All Blog Posts Tagged 'Arts' (4)

Originally posted on my blog: fraserdenholm.blogspot.com



Less than a week after Aberdeen City Council decided to back Sir Ian Wood's plan's for a street-level piazza and ironic Garden on the site of Union Terrace Gardens and the Denburn Valley, necessitating the council to abandon a plan which had assured their backing, for a Contemporary Arts Centre spearheaded by Peacock Visual Arts, Andrew Dixon, newly appointed CEO of Creative… Continue

Alison McGovern MP for Wirral South has submitted an EDM on the topic of arts funding. To date the motion has 32 signatures, it reads as follows:



‘That this House celebrates the cultural value of the arts and entertainment sector; notes that the creative industries are a large employer and are currently growing at more than twice the rate of the rest of the economy, contributing 11.4 billion to the UK’s balance of trade; and therefore reaffirms a commitment to public investment in… Continue

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I don't understand why almost all coverage, and quotes about the impact of the cuts on the arts, reports on the implications for artists and arts organisations instead of the impact on the public on reductions in their fragile arts provision. Continue