Arts Matter NI/NoI

A campaign platform to secure a sustainable arts sector in North of Ireland/NI #ArtsMatterNI established 2014

[Arts Matter NI/NoI @ArtsMatterNI]

The economic benefits that our arts sector amplified through public funding… in black and white! More funding creates more economic benefit, but that doesn’t even factor in the huge social, educational and creative benefits https://t.co/ZHKUu2EaO2

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@CommunitiesNI could you provide a link to the actual budget please? - the consultation page doesn’t provide a breakdown.

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After a Big Week, What Now for the Arts Council in the Republic?
Toner Quinn in the Journal of Music offers some reflections… https://t.co/Q6a271nRRy

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Arts funding cuts in Northern Ireland prompts Derry & Strabane Council to write to Taoiseach for support.
https://t.co/VePIKdUCKn

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£85m to support arts & cultural organisations across England.
Barnet Consequential would be £2m+ if allocated here from our block grant. There is so much pressure on budgets to maintain premises and spaces locally. @CommunitiesNI @ArtsCouncilNI

https://t.co/QE00J3ZHl9

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@Quinnfreelance @UlsterUni @RiversideUlster @watersidetheatr @PintsizedNi @EchoEchoDance @CommunitiesNI @gordonlyons1 @theatredanceni The pressures on the arts and the communities they serve are immense. We look to see how the long-anticipated DfC ministerial arts strategy (announced last July) ensures sustainable access for professional and community participation alike. The arts matter.

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Arts Professional thinks that mergers and professionalising are novel.
Arts orgs have carried out & proposed more options than these and yet our government presides over an arts portfolio without a one letter of offer or a penny of core funding in place.
https://t.co/Unbw6Mn4Gt

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The absurdity of the current position of annually funded organisations … https://t.co/VgXI57OpG3

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The government spending review is giving England’s Arts Council pause for thought, even after promised investment. Locally, the sector hasn’t heard how the 25/26 budget is looking here, never mind longer term. https://t.co/fS7ZLyeziv

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Arts Council NI chairman will not be reappointed to role by DUP minister, yet it seems the vice chair will.
https://t.co/faOjYNe8iF

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Arts groups ‘wheeled out when it suits but disgracefully underfunded’ https://t.co/EPm0hA30aG

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UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material. https://t.co/iL7dn50RhH

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This report, echoing the ACNI report of last year on artists’ livelihoods, paints a picture of precarity and despair for this sector.
Plus, the daily threat from AI that continues to undermine intellectual property. Artists must be better protected.

https://t.co/zmkXRhgUFL

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@BBCJayneMcC Offering
£10m of that to the arts sector would considerably narrow gap on funding compared to Wales (& stabilise struggling sector). Even doubling funding won’t bridge gap.

To match RoI, extra £30m + for this year alone would have to be allocated.
#artsmatterni #wemattertoo

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Full Steam ahead for creativity in all subjects… putting the arts and creativity back into the curriculum https://t.co/tc5MZnlGsN

[Michael Quinn @Quinnfreelance]

An exemplary response by @ArtsMatterNI to @niexecutive's Programme for Government consultation. Lots of valuable stats to use if you haven't yet spoken up to argue for the centrality of the arts to NI's social & economic development @EquityNIBranch @theatredanceni @we_will_thrive

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@Quinnfreelance @niexecutive @EquityNIBranch @theatredanceni @we_will_thrive Here’s Arts Matters NI comprehensive response to the consultation with supporting guidance. There are a few days still left to state our case and see culture, arts and heritage reinstated as priorities for this Assembly and for our community:
https://t.co/cPzlkE6CHt

[CAP @comartspartner]

The @ArtsMatterNI response is available below, please share and you are welcome to use any part(s) of our response in your own submissions.

https://t.co/c6rbHAkeff

The deadline for contributions to the online submission is: Monday November 4th at 11.59pm.

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See the ArtsMatterNI response to the draft Northern Ireland Executive Programme for Government (PfG) Consultation survey.

https://t.co/cPzlkE6CHt

The deadline for contributions to the online submission is: Monday November 4th at 11.59pm.

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This new Labour government should ‘invest big’ in arts and culture projects, says respected economist.
But as a devolved matter, would it make any difference locally in NI where the funding is down to the minister’s prerogative and little else. https://t.co/goB8TAL8YC