11-15-2019, 12:58 PM
(11-13-2019, 11:02 PM)westwardloo Wrote: I do think that local philanthropy will have to step up to achieve that though.
Absolutely. Years back I worked at two art galleries here and it is surprising how little money they operate on. One of the galleries in our city (I think it is the Clay and Glass Gallery) receives zero dollars in regional or higher tier government funding and is one of the few major galleries in Canada to operate this way. They really struggle. It doesn't help that there is minimal interest in the arts in Waterloo Region. It's nice to contemplate, but I don't see where any funding would come from to build a new cultural space anytime soon. The Museum is going to be expanding into the neighbourhing bank and KWAG just completed some new renovations, which is probably the most we'll see for new cultural spaces for a while.