Friday, April 1, 2011

Michael S. Wright: 'I have not had a chance to analyse all as yet but there are some significant casualties' in UK Arts

[Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters; Reyahn King et al.; National Portrait Gallery of the U.K. (1997)]

On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 AfriClassical posted: “Michael S. Wright on 'UK Arts Council Grants': 'The “axe” is likely to hit the music industry.'” The post began: “The UK Government are about to announce £100 million cuts in grants by the Arts Council at 10am today. The 'axe' is likely to hit the music industry that is already being strained by local authority cut backs.”

Today we received a second message from Michael S. Wright:

Bill, Thanks. Details are to be found on the spreadsheets included in
I have not had a chance to analyse all as yet but there are some significant casualties.
Regards
Mike

1 comment:

Gwen said...

We know that ancient peoples left examples of their culture in the art and crafts of their lives. Our art heritage is problematic, as the most valuable parts of creativity are being systematically denied.