Arts Council denies it’s prioritising relevance

Contrary to yesterday’s story in The Stage, the ACE today insists that excellence will still play a part in its grant allocations. Two tweets in reply to our previous story:

(1/2) We see no opposition between ‘relevance’ and ‘excellence’. They can and should complement each other. The headline in The Stage article doesn’t reflect what was actually said in the speech it reported.

— Darren Henley (@HENLEYDARREN) April 11, 2019

(2/2) We’ve made no decisions yet about what will be in our new strategy and we would welcome you and your readers getting involved in our next stage of consultation when it opens in June. We’ve published our latest consultation findings here: https://t.co/Hmrxm5JfV0

— Darren Henley (@HENLEYDARREN) April 11, 2019