So, very probably not too upsetting for many people who live and work in the Rock-a-Nore area, but there appears to be a rift between the Jerwood Foundation and the local management of the Jerwood Gallery in Rock-a-Nore Road (Guardian). Following the Foundation providing grants of £2.6 million since 2012 (now you know how it kept on keeping on!), the Gallery now looks set to lose that funding (currently £300,000 a year) plus 300 works of art by artists such as Lowry, Hepworth and Spencer (the gallery must have a large cellar!). Gallery management is threatening the Foundation with legal action, whilst also trying to gain a larger grant from the Arts Council than the £100,000 a year it has received since 2017. Hmmm, a new name for the Gallery?!?
Watch this space...
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