Category Archives: arts funding

Counter Culture White Paper

Posted on April 18, 2016 by debdavemason

I have set up a small project to create a ‘Counter Culture White Paper’ partly in response to the recent DCMS White Paper but also as a way of bringing together all the thinking that has been happening in various … Continue reading →

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An experiment at home

Posted on February 3, 2016 by debdavemason

Throughout 2015 I looked at adverts for Artist in Residence schemes. I even applied for a few. Most of them were in schools and the briefs seemed to make the artist themselves the focus of the project. They would work … Continue reading →

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Aspiration, poverty & art

Posted on July 2, 2015 by debdavemason

I haven’t blogged for a while but a couple of things recently made me start thinking about this all over again. One was the article by Dawn Foster on the ‘poverty mindset’ (http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/30/poverty-negative-spiral-fear-self-loathing ) providing rather harder evidence than my … Continue reading →

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Towards a Progressive Arts Policy – cultural contracts

Posted on March 15, 2015 by debdavemason

This week gone by has been another big week for talking about the arts and where we are headed.  I was unable to attend the RSA/Arts Council event on their proposal for a Cultural Contract.  I did however watch the … Continue reading →

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Things I’d like to see (part 1): Real diversity in the arts

Posted on May 12, 2014 by debdavemason

I’ve been thinking a lot, a lot, a lot about this.  And, you know me, talking about it quite a bit. The thing about diversity is – it’s quite diverse and there are going to be certain barriers that are … Continue reading →

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Ask the Artist

Posted on February 5, 2014 by debdavemason

Last night I went to the first Provocation to come out of the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value – it was titled ‘Are cuts to funding the greatest threat to culture?’ Now the Commission are quite clear … Continue reading →

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Show me the evidence!

Posted on October 11, 2013 by debdavemason

George and Dave may still be intent on showing us the money but I say “show me the evidence!” In the last decade, with almost global access (and input into) the internet and its many web-based resources, we have moved … Continue reading →

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Challenges for the Arts – response to Maria Miller (et al)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by debdavemason

Maria Miller has made her speech and many have responded, mostly we are rehearsing the old arguments, couched in terms that Government can understand.  I am going on Monday to a meeting of the movement ‘What Next’ which seeks to … Continue reading →

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