On November 28, the City Manager presented the 2012 Operating Budget to the City’s Budget Committee. The proposed budget recommends a 10% cut to arts grants. If passed, Toronto Arts Council’s grants budget will be reduced by just over $1 million.

This reduction will be very difficult for Toronto’s arts community. Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Arts Foundation, along with many arts organizations and associations are working hard to prevent this recommendation from passing.

As one of the Toronto Arts Council funded organizations we would like to reach out to our volunteers, donors, audiences and supporters to ask you to join the voices opposing cuts to Toronto’s arts funding.

Here is what you can do: call, email or write your City Councillors to ask them to protect arts funding (City Council contact information here). Any little bit will help attract attention to the matter.

For more information and updates check out Toronto Arts Foundation’s Arts Advocacy page.

Posted: December 1st, 2011 under Franco's Blog, Stop the Cuts, Theatre Centre Blog.
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