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Promote Student Art

Over the past few decades the AMS has come to possess a sizeable art collection through purchases and donations – some of these works have significantly increased in value.

These works are expensive to insure, expensive to store, and really hard to display frequently. Students do not get to benefit from these works, yet they have to pay for them.

The plan: the AMS proposes to sell up to 3 paintings from our collection and put the proceeds towards an Arts Endowment Fund. This fund will support more student art initiatives and programming.

A YES vote will ensure that our works of art are brought out of our basement and shared with the world, help fund and nurture UBC artists, and create a constant and abundant flow of art with each passing generation. Voting NO means less funding for student art initiatives and continued high insurance/storage costs.

The wording of the referendum question is as follows:

"Do you authorize the AMS Student Council to sell a maximum of three (3) paintings owned by the AMS at any time prior to February 28, 2013, such paintings to be selected at the discretion of the AMS Student Council?