Things are starting to move at the centre now , due to the intervention of Naomi Horlock – an art educator who I’ve worked with on several occasions and who had initially introduced me to LDT. She is very good at drumming up support and getting loads of people involved in things.
I only found out about her involvement when I just queried the amount of activity on LDT’s facebook page. Almost since it was set up ( whenever that was) no news was posted, it was all very blah and forgettable. Then suddenly over the weekend, a pile of information started appearing, such as the great food in the cafe …AND a big family event that will happen on 5 August.
This is fantastic news and It makes me feel that I’m now looking forward to not only working on some activities, but will actually be able to talk to lots of people about my work.
Speaking of face book….
Another event was quickly arranged by artist Birgit Deubner , to support the job cuts at Tate Liverpool. https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/242364512448441 There had been a lot of press activity over the last few days about the cuts, which seems weird as we’d all known about it for months. I even mentioned it in my ‘ funding for international travel and exchange’ blog quite a while ago.
I was working yesterday ( again on overtime) so I was able to watch the activity from the front desk…
It is great that people came out to support us, especially as we had such horrendous weather yesterday… but will the powers that be turn round and say – oh sorry – we decided not to cut your funding? I doubt it.
