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Thursday, June 18, 2009
News / Arts ASC cuts funding to local arts groups
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM
The good news: Just yesterday, as part of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce's Inter City Visit (ICV), the Arts and Science Council (ASC) announced the creation of a new creative committee. Something else brought to light at the "Driving Creative Economies" function at the NC Music Factory's new Fillmore: three-fourths of Charlotteans support local government funding for the arts.
The problem, as we all know, is the economy. No one, including the government, has any extra cash.
Cultural groups had been bracing for the news, and Wednesday it came: Many of them will see their financial support from the Arts & Science Council cut next season by 25 percent or more.The ASC, whose fundraising has been hit hard by the recession, put notices in the mail Wednesday. Some groups' leaders couldn't wait. They went to the ASC's office on West Trade Street to pick up the letters themselves.
Of 10 leading groups canvassed Wednesday by the Observer, Children's Theatre of Charlotte suffered the least, receiving a cut of 22 percent. Opera Carolina, with a cut of 33 percent, was hit hardest.
Interested in keeping up with what's going on during the rest of the ICV? Check out the Twitter stream: #ICV09.
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