Last Thursday, just a day after the cuts, the Guardian published a live Q&A with Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey. In his interview Alan talked about the Art’s Council’s focus on rural touring and sited Take Art as a positive example of this renewed support.
Date: 06 Apr 2011
Categories: live
Please read his quote below or visit http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/culture-cuts-blog/2011/mar/31/arts-council-funding-questions for the full article.
Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey, “Funding for rural touring has actually been strengthened. We support a large number of rural touring circuits such as Rural Arts North Yorkshire, Take Art in Somerset and Live and Local in Warwickshire. The National Rural Touring Forum has had a big increase in funding to support rural touring across the country. So while we were unable to offer funding to some organisations, these examples – and there are many more – show that we have a strengthened commitment to touring in rural areas.”