HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/21/2020 Item 15, Barnes
Tonikian, Victoria
From:chrys barnes <chrysb52@hotmail.com>
Sent:Monday, January
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Vote NO on proposed changes to the Public Art policy
Esteemed Council Members,
I strongly disagree with the proposed changes to the Public Art policy that would prohibit statues and other
depictions of human beings. Regardless of its intent to encourage diversity, the execution of such a policy
smacks of censorship and suppression. Most importantly, I ask you to consider why you would set yourselves
up as arbiters of the public taste? That is not your function as a governing body. It is not your place to tell us
what is appropriate, what is art, what is worthy and what is unworthy. I hate to break it to you; your judgment
about what is appropriate in public is no better than any of ours. I think it is misguided to put yourselves in
the position of enacting laws purely on the basis of your own personal tastes and opinions. There's got to be a
better way to encourage diverse voices in art than this poorly conceived overreach. I'm in the arts community
and feel compelled to push back on attempts at censorship, high-minded though you may imagine them to be.
The public is smarter than you are giving us credit for. We don't need you to tell us what to think.
Please vote no.
Sincerely,
Chrys Barnes
1525 La Cita
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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