Battle for Basel's cultural funding model
A "regionally broad-based 'Committee for a sustainable cultural partnership BL/BS'" has launched a petition to the two governments - after plans by the canton of Basel-Landschaft to cut its cultural lump sum by half became public.
The committee "is convinced that it is not only the creative artists and cultural institutions who value the importance of the cultural offerings in the Basel region, but above all the diverse and interested public".
In a written petition that has now been launched (online petitions are not accepted in the canton of Basel-Landschaft), "various groups from civil society and civil society can sign with immediate effect that the cost-cutting measures planned by the cantonal government of Basel-Landschaft in the area of culture more than seriously jeopardize the quality and continuity of the existing offerings," write the petitioners. There is a threat of cultural policy collapse.
Petition forms can be ordered from the following address: Committee for a Sustainable Cultural Partnership BL/BS, c/o Eva Heller, Klingentalgraben 2, 4057 Basel or kulturpartnerschaft@gmx.ch.
