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Government Art Grants: Preaching to the Choir?

Andrea Carson | Posted 10.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: Toronto, Contemporary Art, Art, Arts Grants, Arts Funding, Visual Art, Government Grants, Rob Ford, Government Art Grants, Government Art Funding, Canada News
Andrea Carson

Who benefits from the granting system? The system supports artists, but artists come into public view only when their work is exhibited, by a museum, a commercial gallery or within the arts community itself.

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Post No Bills: Winnipeg's Pop Up Art Gallery

Andrea Carson | Posted 09.10.2011 | Canada
Read More: Winnipeg Art Scene, Contemporary Art, Canadian Art, Winnipeg, Doug Smith, Shaun Morin, Fringe Fest, Joe Kalturnyk, Keith Wood, Royal Art Lodge, Post No Bills, Eric Wood, Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Canada News
Andrea Carson

We have Nuit Blanche in Montreal and Toronto (which is a good start) and we have art fairs for collectors, but the question remains: how do we get the average non-art person visiting galleries and purchasing work by local artists?

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