Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Photomontage link...
Found these as part of a research into Photomontage, thinking about a direction with my own work on the MACD...
Wednesday blog - a bit of a rant...
Thought I would start the day off with more of an observational post, rather than the just posting of materials I have been undertaking of late. This morning I signed the 'save the arts petition' and the link for this is http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-arts.html
The cuts in government spending will affect us all in the creative industries at some level, and longterm this will seriously damage the arts in this country. Coupled with the cut backs being imposed on Education, the increase in tuition fees, and now cuts in spending, how on earth are the artists of tomorrow stand a chance?
My chosen MACD project subject, The Royal Exchange is one of a number of high profile arts/theatre companies who have just found out that their grant budget has been cut. The level of cuts are staggering to say the least...
Quote from the MEN...
The 2011/12 grants budget will be frozen while council bosses work out what they can afford to support. Town halls across the country will lose more than a quarter of their own government cash after Mr Osborne's review shaved a total of £81bn of public spending.
Theatre bosses in Greater Manchester said they would to audiences and partnerships with other venues for support, to minimise job losses. They warned they would have to take fewer risks with new performances, choosing 'safer bets' instead.
The Royal Exchange was worse hit by the ACE announcement, losing £171,841. It faces a review of a further £232,600 of AGMA cash.
Executive director Fiona Gasper, said: "It's almost like we're about to go into a totally new era of arts funding."
Theatre bosses in Greater Manchester said they would to audiences and partnerships with other venues for support, to minimise job losses. They warned they would have to take fewer risks with new performances, choosing 'safer bets' instead.
The Royal Exchange was worse hit by the ACE announcement, losing £171,841. It faces a review of a further £232,600 of AGMA cash.
Executive director Fiona Gasper, said: "It's almost like we're about to go into a totally new era of arts funding."
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
More Royal Exchange material...
John Thaw was brilliant!
A really good type resource link...
http://www.icograda.org/feature/galleria/galleria441.htm
This link was found by one of my HND students Rory Edwards, it's a good resource and well worth a look. The site loads easily too, which is good to see...
Sites from The Land of Typography...
http://www.typography.com/index.php?affiliateID=122
http://www.facebook.com/typographypage
This is run by a contact from SIUC Michigan in the States...
A couple more from FB land...
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