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Christian Moeller, Hands (2010); Mineta San Jose International Airport, CA; Selected for 2011 Year in Review. Photographer: Nick Merrick © Hedrich Blessing; Fentress Architects

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Feb 7, 2011

Bill Threatens State's 1% Set-Aside for Public Art

Robert Perless's interior/exterior sculpture is called "Dream Weaver." He made it using ribbons of holographic coated aluminum and it graces the new entrance of the Howell Cheney Technical High School in Manchester. (Tia Chapman, Hartford Courant / February 6, 2011)

HARTFORD — —
A longstanding law requiring the state to buy artwork equivalent to 1 percent of the construction cost of any building it erects or renovates could soon be scrapped.

State Sen. Paul Doyle said the requirement, on the books since 1978, is something the state can no longer afford in the face of a deficit projected to top $3.5 billion. He has submitted a bill to eliminate it.

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