Arts minister Maria Miller visits Stroud Valleys Artspace
GOVERNMENT minister Maria Miller visited Stroud Valleys Artspace to see its studios and its exciting plans for the future.
The Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport met trustees and artists at SVA on John Street, which has been awarded £500,000 of Arts Council funding for the final phase of its refurbishment by architects Tony Fretton.
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COLOURFUL DAY: Secretary of State Maria Miller, second left, gets a lesson from textile designer Liz Lippiatt with Councillor Debbie Young and Stroud MP Neil Carmichael. Right, Jo Leahy and Neil Walker from Stroud Valley Artspace show plans for a proposed development of the project.
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Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Neil Carmichael, MP for Stroud, Jo Leahy, Director of Stroud Valley Artspace, Anthony Powell, Vice Chairman Stroud Conservatives, and Neil Walker, Director Stroud Valley Artspace, looking at a model of the proposed developement of the Artspace during a visit to Stroud on Tuesday. (PIC PAUL NICHOLLS) 19 FEBRUARY 2013
"It is really important that Maria Miller visits artist-led organisations like this," said Jo Leahy of SVA.
"She met and talked with resident artists to witness at first hand how important it is that the arts continue to be supported because it benefits everyone – the artists and the economic and cultural vitality of the town centre."
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