As Northern Ireland arts organisations reel from unexpected funding cuts, Fionola Meredith argues that placing accessibility above all will starve the arts out of existence.
When we've just been warned that our basic physical health could be compromised by proposed budget cuts, there won't be many people fretting about the fate of the arts in Northern Ireland, which are also facing crippling cuts – possibly terminal, in some cases.
Thirty-seven organisations, including the Ulster Orchestra, the Lyric Theatre and The Mac, are getting their budgets unexpectedly chopped, right in the middle of the funding year... Keep reading on the Belfast Telegraph
When we've just been warned that our basic physical health could be compromised by proposed budget cuts, there won't be many people fretting about the fate of the arts in Northern Ireland, which are also facing crippling cuts – possibly terminal, in some cases.
Thirty-seven organisations, including the Ulster Orchestra, the Lyric Theatre and The Mac, are getting their budgets unexpectedly chopped, right in the middle of the funding year... Keep reading on the Belfast Telegraph