ACI President Amy House speaks to The Telegram

ACI President Amy House speaks to the Telegram on the importance of arts and culture to our society. This is the long-running problem for advocacy organizations like ACI -- how do you communicate to governments and the public that while the cultural sector creates jobs and brings many more dollars in investment than it consumes, that the deepest essence of the sector is not quantifiable in terms of dollars and cents. "Value" is such a loaded word, and the cultural industries, public and governments need to recognize that along with the practical monetary concerns of running the sector must come the protection of our freedom to create, and therefore build our identity. Amy House does a good job presenting that conundrum here.