Comments on: Rain in Paris http://jopesta.com/2008/10/01/rain-in-paris/ Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chuck http://jopesta.com/2008/10/01/rain-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Chuck Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:41:06 +0000 http://jopesta.com/?p=217#comment-259 The Art Gallery of Calgary is a definite pass for a contemporary arts gallery, but Calgary has a long way to go in that sphere. Here in Montréal, we've the Musée d'art contemporain, the Musée des beaux-arts (which has a contemporary arts section), Yves Laroche, and possibly many other lovely galleries I've yet to stumble upon. From what I've seen, it's the lack of arts funding in Alberta compared to elsewhere in Canada. And every sector of the arts has been <a href="http://artthreat.net/2008/08/harper-government-announces-mo" rel="nofollow">hurt</a> straight <a href="http://www.canadians.org/action/2008/14-Aug-08.html" rel="nofollow">across the board</a> by Harper's <a href="http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/504811" rel="nofollow">$45 million cuts</a> to the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/09/24/artist-protests.html" rel="nofollow">arts and culture</a>. The Art Gallery of Calgary is a definite pass for a contemporary arts gallery, but Calgary has a long way to go in that sphere. Here in Montréal, we’ve the Musée d’art contemporain, the Musée des beaux-arts (which has a contemporary arts section), Yves Laroche, and possibly many other lovely galleries I’ve yet to stumble upon.

From what I’ve seen, it’s the lack of arts funding in Alberta compared to elsewhere in Canada. And every sector of the arts has been hurt straight across the board by Harper’s $45 million cuts to the arts and culture.

]]> By: paul http://jopesta.com/2008/10/01/rain-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-258 paul Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:29:13 +0000 http://jopesta.com/?p=217#comment-258 calgary does have a modern art gallery... The Art Gallery of Calgary. shd we invest in a brick & mortar white cube or invest in the artists themselves, the grAssRooTs? calgary does have a modern art gallery… The Art Gallery of Calgary.

shd we invest in a brick & mortar white cube or invest in the artists themselves, the grAssRooTs?

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