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TudorBrown
MUSA Citizen Joined: Aug 24 2009 Location: Highlands D. Status: Offline Points: 265 |
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Posted: Dec 10 2009 at 12:47pm |
I'm positive, don't get me wrong.
Can someone explain the "Art District" though? I don't get it? My first thought would be that an "art district" is the last thing that would be appropriate for our downtown? |
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wasteful
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Tudor when you get a clear answer let the rest of us know WHY?
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Mr. Dave
MUSA Resident Joined: Oct 21 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 57 |
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spiderjohn
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Outside of the glass place/Waldens, I can't find any art outside of occasional childrens scribbling
Just where is the art in the "Got Art" area/arts district?
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Smartman
MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 14 2008 Status: Offline Points: 299 |
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Got Art would be running a bulldozer though downtown and see what figures the pile look like! Then Auntie Ann would have reasons to put flowers around a real dead area!
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Pacman
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612 |
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In all seriousness why has the city latched onto this Art district kick. Art and Middletown go together like Oil and Water. I am not saying that to knock anyone it is just that Middletowns makeup does not lend itself to supporting an Art District. They have talked about this for 5-6 years I have been here now and no one can give a convincing answer as to why it will work in Middletown and why it is basically the only idea they are running with.
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Mr. Dave
MUSA Resident Joined: Oct 21 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 57 |
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From City web site
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
(All day or non-timed event) Location: Middletown Arts Center (map) Category: General Description Reunion Exhibit by graphic artist Sam Ashworth
Free and Open to the Public Monday 9-4 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9-9 Saturday 9-12 Isn't Sam Judy's Boy friend? Just saying that could be one reason
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Hermes
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: May 19 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1637 |
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I think among the "well to doers" it's called prestige.
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No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !!
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Mr. Dave
MUSA Resident Joined: Oct 21 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 57 |
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Yea and among the criminals its called people to rob
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Mike_Presta
MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483 |
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I am ashamed to have to ask this as I thought that I was well-informed, but I've seen several references to "Walden's". Who/what/where is "Walden's"???
PS: I already know about Walden Pond (I was there shootin' the bull with Henry David) and I know Butch. I'm referring to the one that is apparently in the former downtown Middletown.
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“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012
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Pacman
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612 |
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Mike His Gallery is located in the Beauverre building, very nice people.
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Mike_Presta
MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483 |
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Hmm...I am not certain, but I think that a couple of his works might have been auctioned off during the Big Brothers/Big Sisters fundraiser at Carol's Speakeasy last week!!! They were nicely done and probably went too cheap!!!
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“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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Mike- you remember Butch Walden from the 60's at MHS? I knew him too but lost track of him. He was married to Patti Miller (Mike's sister) at one time. Had a son- Lincoln, right? Patti went on to marry Bob Gage who died recently. What happened to Butch?
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VietVet
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Pac - been wondering the same thing myself. Just don't see this blue-collar steel/low income/welfare town going for the arts thing. Never have. It's also ironic that at the same time the city leaders are trying to lure low income people for fed money and make this the welfare capital of SW Ohio, they are trying to create a cultural environment for the downtown with the arts. Kinda opposites, aren't they? These "artzy" people will have to rely on the out-of-town interest because, let's face it, there ain't an overabundance of cultured folks living in this town. Just more city leader ignorance.
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TudorBrown
MUSA Citizen Joined: Aug 24 2009 Location: Highlands D. Status: Offline Points: 265 |
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Yeah, I could possibly even understand something like an "Industrial Art's District", or....
But to have pictures drawn with markers by homeless people in all the windows of our vacant downtown buildings, and to call it our "Art District" is just pathetic. |
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Hermes
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: May 19 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1637 |
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Vet - Well who said the blue-collar low income steel workers were invited to attend any of these artsy-fartsy art thingeys anyway ? If they wanted to invite low income blue collar types they'd have a tractor pull or maybe a tobacco spittin contest. Naw this artsy thing is for the well defined,the aristocratic,the well educated. With the mixture of low income section 8 & aristocrats it makes them feel even more important and then they can try to bring civility to the masses. People with money and those who think they have money need these type of things in order to maintain the natural order of importance within the community.
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No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !!
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Mike_Presta
MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483 |
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The last I heard (which was a few years ago), he took an early retirement from AK and moved to the east coast of Florida. Palm Bay, I believe.
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“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012
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