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nancyfjorde.bsky.social
Brilliant, especially as these tours coincide with an election in Vancouver. #FundTheArts
owentg.bsky.social Owen Gower @owentg.bsky.social · 5d
Audio on vintage iPods, ancient conservation freezers, dodgy lighting and 'make do and mend' exhibitions take me right back to my days working in museums, so it was interesting to read how the Museum of Vancouver's Austerity Tours are attempting to challenge the status quo of arts + culture funding.
From ailing cooling systems to toxic chemicals, a museum tour shines a light on the effects of austerity
To drive home the impact of stagnant support for arts and culture, the Museum of Vancouver is offering “austerity tours” of its aging campus
www.theartnewspaper.com
October 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
gaspingenemyofgod.bsky.social
That isn't a death spiral.
That's a fucking threat with a thesaurus. 🧠💥

#KennedyCenter #JFK #JohnFKennedy #Trump #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #DOJ #JusticeDepartment #Arts #PerformingArts #SaveTheArts #FundTheArts #ArtsFunding #Culture #AmericanCulture #WashingtonDC #NationalLandmark
'Unconscionable': Lawyers hit back after Trump admin suggests Kennedy Center could be demolished
In the filing, a top official in DOJ's Civil Division argues the "decrepit" Kennedy Center faces an imminent "death spiral" without Trump's intervention.
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August 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
poppybalser.bsky.social
I hope this week break from the Legislature has given our PC MLA’s the chance to hear from their constituents and reflect upon the impact of the proposed budget cuts.

Here is the letter I sent to the Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage

#nspoli
#fundthearts
Dear Minister Ritcey We met at Teichert Gallery in Halifax last September at the opening of the Open Water exhibition. I was Chair of the exhibition and introduced you when you offered your remarks. I am, by any definition, a successful Nova Scotia artist. I do not rely on grants in my personal painting practice but I do rely on arts groups such as the Annapolis Regional Arts Council, the Nova Scotia Art Bank, the Chester Art Society and Teichert Gallery at the AGNS to show my work. All of these groups have reported these proposed cuts will result in reduced public programming, less staffing or other significant changes that will reduce how they help the public engage in art. The arts community is a vibrant community of engaged individual who support each other. Something that affects one of us, does truly affect all of us. One small example, If artists have to take on outside work to survive because of the cuts, then they have less time to volunteer. Artists are often very active volunteers in the tourism and culture activities this province is so known for. As Minister for Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, I am sure you are aware of the value that the Arts and Culture industry provides to our province. Let me share a quote from a recent report in the Globe and Mail supports the value of artistic engagement in society: “Canada's arts and culture sector contributed $65 billion in direct GDP to the Canadian economy in 2024, growing faster and supporting more jobs per dollar than other key sectors like oil and gas, manufacturing or agriculture. These findings come from Artworks: The Economic and Social Dividends from Canada's Arts and Culture Sector, a new report conducted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's Business Data Lab.“ (1) (I encourage you to read the full article) Tourism is a huge business in Nova Scotia as you well know. People come here for our ocean playground, sure, but they also come for our music, art and heritage. They leave with books about here, paintings from here, singing songs they learned here. It is the rare tourist who comes here to see a shale gas plant or a gold mine. Artists are not just people who make pretty pictures, dance, write books or make music.  We are the people who give voice to the parts of us that make us human.  It is hard to quantify the value of artists because so much of what we do is about creating positive emotions, raising spirits and forging connections between people.  How do you put a price tag on that?  One cannot, because it is priceless work.  We need the province's support in our work.   I urge you to abandon these cuts to arts, culture, and heritage. The solution to the province’s fiscal health is in realizing our home grown potential in this sector.  The arts industry is not extractive, and does not rely on foreign corporations (oil and gas, gold mining, for example) Restoring the existing funding to the arts industry is an investment that will pay off over the long term.  I recognize your government is the one proposing these cuts, but I am asking you to oppose to them and advocate for their reversal.   Sincerely Poppy Balser Digby Nova Scotia https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/markets-news/Newsfile/35764058/arts-and-culture-sector-contributes-131-billion-to-canada-s-economy/
March 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
elhopkins.bsky.social
AI accounts for £11.8 bn & 86k jobs.
Creative industry: £125 bn & 2.4 million jobs. #FundtheArts
Why is Rachel Reeves focusing on AI it’s not anywhere near as profitable as the Arts to our economy. Labour should be supporting the over 2.4 million workers in this industry. AI profits billionaires.
March 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
poppybalser.bsky.social
Teaching Assistants (TA’s) at NSCAD have not received a raise since 1984. 42 years ago!

