Is the NI Assembly’s call for more arts funding to be applauded for supporting a vibrant industry, or criticised for encouraging a begging bowl mentality? Kris Nixon and Ali FitzGibbon trade opposing views.
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As DCAL Committee calls for more arts funding, why are the arts special? (Slugger O'Toole)
Once more around the fishbowl … or maybe not (Slugger O'Toole)
To coin a phrase “So yet again…” someone is saying the arts sector is asking for more money from the public purse and why can’t it stand on its own two feet.
It’s all getting a bit tiresome isn’t it? This endless cycle of perceived freeloading by a bunch of luvvies who can’t earn a crust independently.
It is tiresome as I feel I have been repeating myself – iterating the same points as yet another discussion about arts funding swims around the fishbowl.
Or it would be except that it’s mainly just very depressing. The living and working conditions for artists... Keep reading on Slugger O'Toole here and here