Fighting the Cuts to BC Arts Funding - Useful Links

Sample letters of protest, if you want to write the BC Gov't about the cuts:
Click here

Links to all media stories on this issue, from the organizing group's Facebook page (newest on last page)
Updated list of media stories on the cuts

"Socio-Economic Impacts of Arts and Cultural Organizations in BC"
A report by the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Arts, BC, which they have since removed from their website

"Flex Your Muscles, BC Arts Community", The Tyee
The Tyee


Video of Kim Cattrall speaking out against the arts cuts
Kim Cattrall YouTube video


Revealing data visualizations of the arts cuts, by Jeremy Thorp
Arts Cuts Data Visualizations


"Flip-flops causing Lib machine to break down," by Michael Smyth in The Province, Sept 10
The Province

Excellent, entertaining notes on arts and the cuts, by Kate Armstrong, artist and art educator
Kate's Facebook notes

Communities get $2.86 million from B.C. government for torch relay parties
The Province, the same days as the gaming cuts were announced

Artists hit hard by cuts to gaming grants
The Globe & Mail

The Economist, on the 2010 Olympics budget overrun
The Economist

"Government is gambling with other people's money", The Province - very good article
The Province

Semi-adequate article in the Province about the rally, but buried on page A18 and ignoring the 91% figure:
The Province

"How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?"
by Nobel Award-winning economist Paul Krugman in the New York Times.
Krugman's article helps explalin why the kind of economic policies the BC Liberals have adopted are outdated and are being abandoned almost everywhere else thanks to the financial crash and recession.
New York Times

For Reference: Authors speaking out against library cuts - we are assembling a similar list of quotes from the arts, so if anyone finds any, please send them in:
Thinkcity.ca

"Protesters mourn death of arts funding in BC", Ubyssey (UBC Newspaper)
The Ubyssey

For Reference: "Vancouver School Board wants unacceptable funding cuts reversed"
The Province

"Government cuts steal colour from life"
canada.com

"Protesters mourn death of arts funding in BC", Ubyssey (UBC Newspaper)
The Ubyssey

Facebook Group - Organizing against Campbell's Cuts to the Arts
Facebook group

Facebook group - Save BC Arts and Culture
Facebook group

"Independent Media Arts Alliance calls support art strike"
Georgia Straight

"Ministers in Hiding"
Georgia Straight

"Restore Arts Funding Now!" Councillor Woodcock
Georgia Straight