Artists help communities during a crisis, not hinder. Why are we still told they don't matter?
- Written by Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne
Artists are again finding themselves at the receiving end of criticism over funding.
A mural on the wall of a fire station funded through the Western Australia Percent for Art scheme has met with a hostile reaction in the light of the bushfire crisis.
In WA all new public buildings costing $2 million or more must spend 1% of the building costs on...