Gorman & Company, the City of La Crosse, and other involved parties are holding a community input session for the proposed apartment complex above the new transit center, to be built in the next year. The plan is that this complex will cater to the needs of the rather anemic art community in La Crosse. The live/work spaces would have features necessary for artists, and there would potentially be gallery space and a sculpture garden incorporated intot he design of the building.
WE NEED YOUR INPUT. I am on the City Art Steering Committee, and I have watched this project progress through various stages of design. There is a danger, however, that the effort will be co-opted by outside interests and will turn into a building with only superficial ties to the art world.
The La Crosse art scene needs all the help it can get. It is not often that resources become available for young artists to take advantage of around here, and we need to make sure that this project does not become a misguided effort and misallocated funds. We need to represent ourselves at this meeting, where developers and City officials will be gauging the art scene by those present. Even if this project does not end up servicing the needs of young, un-rich artists, it is an opportunity for all of us to have a say in where this town's art community is going.
Community Input Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 6:00PM
Pump House Regional Art Center
119 King St.
La Crosse, WI 54601
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