Comments on: Public vs. Private patronage of the arts….& Glyndebourne http://www.ginamallet.com/news/public-vs-private-patronage-of-the-arts-glyndebourne/ Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stephen http://www.ginamallet.com/news/public-vs-private-patronage-of-the-arts-glyndebourne/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Stephen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:44:30 +0000 http://www.ginamallet.com/?p=1220#comment-2167 Bravo. Finally someone who will tell it like it is. Let the Arts survive with patronage NOT goverment support... OOOOPS... I can feel the daggers in my back as I write... Toronto has spent billions building new temples to the Arts... who is attending? We have a new opera house, renovated symphonic hall, new art gallery, new museum and countless smaller regional theatre ... not to mention the thired encarnaton of the House that Beer Built...aka O'Keefe Centre... now SONY.. But who goes? Are they sold out? Are they flourishing? NOT! And the imposition of government guidelines has done nothing but given a few Canadians.. (and I MEAN A FEW) some cash for mediocre creativity..C'mon.. now is it worth it? I don't think a nation should devoid itself of culture.. NOT AT ALL... Just think goverment need not support it by employing hundreds of dillitents at outrageous salaries to determnine who deserves more tax payers' money.. Find a patron... Find donors,.... Concentrate on your product and raise it to a level deserving of audiences. You might then be successful Bravo. Finally someone who will tell it like it is. Let the Arts survive with patronage NOT goverment support… OOOOPS… I can feel the daggers in my back as I write… Toronto has spent billions building new temples to the Arts… who is attending? We have a new opera house, renovated symphonic hall, new art gallery, new museum and countless smaller regional theatre … not to mention the thired encarnaton of the House that Beer Built…aka O’Keefe Centre… now SONY.. But who goes? Are they sold out? Are they flourishing? NOT! And the imposition of government guidelines has done nothing but given a few Canadians.. (and I MEAN A FEW) some cash for mediocre creativity..C’mon.. now is it worth it?
I don’t think a nation should devoid itself of culture.. NOT AT ALL… Just think goverment need not support it by employing hundreds of dillitents at outrageous salaries to determnine who deserves more tax payers’ money.. Find a patron… Find donors,…. Concentrate on your product and raise it to a level deserving of audiences. You might then be successful

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