Art Funding
Arts Council England to shelve new funding plan after outcry from producers
Arts Council England has shelved its controversial plan to stop producers from applying for new funding before their current project is over after it was dubbed “the worst idea in the world”.
Figures from the sector told the Guardian that the significant change to the way artists and companies access grants would have plunged organisations into “crisis” if they were enacted. Many of them warned that their firms might fold because they would not have been able to adapt.
A total of £2.5m is expected to be approved by Barnsley Council for three new “Yorkshire Rose” sculptures up to 50ft (15m) high in the town centre.
A report to be considered by the council’s cabinet seeks approval for funding to design and install the sculptures, which it said would serve as a visual gateway to the Seam Digital Campus.
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The UK Government’s Culture Secretary is set to announce millions of pounds in extra funding for arts and cultural venues on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
Lisa Nandy is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
