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You only show your ignorance by referring to a creative practice as a "hobby." Sorry, I forgot that artists do not make legitimate contributions to society, because they don't sit behind a desk and fill out TPS reports all day. :)

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You are making the assumption that artists can financially afford to create artwork that can withstand the abuse that comes along with public artwork. I will be the first to admit that Portland (and Oregon in general) has a a lot of sub-par public artwork, but we also have some gems. None of these pieces ever could have been donated, because artists do not have the money if the state does not support our state's most important asset, it's booming art scene. And the problem with saying that art students could donate artwork, is that artwork done by students looks like artwork that was done by students. If you think our current public art is bad, well it would only get worse if we depended upon students to provide the work.

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