{"id":800222,"date":"2019-10-09T16:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T22:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=372720"},"modified":"2019-10-09T16:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T22:15:12","slug":"breckenridge-town-council-voices-concerns-about-proposed-public-art-installation-on-blue-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-town-council-voices-concerns-about-proposed-public-art-installation-on-blue-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge Town Council voices concerns about proposed public art installation on Blue River"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Blue River near Breckenridge.<\/strong>
Elaine Collins \/ Summit Daily reader<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 At Breckenridge Town Council\u2019s work session Tuesday, members discussed a proposal by Breckenridge Creative Arts to put an art installation on the Breckenridge Riverwalk corridor for about four months next summer. According to minutes from the Oct. 2 Breckenridge Events Committee meeting<\/a>, the art installation will consist of \u201ccrocheted material attached to steel infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council members, particularly Mayor Eric Mamula, voiced concerns with the project as proposed.<\/p>\n

The installation is proposed to be on display from May to Sept. 7, 2020. Some council members were concerned is was too long of a timeframe. Council member Wendy Wolfe discussed the necessity of some longer displays, but did not necessarily say she was in favor of the full four months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn art, some messages hit you between the eyes and some you have to sit there for a month to understand,\u201d Wolfe said.<\/p>\n

Other concerns about the project brought up by council included the size, scope and location of the art. Events committee minutes did not specify the size of the potential project but did indicate that Breckenridge Creative Arts is looking to position the art over the river in the \u201ccore of town.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council members noted that an installation like this could block the view of the river. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m totally fine with all these comments. We get veto, though. That\u2019s all I\u2019m saying. This is another troll. We\u2019ve spent a ton of money on the river and the river is beautiful. This kind of stuff just annoys the s\u2014 out of me,\u201d Mamula said.<\/p>\n

Mamula also pointed out that the Town Council likely will be the group to receive complaints about an installation like this, not Breckenridge Creative Arts. He said this is one reason why Town Council gets to make the final decision on whether it will allow the installation.<\/p>\n

Council member Gary Gallagher said council should provide suggestions if it is unhappy with the proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re looking to have the veto power at the end of the process, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the right way to do it,\u201d Gallagher said.<\/p>\n

Council member Erin Gigliello brought up how an installation like this would fit into the larger context of public art in Breckenridge. She pointed out that there is already a lot of public art installations along Riverwalk, including the \u201cToro\u201d robot<\/a>, \u201cGone Fishin\u2019\u201d<\/a> and \u201cA Miner\u2019s Dream.\u201d<\/a> She brought up the idea of having future discussions regarding a larger design plan that would create more overall structure to public art installations. <\/p>\n

Breckenridge Creative Arts Senior Director of Arts and Programming Nicole Dial-Kay said it was too early in the process to talk specifics about the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have merely exchanged emails with the artists at this juncture,\u201d she said. \u201cI have no contracted working relationship with them and no proposal for Breckenridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed installation will remain on the Town Council agenda for continued discussion.<\/p>\n

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The Blue River near Breckenridge.Elaine Collins \/ Summit Daily reader BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 At Breckenridge Town Council\u2019s work session Tuesday, members discussed a proposal by Breckenridge Creative Arts to put an art installation on the Breckenridge Riverwalk corridor for about four months next summer. According to minutes from the Oct. 2 Breckenridge Events Committee meeting, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-800222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 04:07:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}