21
04
2008
And now: The burning of Atlanta(’s arts organizations)
Posted by: admin in cutting the arts lifeline (budget), Art is the first thing that goes out the window, Ah Atlanta..., Americans pretty much hate artists, Decline of human culture, Death of art, Commerce and the failure of art, Artistic failure in AmericaAccording to an April 13 story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, that city is facing a looming $119 million budget shortfall. And of course, as any good CAFA reader would expect, the city is poised to make an assault on its cultural institutions.
“When city budgets get tough,” the story begins, “arts and recreation programs are typically among the first to get cut…
“If the City Council approves the across-the-board cuts, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of the city’s current budget shows that the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs department will lose more money than any nonpublic safety department — $8.1 million.”
Said one commentator: “The arts are generally the service to get cut because many people don’t see the value.”
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