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Hello my name is Alan Davey I am chief executive of Arts Council England.
I want to talk about Achieving great arts for everyone, our ten-year framework of ambition for the arts.
Why are we doing this in a time when we’ve just announced cuts for the arts, due to the wider public spending cuts? Well I think it’s more important at a time of cuts to have a long term vision, a long term ambition, and a long term framework to guide us with the decisions that we are going to have to make.
Decisions that are hard but we need to look to the long term going forwards. Because one thing is clear, the arts over the next ten years are going to change. Whether it’s within artforms, whether it’s how we enjoy particular artforms, or between artforms, whether it’s the art itself or the means of consuming that art.
Technology is going to take us to places we can’t even imagine yet, and the arts are going to take us to place we can’t even imagine yet. What we’ve got to do is to take a long term view to keep the arts focused on ambition, focused on possibility and to the various storms financial and otherwise that might be ahead of us.
So ,the document Achieving great art for everyone is an important thing, it’s been achieved through conversations with artists, with audiences, with people who are interested. So, it’s not just our view, it’s our reflection of your views. But it represents our clear ambition for the work forward. It’s an important thing; it’s an important enterprise. Look at the document, respond to it, talk to us about it, but know that this is our guide for the next ten years. Thank you.
I want to talk about Achieving great arts for everyone, our ten-year framework of ambition for the arts.
Why are we doing this in a time when we’ve just announced cuts for the arts, due to the wider public spending cuts? Well I think it’s more important at a time of cuts to have a long term vision, a long term ambition, and a long term framework to guide us with the decisions that we are going to have to make.
Decisions that are hard but we need to look to the long term going forwards. Because one thing is clear, the arts over the next ten years are going to change. Whether it’s within artforms, whether it’s how we enjoy particular artforms, or between artforms, whether it’s the art itself or the means of consuming that art.
Technology is going to take us to places we can’t even imagine yet, and the arts are going to take us to place we can’t even imagine yet. What we’ve got to do is to take a long term view to keep the arts focused on ambition, focused on possibility and to the various storms financial and otherwise that might be ahead of us.
So ,the document Achieving great art for everyone is an important thing, it’s been achieved through conversations with artists, with audiences, with people who are interested. So, it’s not just our view, it’s our reflection of your views. But it represents our clear ambition for the work forward. It’s an important thing; it’s an important enterprise. Look at the document, respond to it, talk to us about it, but know that this is our guide for the next ten years. Thank you.
Informed by a major consultation earlier in the year, Achieving great art for everyone sets out a 10-year vision with five ambitious goals at its heart.
It argues for excellence, founded on diversity and innovation, and a new collaborative spirit to develop the arts over the long term, so they truly belong to everyone.
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