Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says a new art gallery is not a priority for his government given the challenges around healthcare and housing. But as Skye Bryden-Blom reports, the art community is pushing back saying there is value in investing in the sector.Visual Arts Nova Scotia, an artist-run advocacy organization, says there is much value in investing in the sector.
Houston says that pause will not change, at least not until issues like housing and healthcare improve. “There are tremendous demands on the public purse,” says Houston. “We need to stay focused on investments in Nova Scotia through healthcare, through education, through housing, through supporting people in their times of need.”Cruz says the premier’s words have delivered a second blow to the province after it was recently announced the museum’s Yarmouth branch would not be reopening this summer.
“When we practice art we are very close to our cultures and we’re close to the current culture we’re living in so we can observe what’s going on in a better lens when we appreciate art,” he explains. “I look at this as an area where diversity should be appreciated even more. How more can you talk about diversity if you don’t fund the art spaces that talk about this.”“Listening to these voices is empowering them, and letting them empower themselves,” he says. “Sometimes when people author their own narrative or when they tell their own story they’re prone to tell it how it’s supposed to be.
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