As readers of my blog will know I have been following the proposed and now the reality of cuts to the Arts Council since the start of the year and now here is the latest news from the Arts Council. Here are two articles from the Stage newspaper.
Now I say it HAS been cut mainly because the Government has asked them to do so which generally means there is no negotiation. However the Arts Council has made it clear that cutting 19 million is not really possible. Here the Stage continues its coverage with the second article.
And of course there is the BBC Arts Editors blog which covers the story here.
My opinion is that it doesn't matter how much they cut the Arts will survive, are we in for a dark time? Sure we are, its going to get tougher to get funding and the guidelines for funding will be followed with more scrutiny over the next few years but the good thing is that situations like this will make artists work harder to get their work seen and developed. £19 million as Will Gompertz is manageable but its still a hefty chunk and further cuts could curtail our cultural growth further... but it remains to be seen if more cuts will come, they probably will but we can hope they won't.
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