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A recent article by Chuck Brooks in Brisbane's Courier-Mail raised the ire of writers there and interstate.
It's not online so I can't link to it, but his rant was inspired by the One Book Many Brisbanes anthology, and the gist of it was that arts funding is a waste of public resources.
The most excellent Gary Kemble wrote a terrific rebuttal which appeared in the paper today (he posts it to his blog here) and I'm told that my less elegant response (below the cut) may have appeared too.
This is an issue I thought long-resolved in the public consciousness. Depressing to see it making a comeback.
( Until Chuck Brooks can guarantee that our culture will be richer for keeping to itself the paltry amount of money it spends on grants rather than helping those aspiring to an artistic career that might benefit us all, I strongly advise him to keep his opinions to himself. )
It's not online so I can't link to it, but his rant was inspired by the One Book Many Brisbanes anthology, and the gist of it was that arts funding is a waste of public resources.
The most excellent Gary Kemble wrote a terrific rebuttal which appeared in the paper today (he posts it to his blog here) and I'm told that my less elegant response (below the cut) may have appeared too.
This is an issue I thought long-resolved in the public consciousness. Depressing to see it making a comeback.
( Until Chuck Brooks can guarantee that our culture will be richer for keeping to itself the paltry amount of money it spends on grants rather than helping those aspiring to an artistic career that might benefit us all, I strongly advise him to keep his opinions to himself. )
