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Krabbendijke loses library, North Holland 'saves' youth theatre, while Brabant 30% cuts further on arts

The cut-away Metropole Orchestra is getting some air from the minister. She is willing to use the necessary friction costs to support the transition over the next four years from the Media Budget, provided it stays there. That is, the orchestra may use its own severance payments to be independently 'on the market' from 2017. As much as it shows... 

Benefit Giving Act, cultural budgets, Brabant, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Eindhoven, Goes, Utrecht et al.

Tax benefits to be gained this year (...) With effect from 2012, under the new Giving Act, there is an additional tax facility for donations (incidental or via periodic donations) to charitable institutions (non-profit organisations) designated as cultural institutions. Those cultural donations may be multiplied by a factor of 125 per cent for the gift deduction. This... 

Region review: chain letters in Rotterdam, only 1 year right to renewal in Zierikzee, and Eindhoven not happy with Chamber Choir

Groningen municipality cuts back on Gezinsbode The municipality is going to cut back 150,000 euros on publishing city notices in the Groninger Gezinsbode. The City Council wants to publish decisions and permits electronically from now on, for example on the municipality's website. (...) The number of pages in the Gezinsbode will be halved. (...) source: OogTV 10 Nov 11 Most councillors expect subsidies to be cut... 

Director of Dance Days Maastricht: "I really feel supported by Mayor Onno Hoes."

The Dutch Dance Days are not yet a mad hive of dance, but for Maastricht they are increasingly a fun tourist attraction. Day trippers and weekend tourists come from all over the country to combine the delights of the South with those of the art of dance. For that matter, all of Maastricht seems to float on VVV leaflets. In this sphere of promotion, is there still room for... 

Dutch ministry of OC&W bases vision 'renewal' cultural funding system on British example

Image via Wikipedia Er zit een interessante ‘drone’ onder, en dat kan iemand als dreigend ervaren. De video aan het eind van dit artikel heeft in ieder geval meer betekenis dan veel cultuurliefhebbers denken. Feit is namelijk dat de ingrijpende bezuinigingen die de Britse regering heeft doorgevoerd via hun ‘Arts Council’ achteraf nauwelijks op protesten zijn gestuit, terwijl de onevenredigheid… 

Opinion: 'Let Joop van den Ende take classical ballet under his wing, merge Nederlands Dans Theater, Nationale Ballet and Scapino Ballet.'

It was predictable. Now that the Culture Council has given the secretary of state a go-ahead for massive and very deep cuts in dance, the first press releases are appearing with the outraged reactions. The National Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater are aggrieved: 'How

Arts sector comes up with its own interpretation of culture cuts: more money to venues and assessment by 'professionals' on 'objective grounds'.

Image via Wikipedia Na de schreeuw nu het ambtelijke stuk. Met een bijpassende, tikje Den Uyl/Van Agt-achtige titel: ‘Minder waar het kan, beter waar het moet.’ Maar laten we niet te hard lachen. Het is best dapper wat ze hebben gedaan. Gitta Luyten, Marianne Versteegh, Joke Hubert, Henk Scholten, Siebe Weide en Ben Holvast, samen als bazen van kunstkoepels en… 

US grantmaker wants an art world with more creativity and less money

Now in terms of tax money, they already spend hardly anything on the arts, in America. But many think even that is too much. Earlier, we reported on Facebook and Twitter about Republican America's call to abolish subsidies altogether. Meanwhile, the president of the National American Arts Fund NAE (National Endowment of the Arts) has taken a bat... 

"Characteristic of the book trade remains the endless chatter, but this evening I wouldn't have wanted to miss." All tweets from #evdu, with video.

Interesting things are happening these days. The digital revolution is beginning to have traces of a real revolution. No one has yet set themselves on fire, as in Tunisia, but more and more people are taking to the virtual streets to overthrow the old powers: after the record companies, which let themselves be overwhelmed by people downloading, and the newspapers, which let themselves be overwhelmed by people searching freely for information, it now seems to be the turn of book publishers.

The arts subsidy system is like a house that changes hands a little too often: new cultural policy Rutte cabinet is capital destruction

Motto van de cultuurbrief van Zijlstra: "De 19e-eeuwse schilder Alma-Tadema zei: ‘Zolang ik schilder, ben ik kunstenaar, als het af is, ben ik zakenman’." Het kunstsubsidiesysteem is als een huis, dat iets te vaak van eigenaar verwisselt. De vorige eigenaar heeft in 2008 na lang vergaderen een nieuwe keuken ingebouwd, de badkamer vervangen, een nieuwe cv-ketel + vloerverwarming aangelegd en… 

Engeland bezuinigt 30% op uitgaven voor de kunsten

Minister van Finaciën Osborne aan het woord. Ook in Groot Brittanië worden de kunsten getroffen door bezuinigingen. Bij de begrotingsbehandeling in het Britse Lagerhuis is duidelijk geworden dat die bezuinigingen op kunnen lopen tot meer dan 30%. Het leeuwendeel van de bezuinigingen treft de Arts Council England. Dit ‘Superfonds’ dat het leeuwendeel van de Britse kunstsubsidies verdeelt, moet 29,9% inleveren.… 

As You Like It despite brilliant jokes and fantastic Bob Dylan impersonation still a long sit #hf10

 Door Wijbrand Schaap, Foto Joan Marcus Dat hebben wij dus niet. In Nederland. Zoveel goede acteurs van naam en faam om een complete Shakespearekomedie tot in de kleinste edelfiguratie met toppers te kunnen vullen. Ok, we komen een eind met onze Pierre Bokma’s, onze Gijs Scholten van Aschats, een Lineke Rijxman, Mariek Heebink en Ariane Schluter, en vlak Elsie de… 

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