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Gayle · 06-11-2005, 09:58

Channel 4 has launched a project called The Big Art Project

http://www.channel4.com/culture/micr...art/index.html

It's plan is to put six modern art sculptures in six places around the UK. All the sites will be nominated by the public and the designs will be chosen by the public.
I'm telling you about this without any bias as I don't know yet whether it's a good thing or a bad thing but whatever it is it will no doubt start to gather steam.
The sites chosen will no doubt get a lot of publicity and attention for their areas.
I'm also letting you know about this because this will is one of those opportunities that usually goes to the bigger cities - I can see Manchester and Liverpool putting in a bid and once again we'll be ignored as that little green bit that's just above them. People in the cities will no doubt mobilise their teams and be able to put together really good proposals.
I can see it being an ideal opportunity for one of the 'Friends of....' groups to gain extra funding and publicity - it would certainly be helpful for a 'Friends of ...' group that was currently going for a huge amount of funding to show to the potential funders that they were really determined to get the best for the park.

06-11-2005, 09:58	#1
Gayle God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Relaxville Posts: 6,866 Blog Entries: 69 Liked: 13 times Rep Power: 2867	The Big Art Project Channel 4 has launched a project called The Big Art Project http://www.channel4.com/culture/micr...art/index.html It's plan is to put six modern art sculptures in six places around the UK. All the sites will be nominated by the public and the designs will be chosen by the public. I'm telling you about this without any bias as I don't know yet whether it's a good thing or a bad thing but whatever it is it will no doubt start to gather steam. The sites chosen will no doubt get a lot of publicity and attention for their areas. I'm also letting you know about this because this will is one of those opportunities that usually goes to the bigger cities - I can see Manchester and Liverpool putting in a bid and once again we'll be ignored as that little green bit that's just above them. People in the cities will no doubt mobilise their teams and be able to put together really good proposals. I can see it being an ideal opportunity for one of the 'Friends of....' groups to gain extra funding and publicity - it would certainly be helpful for a 'Friends of ...' group that was currently going for a huge amount of funding to show to the potential funders that they were really determined to get the best for the park. __________________ The views expressed within this post are mine and mine alone.