Statement on BC Arts Cuts
Even minor cuts to the arts have heavy reverberations in BC because our artists and cultural institutions work on already tight budgets, stretching each dollar as far as possible, often with a volunteer workforce and underpaid staffers who do what they do for the love of the arts and to make BC a more lively and livable place.
But we’re not talking about minor cuts: we’re talking about devastating cuts that will hamper our most robust organizations and festivals, bring down some of our smaller and fledgling organizations while destroying a funding structure that has been years in the making. The fact that this is happening on the eve of the Olympics (with culture as one of the pillars of the Olympic bid) is an added insult and a broken promise to British Columbians. To Mr Campbell, Mr Kruger and Mr Hansen: please come back to the table to rejoin the Federal Government and the City of Vancouver in supporting the arts and BC artists at a time when we need to show that the “pillar” of culture in BC is exactly that.
Comments
Leave a Reply
