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Discuss “Talking to the sky”

It seems like common sense that the university’s decision regarding public art on campus should involve, well, the public. Last Wednesday, the Center for Arts in Society held a public arts forum, during which members of the campus community were able to voice their opinions on the subject.

The discussion was the first of a three-week chain of events to be held on the subject, all of which precede a campus conversation on the topic that will take place on April 11.

The meeting began with opening statements by Clark Glymour, philosophy professor at Carnegie Mellon, and Terry Smith, art professor at the University of Pittsburgh, before the floor was opened to questions and comments from audience members.

Smith stated that public art requires...

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