Peter:
> > Also, all income from one's 'artistic production' is taxfree
>> in Ireland, but this is more likely to benefit Bono or Van
>> Morrison than Geoff Squires or Catherine Walsh.
>>
>...is key. Making comparisons of this sort is very difficult to do, since
>for example in the USA the amount of money that goes into art and culture
>via tax-exempt donations (revenue foregone by the government) tends not to
>be included, since the money has not been spent by the state.
Yes, I gather the funding model is totally different there: almost
all private funding, with little from State or States. It'd be
interesting to have figures for that private funding.
Also, with all countries, to know what the split is for 'literature'
vs 'the rest' The Arts Council document I quoted from also gives a
breakdown of Revenue Applications for next year by 'artform'.
Literature comes in at 3.23 million Euro, with only architecture,
circus (!), film, and traditional arts at lower figures. Theatre (a
separate category) is highest with 23.9 m, and 'multu-disciplinary
arts' second-highest at 14.3 m. I'm not sure how meaningful, if at
all, such a breakdown might be to anyone here. I also fail to see how
it might serve the arts Administrators, since one can choose one's
own checkbox for 'artform'. SoundEye, for example, might well have
been classified as Multi-disciplinary this time around, but I'm
reluctant to cede 'literature' to administrators and their fashions.
>One might ask, similarly, how much of an investment is represented in the
>economics of running the UK's English Literature degree courses -- say an
>intake of 00 students per annum times number of institutions, times fees &
>capitation paid etc.
I'm not sure of the point you're making here. Could you expand?
Incidentally, as you may infer from my other post, the only reason
I'm ploughing through all this garbage is because I'm currently
trying to raise funding for SoundEye.
Best,
Trevor
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