Culture: Who'll sing our song now?; The Arts Council's takeover of the...

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ......for three days. When I came back, the Arts Council had completely changed the system of...well-prepared secrecy. In its own documents the Arts Council describes this as a 'proposal', but...RABs has raised questions about the Arts Council's future role. Without prior consultation...

Viewpoint: Value for money and the Arts Council

Belfast Telegraph;  April 11, 2007 ;     396 words ......hanging over the artistic world. The Arts Council is warning of a renewed funding crisis...000 National Lottery grant from the Arts Council, one of 54 bursaries distributed to a variety of interests last week. But the Arts Council announcement, made on Good Friday, has...

Arts council defends its stance as Playhouse issues formal complaint

Derby Evening Telegraph;  October 16, 2008 ;     315 words ...The Arts Council has defended its decision to withdraw...the Playhouse chairman, claimed the Arts Council acted beyond its powers in February...grant last year. Mr Powers wants the Arts Council to pay at least pounds750,000 to help...

Arts Council funding decisions criticised

The Northern Echo;  February 7, 2002 ;     322 words ......NORTH-East MP last night criticised the Arts Council for leaving Stockton's troubled Arc...Stockton South, spoke just after the Arts Council had pledged 250,000 to reopen the arts...November with debts of 750,000. The Arts Council announced last night that it is hoped...

ARTS DRIVE PUSHING TO MEET ITS GOAL< THE ARTS COUNCIL, WHICH HAD HOPED TO...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  April 28, 2005 ;     403 words ......Writer HIGH POINT -- The High Point Area Arts Council still hopes to turn up a few more dollars...000 by the end of June. Last year, the arts council raised a total of $232,500. That's about...2003. Chairman Sparky Stroud said the arts council is still hopeful it will receive about...

Is arts council failing public? ; The creation of an Arts Council was one...

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 1, 2008 ;     594 words ...The creation of an Arts Council was one of those wonderful post...reached out to the community. But the Arts Council was gifted an extra pounds500 million...threatened funding cut forced the Arts Council to perform a spectacular volte...

Fad and fashion fail to stand the test of time; The Hayward exhibition of...

The Evening Standard (London, England);  September 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......largely familiar works selected from the Arts Council's Collection - could only be greeted...a changing cast of curators from the Arts Council who made shrewd choices with remarkable...become the dummy on the knee of the Arts Council, whose Collection is none of the boastful...

The Arts Council and the gaiety of the nation

The Independent - London;  December 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......wrote with some exasperation about the Arts Council's recommended abolition of funding for...rise in funding. How on earth could the Arts Council justify recommending the withdrawal...by ignoring all recent figures. The Arts Council says "audiences, while slowly increasing...

Westchester Arts Council turns 40.

Westchester County Business Journal;  May 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The Westchester Arts Council had a modest beginning. In the spring...suburbs. After a feasibility study the Arts Council's first Board of Trustees decided...Today, even though the Westchester Arts Council serves more than 150 arts organizations...

City Council holds up Arts Council cash

The Journal Record;  August 20, 1997 ;     405 words ......delayed action on a plan to give the Arts Council $100,000 to make up for losses it...residents. The city actually loaned the Arts Council $100,000 in the aftermath of the bombing, funds the Arts Council now wants to pay back with federal...

Let's abolish the Arts Council

Evening Standard - London;  June 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The Arts Council is downgrading its regional arts boards...artistic director of the Barbican THE Arts Council has served its purpose. When it was...protecting the arts from government, the Arts Council now protects the Government from the...

Letters to theatre fail to support arts council's claims over funding...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  January 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......according to documents obtained by the Echo. Arts Council bosses heap praise on the theatre in...In the letter sent in January 2007, Arts Council South West executive director Nick Capaldi...Mr Capaldi goes on to explain how the Arts Council funding priorities work. "As the ...

This is a rather poor show from the Arts Council

The Independent - London;  November 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ......sleep-inducing phrase tends to be the two words Arts Council. Since the bureaucracy and inertia of...tend to give it little attention. The Arts Council has become suspiciously happy to reciprocate...one fascinating fact. It was that the Arts Council spent almost pounds 1.3m on ...

Arts council tries goal 5th time.(Triad)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  January 19, 2006 ;     303 words ......Writer HIGH POINT -- The High Point Area Arts Council kicked off its United Arts Fund drive...on the needs of the affiliates and the arts council, he said. Overall donations to the arts council and its affiliates have steadily increased...

Arts council saying goodbye.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 24, 2007 ;     291 words ......past five years, the Barrington Area Arts Council has struggled to find enough money to...programs to the community. Monday, the arts council announced the fight to find funds has...much to overcome. As of July 31, the arts council is closing its doors for good. This...