My post on things for Liz Forgan to do when she arrives at the Arts Council has brought forth an established Arts Council blogger - with quite the best title for such a blog, Arts Counselling. I'm not sure how anyone else can top that title, but there must be more. Mustn't there? And some Twitterers? Social networkers? I've put in an email to the Communication Stalinists (to quote Mark) asking about who blogs and twitters and what their policy on such matters is - but of course Communications can't communicate. Actually, the top mans email bounced with a 'not known at this address' message. More on this anon.
In the meantime - Arts Counselling is a good start. Oh, and Mark's a poet as well as an ACE exec.
Arts Counselling
I'm Mark Robinson and I work for Arts Council England, as Executive Director, North East. This is not an official Arts Council website, but a space for me to share thoughts on arts policy, strategy and development. I'll also use it to share more widely things I write that might otherwise vanish, and to suggest sources of thinking and stimulation. I aim to post on here a couple of times a week but you know how life can get...
I also hope to show that people who work for the Arts Council, even Exec Directors, are not faceless, robotic bureaucrats - but maybe I am one and just don't realise it yet. As well as working for the Arts Council I am a widely-published poet and critic. You can read more about me in the Writers A-Z on http://www.literaturenortheast.co.uk/. That tells you everything else you'd ever want to know, and more.
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