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Arlington Heights trustees agree to pursue arts-in-public-places program, ask Arts Commission to draft plan
Summary
At the March 17 Village Board meeting, trustees expressed broad support for creating an Arts in Public Places program, asked the Arts Commission to study options and recommended discussion at a Committee of the Whole; current annual Art Commission funding is $2,000.
Trustee Dunnington urged the Village Board of Arlington Heights on March 17 to create a formal Arts in Public Places program, saying the village lacks coordinated public-art investments that other nearby communities maintain. "That something is public art. Arlington Heights doesn't have an art in public places program that many other communities like Elmhurst, Naperville, and Skokie have been supporting for many years," Trustee Dunnington said.
The proposal drew support from a majority of trustees, who recommended sending the idea to the Arts Commission for study and returning it to the board in a Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Trustees discussed three initial priorities raised by Dunnington: establish annual ongoing funding, consider a separate mural ordinance rather than treating murals as signs,…
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