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Originally Posted by keetah_992000
I have also recently worked in a school in Blackburn who have little money for creative activities as it is - the children are missing out, because like it or not learning through the creative process is one of the most beneficial ways to learn. I am not just talking about painting, but building 3D models/dens/tactile experiences.
How many of you have experienced the joy of your child/grandchild bringing home their first painting - would you take that away from someone else?
Designers, architects, textile manufacturers, art therapists, product designers (including wheelchair and special support furniture designers) will all be affected and many more.
So it will affect disability provisions.
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keetah, arguments which try to be heartstring pulling but don't have much logic or fact in them don't go down well with people from 'northern impoverished old mill towns'.
If the children aren't building dens and enjoying 'tactile experiences' they might have more time to learn to read,write and do maths. Going off what employers and universities say they certainly need it.
A childs first painting at school will be impossible without arts grant support? Don't be foolish.
Designers, architects, wheelchair designers? Now you're really bringing tears to my eyes. Not one of those you list needs or gets arts grant support. I HOPE! I wouldn't like to live in a house designed by an architect who couldn't survive without an arts grant.
Times are bad. People who come from 'northern impoverished old mill towns' need a lot of convincing that the taxes they pay should, at the moment, be spent on art, or even Art.
Forget the emotion and give us just one thing from the art world you think needs and deserves some of the money we're currently borrowing from the rest of the world!