Arts Commission Chair Resigns

By Lookout Staff

After seven years on the City's Art Commission, chair Jorge Pardo called it quits Monday night.

Pardo, who did not return a call for comment, wrote in his resignation letter that a new job opportunity starting in October will keep him from devoting the time needed to chair the 13-member commission.

"I am proud to have been one of many volunteers during this period dedicated to the success of our City through a focus on the creative capital and economic viability that arts and culture can provide," Pardo's letter states. "Indeed, can there be a great city without arts and culture?"

Pardo first joined the commission in 1994. His current term is set to expire in June of 2002.