ACE’s increased investment in the North is a testament to Yorkshire’s flourishing cultural ecosystem, writes Henri Murison.
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Arts Council funding represents a vote of confidence in the region – Henri Murison (The Yorkshire Post)
ACE’s increased investment in the North is a testament to Yorkshire’s flourishing cultural ecosystem, writes Henri Murison.
The Northern Powerhouse project is, at its essence, about improving the lives and the livelihoods of the people who live here. From the beginning we wanted to celebrate our rich cultural heritage, our world-class institutions including Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield, as well as our diverse talent-pool.
This goes right back to our founding principles outlined in George Osborne’s original Northern Powerhouse speech back in 2014. If we wanted to create global cities that people wanted to live in, work in and go out in, we had to invest in our culture and the arts, “not at the expense of our capital city’s great institutions but as a complement to them, and in partnership with them.”
There are signs that this vision is beginning to bear fruit, with Arts Council England funding allocations announced last weekend as part of its strategy for “Levelling Up for Culture Places”... Keep reading on The Yorkshire Post.