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Basildon, Billericay and Thurrock Liberal DemocratsCampaigning in Basildon, Billericay and Thurrock for the Community |
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Connecting with the Arts Community
April 7, 2010 6:49 PM
At last Basildon Council is beginning to connect again with the local arts community. Basildon Arts Collective has got off to a flying start with meetings of interested parties from different sectors of the arts community, officers - you actually do need officers - and meetings with councillors and council officers. It's many years since the council took the arts in general seriously, and even in the past it was fairly half-hearted except for the vision of a few people. There be lots wrong with the way the Towngate theatre was built, but at least somebody had the vision and the aspiration to say Basildon should have a theatre. Nobody expects huge cash handouts in this day and age - though it would be good to have even a fraction of the money given over to the Sporting Village - but recognition of the value of the arts, visual and performing, will be one small step.
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