Miners, farmers, forestry workers oppose cuts to arts and culture in BC

I've discovered this great web site that features

• fantastic images of workers in the sectors of Mining, Farming, Forestry, Pulp, and Small town businesses protesting cuts to arts and culture in BC
• downloadable stickers protesting the cuts

Check it out!

Farmers say Restore Arts Funding!

Farmers say Restore Arts Funding!

EXCERPT:

Boal says the government ought to be ashamed of devoting the lowest percentage of all provinces of its operating budget to culture in spite of having the largest percentage of its labour force in arts occupations. “We’re investing less than half the national average,” he says. “Québec invests nearly four times what we do. We need to narrow this gap, not make it worse.”

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Fight grey in BC!

I've been thinking about the grey idea: the idea that we artists should wear grey in our public protests to show what the world would be like without the arts. The problem is that grey is what we are fighting against! I think the "wear grey" idea is too boring! We are not exciting the public imagination with this grey campaign are we? The PSA with dancer and cello with very colourful background is what we are about! (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rtI3NPa9jE). And the grey man with the umbrella is what we are fighting! Wouldn't our message be much clearer if our public messaging through public actions was in line with this great PSA?