What is art and who will pay? Coquitlam looks for answers
Coquitlam city councillors will delve into a question that many creative philosophers have grappled with for centuries: What is art?
It is a question the city hopes to answer as it begins developing a public art policy, which will also examine who should pay for outdoor art installations and where they should be located.
“Who funds it? Who decides what is art and where it goes?” asked Lori Mackay, the city’s manager of leisure and parks. “These are issues that we expect there will be a lot of interest in the community.”
Coquitlam already has several examples of commissioned public art. The sculptures at Blue Mountain Park and the totem pole at the Dogwood Pavilion are two examples. The sockeye at the Spirit Square across from city hall is the latest public art project taken on by the city, at a cost of $130,000 to design and build.
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