The Arts Committee |
The Arts group meets three times a year to discusses and debate arts issues. Its members give reports on architecture, art exhibitions, books and libraries, music, and the theatre. Members aim to promote awareness of how the arts operate in this country, look at new trends, and become involved in problem areas. Recent speakers at meetings have covered a variety of topics, including Geoffrey Hunt from the Croydon Public Library spoke on his experiences as a librarian and about the current financial constraints on library resources to a guided tour of the Young Vic, the British Film Institute, and the South Bank Centre, viewing recent changes to the complex and hearing about the marketing work that is done on behalf of the arts organisation in the South Bank area. Seminars have been held on Saving our Arts Treasures in Places of Worship and one on Funding the Arts; this is a worrying time for the arts world with so much money being diverted to the London Olympics. The current work programme includes studies of:
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