Following the Chancellor’s recent Spending Review and Culture Secretary Maria Miller’s announcement of the stringent guidelines for the Arts Council England settlement, Hilary Gresty looks at the likely impact of yet more cuts to arts funding.
Hilary Gresty follows-up a-n’s report on the recent Artquest conference, For the love it, by adding a question mark – and suggests that this is the right time to make the case for the economic and social recognition of the work of artists.
While the Olympics has helped highlight artistic, as well as sporting achievements, much still needs to be done to create sustainable careers in the arts.