Pauline Bourque is the former Executive Director, as well as the former President of the Board of Directors, of the New Brunswick Arts Board. In an open letter to the artists of the province she describes what is at stake with ArtsNB being absorbed by the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture. Continue reading A Letter To Professional Artists In New Brunswick
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The Premier Needs To Meet With ArtsNB
This week a social media campaign was organized by the Shiftwork Collective in Fredericton in response to the New Brunswick provincial government’s recent decision to cut funding to ArtsNB, the province’s semi-autonomous arts granting body, while having its duties assumed by the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture. Continue reading The Premier Needs To Meet With ArtsNB
ArtsNB Stripped Of Funding, Autonomy, Dignity
This week the Provincial Government of New Brunswick issued their Groundhog Day budget for 2016, and with it a prediction of at least two more years of winter for the New Brunswick Arts Board. Continue reading ArtsNB Stripped Of Funding, Autonomy, Dignity