Granny Was A Gangsta
“The city’s Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs and Special Events will hold more than 30 community meetings to prepare a cultural plan this year, with financial support from the Allstate Corporation, Chicago Community Trust, and the Illinois Arts Council,” Progress Illinois reported earlier this month. “The city is preparing a plan in conjunction with the private firm Lord Cultural Resources, which bills itself as ‘a global professional practice dedicated to creating cultural capital worldwide.'”
Uh-oh.
“Two things were obvious at [Feb. 15’s] jam-packed town hall meeting to gather public input on the city’s new cultural plan,” Deanna Isaacs wrote for the Reader. “First, the Chicago arts community (more than 300 of whom showed up) is aching for a new version of the 26-year-old plan – one that would have teeth. And second, the consultants are in charge.”
Now comes a response from the Young Chicago Authors @ Louder Than A Bomb.
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Official city video.
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First town hall meeting.
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See also:
* Chicago’s Cultural Plan: Get To NY Or LA ASAP
* ChicagoCulturalPlan2012.com
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Comments welcome.
Posted on March 1, 2012