Re: The value of public funded art
 

This thread's had 1,596 hits, on little old Accy Web.

:rolleyes:

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Seems like it could be pistols a dawn, discrepancy of figures her:uzi:

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Artists taking the lead....I would call that, artists taking the proverbial(and that begins with a P too).
Pretentious twaddle!

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It'll get nicked ! :D Then flogged to a scrappies somewhere.

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Probably you Garinda ... admiring your artistic posts ... :D

All those hitters are not expressing an opinion though, are they ?

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Does that include the Bolshoi and Kirov ? ;)

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The Bolshoi, and the Kirov ballet were founded in 1776, and the 1740's, respectively.

They flourished very successfully under private sponsorship from patrons, for nearly two hundred years, before Uncle Joe Stalin came along with state funding, decimating most other art forms in the union.

;)

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Such a cultural giant was out Joe;)

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I've never been one to waste valuable time on self-admiration, and do others out of a job.

;)

He posted, noting that this thread has now had 1,740 views.

The thread 'Today I met an Accy Webber' has had 1,307, and that was started nearly two and a half years ago, and is still active..

Which makes this, Gayle's thread, a roaring, critically acclaimed success.

Which must be novel.

Do the number of hits equate to 'expressing an opinion', by the way?

Certainly reading this thread there doesn't seem an awful lot of support for our taxes being spent on community arts projects.

I did suggest a simple poll was attached to this thread, but the idea wasn't taken up.

Perhaps due to lack of funding.

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Or lack of real interest:rolleyes:

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Some people take an interest.

I've been contacted by the press, regarding this thread.

;)

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Well, I hope they contact me too for some context.

It's one thing to say you don't like the crocheting but it needs to be put into perspective. It's like saying you don't like a whole chain of restaurants when all you've done is gone in and tasted one pea. Or like saying you don't think a trilogy of books is any good when you've only read chapter five in the second book. It has a context and to take one element of the project out of context doesn't do it justice.

The crocheting was part of a much larger project across Lancashire.

I'll await the call.

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Can every local town look forward to a resident knitter, funded by the lottery/tax payer, producing wooly sculptures?

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Do you have a crocheted sculpture in your house or just the normal doylies(?)?

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No, every town is doing things differently.

Still to come in Accrington - a Flash Mob Dance and a Victorian Swimming Gala (on Broadway!!!).