When the Culture Cuts blog was launched last week, we asked people to tell us how the arts funding cuts were affecting them and their local communities. We have had a very good response so far.
Bluemoonrising, for example, posted a link to a video on the Virtual Lancaster News blog which explains how Lancaster's arts sector annually generates £50m for the local economy.
Meanwhile, jonflynn joined the comment thread and explained his experience of creating and putting on a theatre production, and the costs involved.
Other people contacted us via our @Culture_Cuts Twitter account: @pjdavies2000 reminded us that it isn't just libraries under threat of closure, but also museums, and @DrDaveOBrien tweeted us a link to Museum of East Anglia's investment report which shows "that for every £1 invested in the project £4 worth of social value is created".
All your contributions help us build a better picture of what the proposed funding cuts mean for the country. To make it easier for everyone to join the conversation, each week we will start a new open thread, like this one, that will remain open for the whole week, where everyone can post their comments, links, experiences, questions and suggestions.
Of course we still want you to join in with the discussion on specific areas of arts funding that Mark Brown writes about on this blog – but if you can't find any posts on the topics you want to talk about, let us know in the comments here.
