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Participation on trial March 20152015-10-26T14:54:22+00:00weekly0.6https://debdavemason.com/creative-projects/london-debates-bw-drawings-tuttle/2015-10-26T14:37:14+00:00weekly0.6https://debdavemason.com/creative-projects/london-debates-bw-drawings-fil2015/https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tuttle2.jpgtuttle 2Listening at Tuttle sept 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tuttle1.jpgtuttle 1A conversation at Tuttle - sept 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-1.jpg#FIL2015 1Shami Chakrabarti first session Feminism in London conf 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-3.jpg#FIL2015 3Opening panel getting ready, Shami Chakrabarti, Lisa Alabash, Kate Smurthwaite with heroic Speech-text women in foreground - Feminism in London conf 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-2.jpg#FIL2015 2Global panel - Anne-Laure & Jessica - Feminism in London conf 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-4.jpg#FIL2015 4Sophie Walker, leader of Women's Equality Party speaking in first session of Feminism in London conf 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-5.jpg#FIL2015 5Global Panel - Feminism in London conf 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-6.jpg#FIL2015 6Global Panel - Feminism in London conf 2015https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-7.jpg#FIL2015 750:50 parliament session - Feminism in London Conf - Francis Scott and Helen Pankhursthttps://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fil-10.jpg#FIL2015 10Italian panellist & translator: 50:50 parliament session - Feminism in London Conf 2015-10-26T14:29:22+00:00weekly0.6https://debdavemason.com/2015/09/15/post-capitalist-creation/2015-09-15T09:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://debdavemason.com/2015/07/02/aspiration-poverty-art/2015-07-22T09:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://debdavemason.com/2015/05/01/a-vote-for-austerity-is-a-vote-for-death/2015-05-01T08:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://debdavemason.com/2015/04/29/blast-from-the-past-how-much-has-changed-though/https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/j-t-mac-but-taken-in-ipswich.jpgJ T Mac but taken in Ipswich2015-04-29T19:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://debdavemason.com/2015/03/15/towards-a-progressive-arts-policy-cultural-contracts/https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/response-to-cultural-contract.jpgresponse to cultural contractMy response to RSA draft Cultural Contract2015-03-15T13:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://debdavemason.com/2015/03/11/re-balancing-act/2015-03-11T13:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://debdavemason.com/creative-projects/arts-policy-50-click-on-image-for-gallery/https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/13.jpg13THIRTEEN: Rich free / Poor free In order to bring the arts within reach of a wider public, greater use might be made of the subsidised travel for special occasions which the Arts Council already operate and the practice of giving specially reduced theatre prices to students and to special groups should be more widely adopted. It’s great to have a £10 a ticket system, but if all the £10 tickets are being sold to people who were buying them for £50 the week before, then that’s no great gain.Chris Bryant MP Between February 2009 and March 2011, A Night Less Ordinary gave 393,657 free theatre tickets to people under 26. Arts Council Englandhttps://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/15.jpg15FIFTEEN: What artists eat / what artists earn Some local authorities will need a good deal of persuading before they are convinced that the money it is in their power to spend on arts and amenities is money well spent and deserving a much higher priority than hitherto. For every £1 spent by local authorities in England, less than half a penny is spent on culture. The average net spend by local authorities is only 16p per person per week. National Campaign For The Artshttps://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16.jpg16SIXTEEN: Break out and take your power If one side of life is highly mechanised, another side must provide for diversity, adventure, opportunities both to appreciate and to participate in a wide range of individual pursuits. An enlightened government has a duty to respond to these needs. A new social as well as artistic climate is essentialhttps://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/12.jpg12TWELVE: The rent doesn’t pay itself At present, the artist, having finished their schooling, has still to gain experience and has difficulty in obtaining employment. Many turn aside to other types of employment because the life of the artist is too precarious. The so-called golden age of arts funding has given way to debilitating austerity, particularly for artists who find themselves at the end of a long food chain, divorced from arts funding and policy decision making. Susan Jones, 2013 Many well qualified, talented and passionate young people lack the resources to pay their own way through an unpaid internship. Institute for Public Policy Research, 2010https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1.jpg1ONE: Virtuous Circle/Vicious Circle Only yesterday it was the fight for a free health service. The day before it was the struggle to win education for all ... In any civilised community the arts and associated amenities, serious or comic, light or demanding, must occupy a central place. Their enjoyment should not be regarded as something remote from everyday life. In the zero-sum economy of austerity Britain, the arts are increasingly required to couch their case in terms appropriate to those basic services - social care, education, policing - with which they're in competition for dwindling public funds. David Edgar, 2012 It has been an incredible life-changing opportunity for the town/community. We loved being able to give opportunities to young people. We also discovered so many local charities and companies that we can give a boost to. Luton Fun Palace, 2014https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/6.jpg6SIX: Another Brick in the Wall Certain sections of the press, by constantly sniping at cultural expenditure, made philistinism appear patriotic. The wicked Tories will be blamed for ‘vandalising’ the arts, just you see. Yet how bad are the arts cuts? Or is much of this merely special pleading by an over-indulged quango? Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 2011https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3.jpg3THREE: Not for the likes of you Too many working people have been conditioned by their education and environment to consider the best in the arts outside their reach. The lack of opportunity is not simply limiting the people coming in, it's restricting what's being written. Working-class kids aren't represented. Working-class life is not referred to. It's really sad. Julie Walters, 2014https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2.jpg2TWO: Invest in the bare life of the people But if a high level of artistic achievement is to be sustained and the best in the arts made more widely available, more generous and discriminating help is urgently needed, locally, regionally, and nationally. Arts Council England has revealed plans for implementing the 29.6% cut to its budget announced as part of the Government's Spending Review. the Entertainment and Media Group News, October 2010https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4.jpgRebalancing more than moneyRebalancing more than money (from #ArtsPolicy50 collage set)https://debdavemason.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/5.jpg5FIVE: (H)eart Centre The concept of the arts centre is most valuable since such a centre can be of almost any size and cover any range of activities. A single hall can provide a place where local people can meet, perform an amateur play, hold an exhibition of their own or of professional work, put on a film show, lecture or recital and generally act as focal point for cultural activities and amenities. We felt it was really important to hand over the venue to the local community; local individuals and organisations were invited to take part. This ensured a wholly accessible approach, with new audiences in a family friendly setting. 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