‘Save the Arts!’...sign the petition…!

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• Date:
  22 September 2010
• Categories:
  Cultural engageme
• Introduction:
  The aim of the 'Save the Arts' campaign is to encourage people to sign a petition which will be sent to the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. It has taken 50 years to create a vibrant arts culture in Britain; the petition appeals to the government not to cut arts funding.
• Article:

  Over a hundred leading artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anthony Caro, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Richard Hamilton, Ridget Riley, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin have already joined the campain to make the case against the proposed 25% cuts in government funding of the arts.  Britain has a vibrant arts culture...let's not risk destroying our long-term achievement and the social and economic benefits which the arts culture brings to all.

  The campaign acknowledges that reasonable cuts and efficiencies are necessary but that the 25% cuts being proposed will destroy much of what has been achieved and will have a particularly damaging impact on smaller scale arts organisations, as well as on national and regional museums and their collections.

  To sign the petition, please go to www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-arts

  Or for more information visit: http://savethearts-uk.blogspot.com/

  They need 100,000 signatures so encourage everyone you know to sign it!

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