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Janet Zweig

Milwaukee to the Art World: Yes

Apr 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Downtown, Neighborhoods

Despite last ditch efforts by Alderman Dudzik to hold the project in committee, which would have effectively killed the project, Janet Zweig’s public art project was approved at today’s Common Council meeting with an overwhelming majority. How things can change in such a short time. As of the last Public Work Committee meeting it surely looked like this project was going to fall to Milwaukee’s “We’re not Chicago” syndrome. Meaning so often our leaders and our residents thinking the best we can do is hope to fill a few pot holes, and that anything beyond that is overreaching for Milwaukee.



Zweig Project Would Add a Twist to Milwaukee

Apr 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Chicago, Neighborhoods

The debate swirling around the Janet Zweig art project got me thinking about the value of public art to our city and how other cities embrace opportunities to enhance their public places. In Chicago the mix of architecture, and the hustle and bustle is in of itself valuable but public places like Millennium Park and the artwork that fills it add to the overall appeal of city life.