More on the arts cuts
More on the arts cuts:—
Richard Morrison in The Times, “The withdrawal of Birmingham Opera’s grant is a tragedy”…
“The underlying truth seems to be that Vick is a maverick, and the [Birmingham Opera] company he created and to which he lovingly returns (between directing engagements with every great opera company in the world) is created in his image – ie, structurally unconventional. Far too much so, clearly, for the pen-pushers at the Arts Council … Tidy-minded and small-minded, the bureaucrats seem determined to smother visionaries who don’t conform to their nitpicking systems.”
The Pink News reports that…
“A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have condemned a decision by the Arts Council in England to stop funding a gay and lesbian arts festival in Manchester. John Leech, Jeremy Corbyn, Stephen Williams, Simon Hughes and Mark Williams have signed an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons highlighting the work that queerupnorth does tackling homophobic bullying in schools. The LGBT arts organisation is facing a bleak future after its funding for next year has been cut.”
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