Excellent reporting by the @halifaxexaminer.ca that shows the dire straits of staff at NSCAD who are on strike.

#fundTheArts
#nspoli

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/education/ns...
NSCAD staff strike in response to failed negotiations, low wages - Halifax Examiner
The rally took place outside NSCAD's Fountain Campus at Granville Mall.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
March 17, 2026 at 11:25 AM
hobnail.bsky.social
Signage, Funding Cut Protest, Halifax, Nova Scotia

#Halifax #NovaScotia #Fundthearts
March 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
hobnail.bsky.social
Rat out Front, Funding Cuts Protest, March 10, Halifax, Nova Scotia

#Halifax #NovaScotia #Fundthearts
March 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Man Confronted by Signs, Nova Scotia Legislature, Halifax

#Halifax #NovaScotia #Fundthearts
March 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
elhopkins.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social
#FundTheArts
March 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
elhopkins.bsky.social
Why are Labour focusing on AI but telling young people that the Arts aren’t a good industry to go into? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk @plaidcymru.bsky.social
AI accounts for £11.8 bn & 86k jobs.
Creative industry: £125 bn & 2.4 million jobs. #FundtheArts
March 7, 2026 at 10:24 AM
poppybalser.bsky.social
And now for some art:

“Coastal Drama”, 16x20 inches

Watercolour painting of Point Prim, NS , one of our many wild and beautiful public areas maintained by volunteers and community groups who rely on government funding.

#novascotia #fundthearts #defendns
Watercolour painting of a cloud of spray after a large wave hits the cliffs at Point Prim, NS Mist hangs suspended in the air and water streams off the rocks. Sunlight and shadow make long streaks across the mist.
March 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
poppybalser.bsky.social
If you don’t understand why artists, community groups, Black, Indigenous, disabled folks, and more are SO MAD, here’s the math on the mean-spirited austerity budget proposed by the N.S. Premier. Thanks to @joanbaxter.bsky.social for all her terrific reporting!

#nspoli #fundthearts #stopthecuts
March 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
hobnail.bsky.social
Man Confronted by Rats, Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

#Halifax #NovaScotia #Fundthearts
March 4, 2026 at 8:09 PM
hobnail.bsky.social
Big Turnout, Arts Funding Protest, Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

#Halifax #NovaScotia #Fundthearts
March 4, 2026 at 8:07 PM
hobnail.bsky.social
Crowded Pledge, Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

#Halifax #NovaScotia #Fundthearts
March 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
nineteendegrees.bsky.social
Here in Annapolis for Maryland Art Day, a yearly event at the intersection of the arts and government organized by mdarts.org

Today I’ll be advocating for local grass roots arts organizing and for maintaining and increasing funding for the arts in Maryland.

#fundthearts #marylandcitizensforthearts
MCA - Maryland Citizens for the Arts
An arts advocacy organization committed to expanding the nonprofit arts sector through public investment and service for all Maryland citizens.
mdarts.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
colourfulhistories.bsky.social
'The only way to grow healthy, robust social fibre is through building an independent and confident culture. And the only way to build a confident culture is through encouraging the arts, in all their forms, by creating the conditions to tell our own stories.'

