Stumped for Creativity: Call for Ideas

The Town of Cobourg, Committee for Art in Public Spaces issued a Call for Submissions last July 3 to "all interested wood carvers, wood artists and sculptors ... to submit proposals to carve" the tree trunk/stump in Victoria Park. Below is the picture the town took to illiustrate its call.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is Monday, July 20 at 4pm. Questions can be addressed to Renee Champagne rchampagne@cobourg.ca or call 905-372-4555

This is the same tree I illustrated as DOUBLE PLUS PEACE BABE with a Tree Poem. The thinking of Cobourg remained within the box when the call went only to wood carvers, wood artists, sculptors. I guess poets and other elements of the Creative Class might not have ideas.

I do hope the submissions will be exhibited to the public. It's a participatory thing. It is not that I recognize the public has any insight into what art is or isn't and what art is better than... If the art is going to be in the public domain, it stands to reason that their input be considered. The result is likely to be safe, bland and mediocre, but alas ... that's democrazy.