Elliott BledsoeA lot happened this week:
The next arts participation survey results are out, antisemitic requirements on federal arts funding are coming and find out what are organisations keen for in the next National Cultural Policy.
Home ━ The European Conservative [Unofficial]Labour Urged to Investigate Southbank Centre Boss Over Antisemitism Claims
Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ2/2 It reminds me of the rage when Thornton Wilder, a sneeree because intellectuals despised him as a lightweight, suddenly had not just a bestseller (still in print today) but a Pulitzer winner with his suberb, heartrending novella The Bridge of San Luis Rey #ArtsFunding #EmerMcLysaght
@packmusicTwo numbers that don't really belong in the same sentence: $5,000. That is the total government funding The Pack Music Co-operative has received across five years and more than twenty grant applications.$420 million. That is the projected annual direct payment to unsigned Australian artists under a proposed government-backed music streaming scheme.
The distance between those two numbers is not a 'start-up' funding gap. It is a government policy choice. It's a decision, made repeatedly and across multiple government institutions, about which parts of the music ecosystem are worth investing in.
The maths of building a musician-owned streaming platform from scratch, in the country with some of the strongest streaming consumption per capita in the world, is genuinely strange.
This blog breaks down why the numbers our government has found via its own research should be the ones making the argument for The Pack.
👉 https://www.packmusic.au/blog/howstreamingsavedlocalmusic
#MusicPolicy #ArtsFunding #IndependentMusic #ThePackMusic #AustralianMusic #MusicIndustry #MusicEconomics #StreamingRoyalties
Camille Bacon-SmithSo the article about how changes in arts funding will affect artists and small companies and their communities is here. After 60 years, they are reversing the flow of money from the communities to the big development projects.
BelascoLet's hope this letter of protest about the current Culture Minister of Germany's politically motivated meddling in appointed jury's decisions has an effect.
#kulturpolitik #germany #artsfunding #artfunding
https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/wolfram-weimer-kunstjury-wehrt-sich-gegen-seine-einschuechterungsversuche-a-668f150d-ef5f-46ad-b233-9a69dfa520d3
#kulturpolitik #germany #artsfunding #artfunding
https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/wolfram-weimer-kunstjury-wehrt-sich-gegen-seine-einschuechterungsversuche-a-668f150d-ef5f-46ad-b233-9a69dfa520d3
Abfrage von Namenslisten: Kunstfonds-Jury wirft Wolfram Weimer »Einschüchterungsversuch« vor
Eine Kunstjury prangert das Verhalten von Wolfram Weimer an. Anlass: Der oberste Kulturpolitiker des Landes forderte bei der Stiftung Kunstfonds die Namen aktueller Jurymitglieder an. Die sehen die Kunstfreiheit in Gefahr.
World news | The GuardianCultural venues in England to share £130m under Arts Everywhere scheme https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/14/cultural-venues-in-england-to-share-130m-under-arts-everywhere-scheme #ArtsFunding #ArtsCouncilEngland #ArtsPolicy #Culture #Museums #Libraries #Theatre #England #LisaNandy #NicholasSerota #RoyalShakespeareCompany #Heritage #Brighton #Salford #Reading #Derbyshire #Bristol #GreaterManchester #Stage #UkNews
Ministers consider charging tourists to access UK national museum collections https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/mar/26/ministers-tourist-fees-arts-museum-collections-uk #ArtsFunding #Museums #Culture #Art #ArtsCouncilEngland #ArtAndDesign #Heritage #UkNews #MargaretHodge
🕵️old klezmers🎻"KlezCalifornia is accepting proposals for a sixth round of grants from The Yiddish Culture Fund to help develop the next generation of Yiddish culture leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area! The application deadline is Sunday, April 12 for requests between $300 and $3,000"
https://klezcalifornia.org/the-yiddish-culture-fund/
The Yiddish Culture Fund - KlezCalifornia
The Yiddish Culture Fund Passover marks the start of a long journey. KlezCalifornia is very pleased to announce that we have met the $18,000 challenge from The Frederick J. Isaac Philanthropic Fund for The Yiddish Culture Fund. We are so grateful for the generous gifts from 251 individuals! Please continue to donate!KlezCalifornia’s Yiddish Culture Fund […]
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