tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285392503675262267.post4593960006732463761..comments2024-03-28T12:26:08.319-07:00Comments on websit: Michael Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501975929919211354noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285392503675262267.post-44465992095484079102010-03-23T08:06:53.828-07:002010-03-23T08:06:53.828-07:00I merely hosted the event but thanks, Michael, and...I merely hosted the event but thanks, Michael, and thanks for speaking about your SFU residency experience. Very helpful. All the credit for that event really goes to Lorna Brown, who masterminded it, and Jonathan Middleton who dreamed up the project to found a residency space. Getting all those key people into one room was a feat. Maybe it's the result of a kind of siege mentality created by the arts cuts of the past 7 months, but I had been pessimistic and didn't expect the level of will and support seen at the meeting - did you? Hardly a homogeneous group but there was a weird sense of unanimity and excitement. I didn't predict that that could happen about something as practical as a residency space. I think you're right about developers etc. having a new view of the arts. It seems as if the Or can get this off the ground, and that will benefit not only our own visiting artist/curator/writer program but will improve that capacity for all the other arts institutions who share the space. Thanks again for this, and for attending.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750614104134671350noreply@blogger.com