Well that really is news!
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“Premier Dalton McGuinty’s government is providing extra funding for the Ontario Arts Council over the next four years: $5 million a year, for a total of $20 million.
That means that for its 2009-2010 operations, the provincial arts council will have almost $60 million to distribute to hundreds of individual artists and cultural organizations – the most money it has ever been allocated.”
Read the rest of the Toronto Star article HERE
Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...
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Didn’t the government just recently give to major institutions like the AGO and the ROM, among several from an overflow of funds..? (Globe & Mail)
Yes:
http://viewoncanadianart.com/2008/04/03/voca-says-come-on-people/
and
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/04/02/ontario-culture.html
I hope it actually trickles down to the artists vs the money’s managers..
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