Arts in Ottawa - Some Rambling Connections
Feb. 2nd, 2007 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineOne of my friendly acquaintances in local arts, Rob McLennan, recently posted something almost - but not quite - a rant on the state of arts funding here in Ottawa(the city, not the federal institution).
As you'll note in the comments following Rob's essay, I found a lot of what he wrote made sense to some extent. Not my choice of language, but there's cause for some shared concern there.
If you check my flist here regularly, you'll have also noticed announcements from the organizers of C-ACE at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cace_discuss. C-ACE is a local comics convention that has been building up steam over the last half-decade. That steam may be about to run out. Most distressing. And as far as I know, they've not done much in the way of asking for governmental help with their show. They want to be as self-reliant as they can. Admirable, if impractical in the context of Canada's history with the arts in general. But we can debate that later.
Yes, I'm thinking that the two events are to some extent linked. So's this one from Ottawa City Hall, courtesy of CBC News' Ottawa Bureau. I'm not entirely certain how to connect these particular dots, save in a thematic sense.
And today, I read a letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen from one of our more notable artists, Jennifer Dickson. She not only went after several generations of city councils, but we who've elected them as well. I'll post a link to that LOC as soon as I can find it, because I think she's kicked up the argument a notch. Whether it's a useful kick or not, I don't know.
As you'll note in the comments following Rob's essay, I found a lot of what he wrote made sense to some extent. Not my choice of language, but there's cause for some shared concern there.
If you check my flist here regularly, you'll have also noticed announcements from the organizers of C-ACE at
cace_discuss. C-ACE is a local comics convention that has been building up steam over the last half-decade. That steam may be about to run out. Most distressing. And as far as I know, they've not done much in the way of asking for governmental help with their show. They want to be as self-reliant as they can. Admirable, if impractical in the context of Canada's history with the arts in general. But we can debate that later.Yes, I'm thinking that the two events are to some extent linked. So's this one from Ottawa City Hall, courtesy of CBC News' Ottawa Bureau. I'm not entirely certain how to connect these particular dots, save in a thematic sense.
And today, I read a letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen from one of our more notable artists, Jennifer Dickson. She not only went after several generations of city councils, but we who've elected them as well. I'll post a link to that LOC as soon as I can find it, because I think she's kicked up the argument a notch. Whether it's a useful kick or not, I don't know.
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Date: 2007-02-02 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-02 03:58 pm (UTC)At least one of the questions that will follow from that desire is this: How can I help round up that 750+ in attendance that a resurgent C-ACE - or its successor - might well need? I suspect that the number was not just pulled out of a hat, but my high school accountantcy classes are far behind me...