All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Art needs funding and we need art Art needs funding and we need art 23/05/2020 | 4 MINS This opinion piece by LIT Professor Ted Snell was published in The West Australian on Saturday 23 May and is reprinted with the newspaperΓÇÖs permission. In times of crisis, we need the arts more than ever. In the aftermath of World War II, many major European cities, with essential services still unsecured and rubble a sad reminder of once functioning urban communities, chose to invest in a future based on a solid cultural foundation. Limited and highly contested funds were allocated to reaffirm the values that so many had so recently fought for and to ignite the flame of innovation, self-confidence and optimism. Although still on rations, cities like Edinburgh and Avignon began their arts festivals in 1947. London presented the Festival of Britain in 1951 and Berlin its first film festival in the same year. In 1953, the first Festival of Perth was presented on the grounds of the University of WA. And festivals begun before the war were revived,
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Art needs funding and we need art Art needs funding and we need art 23/05/2020 | 4 MINS This opinion piece by LIT Professor Ted Snell was published in The West Australian on Saturday 23 May and is reprinted with the newspaperΓÇÖs permission.
In times of crisis, we need the arts more than ever.
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In the aftermath of World War II, many major European cities, with essential services still unsecured and rubble a sad reminder of once functioning urban communities, chose to invest in a future based on a solid cultural foundation.
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Limited and highly contested funds were allocated to reaffirm the values that so many had so recently fought for and to ignite the flame of innovation, self-confidence and optimism.
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Although still on rations, cities like Edinburgh and Avignon began their arts festivals in 1947.
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London presented the Festival of Britain in 1951 and Berlin its first film festival in the same year.
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In 1953, the first Festival of Perth was presented on the grounds of the University of WA.
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