By Peter Lavelle Monday
5th June 15:44 GMT
Image: BBC.co.uk
Perhaps owing to public sector funding cuts, Scotland's new arts council Creative Scotland will not support print publishing.
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The newly launched Creative Scotland arts council will not support print publishing, according to the organisation's chief executive Andrew Dixon. He told allmediascotland.com recently that Creative Scotland's remit includes theatre and short films, but not newspapers and general publishing. Ironically perhaps given this, the new body was launched at Edinburgh Printmakers.
Creative Scotland was launched earlier this month to support Scotland's creative and cultural industries. The new body is the product of a merger between Screen Scotland and the Scottish Arts Council and, according to Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop, is Scotland's first “single national body for the arts, culture and creative industries.”
In spite of this though, Creative Scotland may have limited influence. Widespread public spending cuts mean the organisation has only a £60m budget and, according to Mr. Dixon, will have to find “new ways of investing in the industry.”
Comment
The arts budgets are often the first thing to disappear in times of economic hardship, making the creation of Creative Scotland itself heartening. Equally though, print publishing has been hit especially hard in this recession; hence Creative Scotland's limited scope is ultimately disappointing. For example, who decided that theatre was more creatively valid that newspaper publishing? The axe must obviously fall somewhere, but a period of public consultancy might perhaps have made the chop less brutal.
Sources
Anonymous, 'Creative Scotland Aims To Boost Arts and Culture,' News.BBC.co.uk, 1 July 2010.
Anonymous, 'Creative Scotland Rules Out Support For Print Media,' allmediascotland.com, 2 July 2010.
Anonymous, 'New Arts Body Officially Launched,' DissExpress.co.uk, 5 July 2010.
Tom Allan, 'Edinburgh Today – Creative Scotland Launched, Car-Jacking, African Piglets & Thrift,' Guardian.co.uk, 1 July 2010.
5th June 15:44 GMT
Image: BBC.co.uk
Perhaps owing to public sector funding cuts, Scotland's new arts council Creative Scotland will not support print publishing.
Fiona Hyslop SMP: Less A Chaînés Turn Than An Attitude Leap For Scottish Culture?The newly launched Creative Scotland arts council will not support print publishing, according to the organisation's chief executive Andrew Dixon. He told allmediascotland.com recently that Creative Scotland's remit includes theatre and short films, but not newspapers and general publishing. Ironically perhaps given this, the new body was launched at Edinburgh Printmakers.
Creative Scotland was launched earlier this month to support Scotland's creative and cultural industries. The new body is the product of a merger between Screen Scotland and the Scottish Arts Council and, according to Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop, is Scotland's first “single national body for the arts, culture and creative industries.”
In spite of this though, Creative Scotland may have limited influence. Widespread public spending cuts mean the organisation has only a £60m budget and, according to Mr. Dixon, will have to find “new ways of investing in the industry.”
Comment
The arts budgets are often the first thing to disappear in times of economic hardship, making the creation of Creative Scotland itself heartening. Equally though, print publishing has been hit especially hard in this recession; hence Creative Scotland's limited scope is ultimately disappointing. For example, who decided that theatre was more creatively valid that newspaper publishing? The axe must obviously fall somewhere, but a period of public consultancy might perhaps have made the chop less brutal.
Sources
Anonymous, 'Creative Scotland Aims To Boost Arts and Culture,' News.BBC.co.uk, 1 July 2010.
Anonymous, 'Creative Scotland Rules Out Support For Print Media,' allmediascotland.com, 2 July 2010.
Anonymous, 'New Arts Body Officially Launched,' DissExpress.co.uk, 5 July 2010.
Tom Allan, 'Edinburgh Today – Creative Scotland Launched, Car-Jacking, African Piglets & Thrift,' Guardian.co.uk, 1 July 2010.
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