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Public-arts group asks Aspen to let murals replace blank construction barriers
Summary
Buckhorn Public Arts proposed requiring or encouraging artful 'beautification' wraps on construction noise barriers in commercial areas, offering to curate work and asking the city to amend code that currently limits barrier graphics.
Tim Sack, executive director of Buckhorn Public Arts, told the council the organization has spent four years adding art to Cooper Mall construction wraps and would like to see similar treatments required or encouraged in the commercial core and on Mount Chalet.
"We've been very successful for 4 years with doing it on Cooper," Sack said, urging changes to CMP section 11.3 so that the city would allow curated art rather than only neutral or heritage depictions. He said Buckhorn Public Arts could work with the city's public-art program to manage curation and that the incremental cost relative to large construction budgets is small.
Council members were receptive but urged caution. The mayor said art is subjective and recommended discussions with the CCLC and other stakeholders to define acceptable material and subject matter. Staff said they would review the code language and the council encouraged further exploration of a code amendment or policy guidance.
