In case you didn't follow the blog yesterday on the Guardian Website
with Alan Davey CE, ACE.
This is what he had to say on Digital media Provision:
"I don't believe we have 'decimated' digital media provision. We are
supporting a huge range of organisations who focus on media arts and
digital work - AV Festival, Watershed, Lighthouse, FACT, to name a
few. Outside the portfolio, we announced a couple of weeks ago a
partnership with the BBC that looks at building digital capacity
across the arts sector. In respect of the organisations you mention,
we had to make some extremely difficult decisions and many strong
applications have had to be turned down. 2011-12 is a transitional
year for Artsway and others and we'll work with them to explore other
funding options available to them, such as Grant for the arts." Alan
Davey
regards
Keith Watson
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