Website launches 15th June 2011

The UK’s reputation as a global centre of art and culture is beyond doubt. Until now.

Like most areas of our society, the Arts has been affected by funding cuts. But what exactly are the real effects of these cuts? From an economist’s point-of-view they make little sense. Because every pound of funding lost to the Arts means two pounds lost to the Treasury.*

Lost Arts is a three year project which will catalogue all the projects, events, initiatives, performances and organisations that will be lost to us. We will provide running totals of jobs at risk, money lost to the Arts and money lost to the Treasury.

Our aim is to show what we are losing forever on a day by day basis.

Lost Arts will be launched at 1pm on Wednesday 15th June in the Lecture Hall of Westminster Central Hall. Please join us.

*Alan Davey-Chief Executive, Arts Council.