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Local authority arts cuts: Optimism can only take us so far

Arts organisations are resourceful, collaborative, entrepreneurial and imaginative, but we must recognise that the long-term decline in public funding will eventually topple a generation. Christy Romer introduces AP’s latest feature series on ‘Local authority arts cuts’.

Christy Romer
6 min read

One of the most pervasive myths is that creativity blossoms under adversity. You can throw anything at artists, the theory goes – sleep deprivation, debt, isolation, malnutrition – and the...

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