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Originally Posted by Wolf13
We are doing it wrong if we're always pandering to only our indigenous roots. It's very important but represents a small portion of who is here now... we can have pride but when the only cultures we represent are indigenous (with ongoing elephant-in-the-room tension) then the populace won't be ineterested.
For something top succeed here it needs local activity not just tourist. If something has genuine local buy in from a LOT of our population, then this can have traction for tourists.
The Government keeps pushing things that irk cynics. Celebrate things that everyone wants to celebrate, including inuit art and other things.
I consider myself decently open minded and when I hear about this art centre I can't help but mutter "not this shit again..."
shit isn't a reference to the culture, it's our over-investment/pandering to one aspect of our culture which always remains a hot topic.
Here's the other complaint I have. Going back to the same theme over and over again is NOT CREATIVE!!! I want more new ideas!
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Sure it would be great to have other collections here but we start with baby steps and work our wat forward. Although I do agree that it does seem we are only focusing on one aspect of art and culture when there are so many facets to this city's art scene. Perhaps we could have some modern stuff eventally or some other category of art. For now I'm happy that this will bring a further presence to the block.