Letters to the Editor

I feel that some people from within the Arts Council and its associates have been given an incorrect
impression as to why complaints about the artwork at the Village Green were initially made.

Personally I found the artwork containing garden
implements to be dangerous - that was my only
concern. The Village Green is going to be accessed by people from within Lilydale and outside and by all age groups. The way that this particular sculpture was
being built did not seem to take this into consideration. This town is not peopled entirely by adults. The area has already become a meeting place for young people.

I would hate to think that even one person should be injured for arts sake. As for the invective directed
towards someone whose opinion differs from the
correspondents published in last months progressive and parts of the editorial, perhaps it would have been those who accused us of being philistines, who could have, approached the design of some of the artwork with a little more forethought as to who would actually be using the Green.

I do not consider myself a philistine and as art is a
totally subjective matter I vehemently object to being labelled as such!

It is a public space, not just for the benefit of the few who, as it has been pointed out, have given up their time, energy and expertise to enable this venture to go ahead. It must also be remembered that some people have just enough time to devote to caring for their families and their jobs and as such should not be branded as people with no aesthetic values.

I also feel the Launceston Council would have been concerned about litigation if someone were to have
injured him or herself. Even at the time of writing the site still had unsafe areas.

I do not, however, condone the vandalism that was
directed towards the sculpture, this was totally
unnecessary and has given those in favour of how the Green has evolved even more reason to condemn those who have an objection to the final look of it.
Raina Babos

Tasmanian Regional Arts News:

At our last Committee Meeting it was decided to change our meeting day and time from 7.30 p.m on the first Monday of the month, to 11.00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of the month.

With winter approaching, having to go out on a dark cold night is less than appealing, so the change to meet at a warm place with morning tea provided made good sense.

Our first meeting at the new time and day will be at