Arts Funding Cuts in B.C. Approach 92%

Restore Arts Funding!

The cur­rent gov­ern­ment attack on arts fund­ing in British Columbia has pro­voked out­rage and con­cern in com­mu­ni­ties across the province. These pho­tographs were taken in Wells, which is south­east of Prince George in the north Cariboo region of B.C., and near Quesnel by Bill Horne, who runs Amazing Space Studio in Wells with Claire Kujundzic. The cuts announced in the fall of 2009 by the B.C. gov­ern­ment are pro­jected to remove up to 92% of cur­rent fund­ing in the cul­tural com­mu­ni­ties. The largest effects won’t be felt until after the Olympics are over in February and the world-class crowds have gone home. More infor­ma­tion on the these pho­tographs and the peo­ple in them can be found at: www.claireart.ca.