Public Art Community

Recently the City Council decided that they were gonna vote on whether they should construct a piece of public art in the town center. I believe that this decision is a wise one as it will improve our community’s unification and will help fund future projects. The public art constructed will fill a vital role in our community and will be very beneficial to the city in the long run.

Constructing this piece of public art will be a very profitable investment and will help our improve our city overall. Depending on who the artist is and how nice it looks, we may be able to profit exponentially from this investment, tourists will flock to the city to get a picture of the newly constructed art. With these acquired profits we could help make more improvements to the city. An example of a great piece of public art that helped its community in the long run is Picasso’s Maquette statue in Source 3, although the people of Chicago were weary of accepting it at first, in the end the community got used to it and the sculpture became a symbol of the city. Throughout history public art has been used repeatedly as an example of pride for a community. This is shown throughout Source
And those people don’t realize that in order for public art to thrive and reach its maximum potential, we must nurture it and help it grow. If public art had not been constructed using government funds throughout the ages Greece would not have been nearly as successful as it was, the Greeks would not have been unified and they would not be fighting for a common single cause like they were so long ago. Not everyone realizes how important public art is for a community to thrive, all you need to experience the importance of public art throughout the ages is to take a quick dive through history and look at the great public art of the past that have affected communities in a positive