tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146056913190816228.post2493216871091768145..comments2023-06-08T09:09:26.663-04:00Comments on THE CHARLEBOIS POST - MONTREAL: After Dark, May 10, 2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146056913190816228.post-30065765963132720812011-05-11T10:56:01.156-04:002011-05-11T10:56:01.156-04:00When I read articles like this. I want to DO somet...When I read articles like this. I want to DO something, but what? When I interviewed Vancouver's Diane Brown for next week's Ford's Focus, I discovered her activist e-newsletter and blog Flying Monkey and think it's an amazing idea that makes DO-ing something fast and easy, automatically raising the numbers of those who will take action. We already have ELAN and QDF, established arts organizations who can speak on our behalf. And now we have this fantastic theatre blog ... the tools are there for Montreal artists to speak to government as a unified whole. Check out the Flying Monkey blog here: http://rubyslipperstheatre.wordpress.com/ Their 5-minute challenge was targeted directly at government cuts in arts funding.Barbara Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602677966575702927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146056913190816228.post-66138576722253894632011-05-11T04:15:43.687-04:002011-05-11T04:15:43.687-04:00Looked at one way, yours is a strong argument. But...Looked at one way, yours is a strong argument. But I would hate to live in a society where it is not possible to criticize Voice of Fire. Must I feel solidarity with every act of art, just because the creator is 'an artist'? Seems to me artists are by definition unorganisable, splintered, at odds with each other and with their society. The only thing we all have in common is a desire to keep working, and live by what we do. Solidarity on those grounds is possible, but how does that make us different from any other employment sector? Why not relish passionate adherence to many causes? The more articulate and devoted we are, the more people like Harper will have to listen. Artists should be leaders in their respective causes, not united in the cause of self-interest.Marianne Ackermanhttp://www.roverarts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146056913190816228.post-47344576581925955932011-05-10T06:23:31.963-04:002011-05-10T06:23:31.963-04:00Everything you say in this article corresponds to ...Everything you say in this article corresponds to what I see happening. Thanks for being honest without being gratuitously cruel. I would happily be part of any concerted effort to counteract the damage being done to the arts. I hope others will understand that it's in everyone's interest to do so.Stephen Pietrantonihttp://www.cetm.canoreply@blogger.com