Fuse magazine rallies the troops to oppose federal arts funding cuts

The publisher and editor of Fuse magazine are organizing a town hall meeting to discuss recent federal arts funding cuts (including $500,000 cut from the Canada Magazine Fund).

In a letter, Izida Zorde, the editor and Heather Haynes, the publisher (who is also Director of the Toronto Free Gallery) said:

For those of you in Toronto, we encourage you to come out to strategize and show solidarity. It is extremely important that you make time for this. We hope to see as many of you as possible. For those of you not in Toronto, we hope that there is organizing in your community around this issue.

The town hall will be on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 7pm. at The Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen Street West, (South East Corner of Queen and Dovercourt)

With the anticipation of more cuts to be announced next week, we are inviting members of the arts, culture and the broader community, MPs and the media to attend a town hall meeting. This meeting is intended to discuss the funding cuts, the ideological and inappropriate comments made by government about recipients and to brainstorm a plan of action.

For more information or media inquiries contact: info@fusemagazine.org,
info@thetheatrecentre.org or heather@torontofreegallery.org

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