#FundTheArts
‘A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised
We need a society that values its visionaries, those who go against the grain to create new dreams that reveal other ways of being
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
writersvictoria.bsky.social
Thank you to @the.australian for interviewing us recently about Creative Victoria’s brutal funding cuts to the literary sector.

#SaveWritersVictoria #ArtsCuts #FundTheArts #SupportWriters #VictorianArts #AustralianWriters #CreativeVictoria
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
lamjones.bsky.social
#FUNDTHEARTS
mattufford.bsky.social Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social · Dec 18
too much bad news lately, so I’m sharing this song my son wrote. it is the most annoying song I’ve ever heard in my entire life.
It is to my very great chagrin that I hav written out alt text for these song lyrics: I'm smarter than you I'm smarter than you eat a bowl of poo- poo PoOPy PooPy d00- doo youre dumber than me you're dumber than me wash that down with Pee-pee tinkle winkle wee - wee nya nya nya nya nya nya nya nya nya hya I know more than you you know less than me nya nya nya nya nya hya nya nya nya nya Dont forget to eat your Poo-poo Don’t forget to drink your pee-per [repeat from top]
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
fabulush76.bsky.social
Not to mention demonizing the humanities in our educational institutions. 📚

And please don’t get me started on the arts: music & theater. 🎭

They have created this problem and all of a sudden seem shocked. 🙄

#Shame #FundTheArts
starrdiver.bsky.social spooky boner @starrdiver.bsky.social · Dec 16
Just really awesome how our financial elite just spent the last several decades admonishing people for pursing the humanities and creative fields, and are now suddenly pedaling the idea that "there are no good ideas anymore" after spending the last 5 years laying off everybody with a brain
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
maqart55.bsky.social
Wow.
Thank you Tom Stoppard, and visionary thinkers and writers everywhere.
Alt text in comments.

#FundTheArts
harrywallop.co.uk Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · Dec 2
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
kbd.ink
I seriously love that @terms-n-cons.bsky.social is resonating with people! Can't wait to show the world the film we make! Thank you to everyone on this list!

#Filmsky #Scriptsky #IndieFilm #Filmmaking #Gratitude #Queer #Genre #Horror #Comedy #Art #Creativity #Crowdfunding #FundTheArts
terms-n-cons.bsky.social Terms and Conditions @terms-n-cons.bsky.social · Nov 20
THANK YOU to our very first backers! Y'all have jump started this beyond my wildest dreams and I'm so happy you're on the quirky, campy, queer ride with us!

Wanna see your name on our feed? Head over to termsandcons.com!

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robfrench.bsky.social
A list of the names of the first 10 backers of our short film Terms & Conditions! The names are Rob French, Joel Villarreal, Katie Kahler, Dustin Sklavos, Jeff Bent, Paul Newton, JD Tucker, Laura Mattingly, Suzanne Bonifaz, and Zach Anderson.
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
mysticwolfstudios.bsky.social
A peek into the past. This house stood empty for decades. Photography preserves its memory.
igg.me/at/mysticwolfstudios/x/5999181#/

#UrbanExploration #VisualStorytelling #RuralDecay #SupportArtists #FundTheArts #FundTheArts #CrowdfundingProject #HelpFundThis #photography #BackThisProject
September 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
mysticwolfstudios.bsky.social
Take one shot you think is wrong on purpose. Sometimes your mistakes are your style.

If you haven't already, drop a like, follow, and share so you don't miss more tips! It all helps! #fy #photos #photography #photo #mysticwolfstudios #SupportArtists #FundTheArts #BackThisProject
September 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
mysticwolfstudios.bsky.social
“Shadows aren’t flaws; they’re the poetry in your picture.” - John Knutson #fy #photos #photography #photo #mws #mysticwolfstudios #SupportArtists #FundTheArts #CrowdfundingProject #HelpFundThis #photography #BackThisProject
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM