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Mayor unveils 2012 strategy consultation
London mayor Boris Johnson has launched a new consultation into a draft arts and culture strategy designed to take advantage of the 2012 Olympics.
Cultural Metropolis outlines the mayor's plans to showcase the capital's arts sector and capitalise on the millions of people expected to visit the city during 2012. In addition to the London Games, a 12-week arts festival will be held to mark the conclusion of the Cultural Olympiad, with art commissions, outdoor performances and free events scheduled for public spaces.
In his draft strategy, the mayor sets out plans to work with the sector to provide funding through the London Development Agency, as well as the new Culture Diary to provide a definitive guide to events. Johnson said: "By any measure, London is a cultural powerhouse. Here you find beauty, creativity and innovation, the like of which are to be found nowhere else. Despite fears about the recession and funding, there is much to celebrate about what the capital has to offer.
"It is creativity, first and foremost, not funding that is central to London's cultural life, and there is much to be done in terms of better co-ordination, reducing duplication and ensuring that the investment made over the next few years can have as big an impact as possible." Image: London's T-Mobile Big Dance 2010, copyright David Parry
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