Writer on Civic Culture

Erik Bootsma

1 article 2012

Erik Bootsma contributed to The Weekly Standard, where he wrote about public art and civic culture. His work for the magazine explored the significance of monuments in public life.

'The Role of Monuments in Civic Life'

May 17, 2012 · Memorial, Arts, Dwight Eisenhower

You may have heard a bit about the recent controversy over the Eisenhower Memorial here in Washington, D.C. The design by Frank Gehry centers on a minuscule statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a boy in a park surrounded by 80-foot-tall images of a stark Kansas countryside. But you might wonder, why…