Art matters : reflecting on culture / John Tusa

By:

Tusa, John

Series: Methuen non-fictionPublication details: London : Methuen, 2000Description: 212 pISBN:

0413750604

Summary: 'The arts matter because they embrace, express and define the soul of a civilisation. A nation without arts would be a nation that had stopped talking to itself, stopped dreaming and had lost interest in the past and lacked curiosity about the future.' John Tusa, examines the state of the arts in Britain today, asking how they can flourish in a cultural climate fraught with perils. Tusa looks at what current policies towards the arts: have been under the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair; the role of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport under its current minister Chris Smith; and the part played by the Arts Council as defined by its chairman Gerry Robinson. Art Matters offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at decision-making at the very centre of power. Setting out a practical agenda explaining how leadership in the arts can be mastered for the good of creators and audiences alike, John Tusa exhorts us to think about why art matters for a people and its nation. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 03508	1	Available (Disponible)		1900095561

Introduction -- Introduction to Paperback Edition -- I. Beliefs: 1. The Arts: Can We Do Without Them? ; 2. The Ares in the Twenty-First Century: The Agony or the Ecstasy? ; 3. When I Hear the Word Culture, I Reach for My Identity ; 4. Culture, Society, Entertainment - Where is the Space for Are? ; 5. The Good Society - Can Y o u Get lt On the Cheap? ; 6. Populism Versus Elitism - Real Enemies or Bogus Opponents? -- II. Politics: 7. I'm Worried About Tony ; 8. What Happened at Downing Street ; 9. When Being Creative is Not Enough ; 10. Thoughts on the Thoughts of Chairman Gerry ; 11. Why I'm Still Worried About Tony: and Chris and Alan and Gordon and... -- III. Actions: 12. Art for Art's Sake: Art! For Heaven's Sake ; 13. The Concert of the Future: Seeing Will Be Hearing ; 14. The Cart and the Horse: Which Carne First: The Market or the Art? ; 15. Don't Shout at a Building; Live With It ; 16. The A-to-Z of Running an Arts Centre -- Afterword: Art and Culture: Old Responsibilities, New Rhetoric?

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