Rose Chavarria Page Up First United Bank 1700 E. Platte Ave. East to Platte Ave. Said Rep. Joyce Lawrence, R-Pueblo, I love art, but it s not our role, it s not the public sector s role, to be paying for it. It s a sound position on publicly funded art in general. Lawrence said she plans to introduce a bill in the legislative session to eliminate public funding for art projects at various government buildings.
Art is a personal passion.
It's wholly subjective nature makes it an unfair burden on taxpayers who may have different tastes. Publicly funded art also attaches too many strings to the artists. Let s free them all.