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Laredo launches public arts division at library; South Laredo kiosk installation planned
Summary
The City of Laredo’s library introduced a new Public Arts Program that will use an ordinance-backed 2% capital set‑aside to commission works on city property. Separately, a free public kiosk for the South Laredo branch is planned with council funding and a tentative July unveiling.
Vanessa Filazola, the City of Laredo’s public arts program manager, introduced a new Public Arts Program housed in the library and described how the city plans to commission and site artworks.
Filazola said the program will work under “Ordinance 2019‑O‑177” and that “the city sets aside 2% of any capital improvement project” for public art. She told the advisory board the program’s mission “is to to celebrate community and culture” and that funded artworks must be on city property and “have to be brick and mortar.”
The program will use an annual public art plan to propose projects for city approval, Filazola said, and she urged residents to take three surveys posted on the library website: feedback on completed projects, preferred art types (murals, sculptures,…
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