‘This is a really good thing,’ stated Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director, Artspace. ‘It’s really been led by us independently.’ What she is speaking about is organisational growth.
‘Housing, operations and financial sustainability for staff of an arts organisation is a constant issue. These things are not very sexy to fund unlike a project or an artistic program – no, but it’s the business that builds capacity for these programs. It’s actually the thing that, when properly funded, delivers about $2 back on every dollar invested by Federal or State government. That in turn, can be reinvested by the organisation into supporting artists and leads to organisation growth,’ she told ArtsHub
