the city’s support for the arts. The plan was one of several recommendations presented to City Council members Wednesday as part of Mayor Steve Benjamin’s transition committee report.

Benjamin said he would want the employee to do three things:
• Take all of the pictures down at City Hall and replace them with art from local artists.

• Create a public art program, similar to the MuralWorks program in Cincinnati that pays professional artists to paint murals across the city.

• Coordinate an unidentified project Benjamin declined to identify because it involves a contract the city is still negotiating.

[gamecoxfan1]

krazeeboi, on 22 July 2010 - 10:53 AM, said:

Columbia officials plan to hire a full-time cultural affairs director in the next few months, part of a broader plan to strengthen the city’s support for the arts. The plan was one of several recommendations presented to City Council members Wednesday as part of Mayor Steve Benjamin’s transition committee report.

Benjamin said he would want the employee to do three things:
• Take all of the pictures down at City Hall and replace them with art from local artists.

• Create a public art program, similar to the MuralWorks program in Cincinnati that pays professional artists to paint murals across the city.

• Coordinate an unidentified project Benjamin declined to identify because it involves a contract the city is still negotiating.

I like this! I hope the person will work and really make this city even more of a arts based in the ways listed.

Edited by gamecoxfan1, 22 July 2010 - 12:48 PM.

[krazeeboi]

Indeed. That's a pretty progressive move by the city. Looks like the new mayor is starting his tenure off on the right foot.

[krazeeboi]

Here's an article in The State about a new wave of public art in the city following the new Hootie monument in Five Points. Specifically, efforts by the city and the Columbia Design League are mentioned.