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@TheMACBelfast @TWBSavages @we_will_thrive Thank you sharing this and for the #MACQT event. 🙌
Here’s hoping some of the folk who need to read it do so.
"There were big promises but no big ideas."
Musician @pb_connolly from Derry Punk Rock band @TWBSavages, who attended our #MACQT in April, wrote a guest blog for @we_will_thrive about the state of the Arts in NI and what can be done about it. A great read! Please share.
A question at our recent #MACQT with @allianceparty @GreenPartyNI @uuponline @SDLPLive @duponline was about the urgent situation facing artist studios & if the assembly can work with artists to co-design permanent solutions & support designation of buildings for culture. Discuss.
Thoughts?
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About 2,000 artists, actors and musicians in Ireland are to get €325 (£270) a week under a new basic income for the arts pilot scheme
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We should have a specific Question Time on Arts in the Assembly, rather than burying arts questions with other DFC questions @MatthewOToole2 #MACQT
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Many artists are forced to leave NI to pursue arts career. How can you justify this brain drain and how will you support the very people who are driving positive change in the regions image and economy?
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What percentage of the budget would you pledge towards the arts?
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Claire Bailey says too much emphasis on Northern Ireland plc, not enough emphasis on what actually makes NI work. We also need to protect Writers Square! @ClareBaileyGPNI #MACQT
Mike Nesbitt - the sector needs to persuade all the parties that Arts & Culture has a role in multiple desired outcomes in draft Programme for Government; better education, health, attracts investment and tourists. @mikenesbittni #MACQT
From the audience Fiona Bell from @we_will_thrive says their research shows that 98% of NI population engage in art. ‘It is an everyday activity.’ #MACQT
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What are politicians going to do to match per capita spending in other regions within our own Arts Council?
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@mikenesbittni, @Kelmba and @ClareBaileyGPNI are the first up to answer an audience member’s question - What will you do to stop perpetuating the myth that art is a social luxury? #macqt
Far too much emphasis imo from the stage on how the arts helps with health, tourism etc & that’s why it’s important. The arts is worth resourcing in its own right. It’s a sector. It does all those things but that’s not why it’s important #MACQT
Mike Nesbitt - in 2012 the @ArtsCouncilNI budget was £15.2m, in 2019/20 it is £11m.
How did that happen? #macqt
Packed house @TheMACBelfast for #MACQT - Do the Arts matter to Stormont?
Welcome address from @AnneattheMAC before introducing our panellists.
Come along for a pre-election opportunity to hear what the people who want your vote have to say, and more importantly, what they plan to do about it.
You're welcome to ask any question you like. To send your question in advance email [email protected].
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