The Fine Arts Museum says YES!

With a small budget and little time, we made the decision to select one of the sites where everyone would create a public art work. First and formost the site had to be public. We wanted people to come across the work without having to make an effort. The site had to be centrally located for so that when this is all said and done people will come to see and experience the work. Given those criteria alone, the Museum was the best location. We were however a bit nervous about the restrictions the museum might impose on us. When we returned to Bishkek from ASHU, we met with the Grounds Director to discuss what is possible and what is not.

We don't know what it is yet but…
Can we remove the plants in the gardens? YES
Can we dig holes is the gardens? YES
Can we stick things on the walls? YES
Is there electricity we can tap into? YES
Can we draw on the ground? YES
Can we place things in the fountains? YES, we put them on sometimes though.
Can we use the flagpoles? YES
Can we place sculpture anywhere on the grounds? YES
Can we paint on the garage doors and the driveway with permanent paints? YES

To our surprise, all the requests we made received a positive response. If this was any institution in NYC (even an art institution) it might take the 10 days we had to get any response at all.