ADD ANOTHER $50k TO THE 3 MILLION DOLLAR STREET TO NOWHERE.
l3wis 
(Diego Rivera’s depiction of Lenin)
 $50,000 ART WALL
The city of Sioux Falls is proposing a $50,000 art wall to be installed on Falls Park Drive (the 3 million dollar street to nowhere). Believe it or not, this bitter old artist actually read the proposal and considered submitting a design. The design has to incorporate the past and present Sioux Falls (yawn). Sorry no depictions of Indians getting trampled by pioneers, Lenin or cuss words are acceptable. The first reason I backed out is because I don’t feel taxpayers money should be spent on public art unless the funds are 100% public and the art is incorporated into new construction or existing structures which ultimately keeps the cost down. Why not use existing walls for the project? Why create a whole new structure? The second reason I backed out is because after I crunched the numbers, $50,000 will barely cover the cost of the wall construction. So what’s left for the artist’s effort and time into the project? Nothing. I’ll be very curious of who gets chosen to do the wall and if they can do it within the budget. Yet another example of how Sioux Falls pays artists for public art; a pat on the back and an atta boy. Well isn’t that swell.
