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The leaves are starting to change colors, school has been in session for most local kids for well over a month now, the holiday season is just around the corner, and Art on the Green is well behind us. Painting with a Twist will be back once again on Sept. 26, so with more artistic activities on the horizon, let’s revisit a question I posed a little more than a month ago, “why art?” From the perspective of a municipality, art is a subject worth probing. Public art has been a part of communities dating back to the early Mesopotamians and has r...
It’s that time of year again, and Art on the Green looms before me. What is it about Art on the Green that compels me to enter the competition year after year? Painting non-stop for 24 hours ought to be enough of a deterrent, yet 38 of us are registered to compete once again. Art on the Green was initiated in 2005 as a 24-hour live sculpting competition for amateurs and professionals. In 2006, high school students were invited to sculpt and in 2007 the 2D (painting and drawing) component of the contest was instituted. Over the years, Art on the...
