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Gayle · 29-10-2010, 10:56

Technically, it's not funded by HBC, it's funded from money that the government gave to HBC purely for entertainment/arts/events and activities designed to bring people into the town centre.

The government (pre coalition) gave all the deprived boroughs councils in England money for this purpose. I think the same pot of money was used for Aldo Zilli.

I asked if some could be ringfenced for specific Arts projects (note: Arts not just Art). HBC ring fenced £10k for it.

Working with the other Arts Development officers in Pennine Lancashire we then raised a further £100k from the Arts Council for 100s of other projects - this is why I kept saying that it all needed to be put into context. I must stress that I'm not taking credit for all the fund raising as the majority of it was done by the Arts Development team in Burnley.

All of this info can be found on Creativity Works |

29-10-2010, 10:56	#174
Gayle God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Relaxville Posts: 6,866 Blog Entries: 69 Liked: 13 times Rep Power: 2864	Re: The value of public funded art Technically, it's not funded by HBC, it's funded from money that the government gave to HBC purely for entertainment/arts/events and activities designed to bring people into the town centre. The government (pre coalition) gave all the deprived boroughs councils in England money for this purpose. I think the same pot of money was used for Aldo Zilli. I asked if some could be ringfenced for specific Arts projects (note: Arts not just Art). HBC ring fenced £10k for it. Working with the other Arts Development officers in Pennine Lancashire we then raised a further £100k from the Arts Council for 100s of other projects - this is why I kept saying that it all needed to be put into context. I must stress that I'm not taking credit for all the fund raising as the majority of it was done by the Arts Development team in Burnley. All of this info can be found on Creativity Works \| __________________ The views expressed within this post are mine and mine alone.