At Monday’s City Council meeting Mayor Richard Smith announced that the Detroit Institute of Arts has officially selected the City of Belleville to display outside artworks.
Mayor Smith said the DIA selected 22 communities this year. Belleville is one of 11 that will have art for 12 weeks starting in September. The other 11 communities will have art in the summer.
Downtown Development Authority Coordinator Carol Thompson was present in the audience and confirmed the DIA had selected Belleville and that DDA members would be helping the DIA select sites for the art.
The framed, vinyl reproductions will be mounted on buildings or erected on freestanding displays. There is no cost to the city, but the city is expected to advertise the art so people will know about it.