Dear CPR,
I am writing to add my voice of support to CPR and to ask that the Arts Council of Wales reconsiders pulling out its support. CPR is not only a valuable, long active, resource that deserves to be funded - many arts projects do. It is more that, in terms of its contribution to the arts internationally, the question should really be how to engage the arts community in further valuing what it does by using it as a model, an exemplar and a generative source of expertise, knowledge and skills. In a time when the word of the day is 'knowledge transfer' cutting CPR does not allow knowledge to be transferred, exchanged or valued.
Many of us can say that our own careers and success has been informed by the ideas, support and/or curatorial and directorial work of CPR and we would all mourn a serious threat to its future and I hope that this does not happen.
Strangely enough, it is always in some sense a pleasure to be able to respond to a valued organization by saying how valuable it is and continues to be - but in this instance it is bleak indeed to consider its possible demise.
in support
Claire MacDonald
Dr. Claire MacDonald
Director ICFAR
International Centre for Fine Art Research
University of the Arts London
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