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The Arts special interest group discusses and debates arts issues.
Members aim to promote awareness of how the arts operate in this country,
look at new trends, and become involved in problem areas.
Recent speakers have covered very different topics
― the problems facing public
libraries, problems of catering in museums and galleries, the
founding and history of the Cartoon Museum, and on the running of
the Chelsea Theatre, which is a small theatre at World's End
in Chelsea.
A seminar has been held recently on Saving our Arts Treasures in
Places of Worship and our next seminar will be on Funding the
Arts; this is a worrying time for the arts world with so much
money being diverted to the London Olympics.
The current work programme includes studies of:
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Funding for the heritage, arts and culture sectors
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Closure and reduction of opening hours of
public libraries -
Concern about theatre in London and the lack of serious drama -
Conservation in places of worship -
Trends in architecture
The Arts special interest group meets three times a
year and we have reports on architecture, art exhibitions, books and
libraries, music, and the theatre.
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