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| When Sting and I undertook our project, Northern City Renaissance, our intention was to bring attention to the unique role culture has played in Newcastle's history, including a climb back from one of the world's worst economic collapses in modern times. Created on the occasion of the Sage Gateshead ribbon-cutting, my painting – now on extended loan to the Laing Art Gallery – celebrates this remarkable effort. The arts activity of a city is directly proportional to its health. Culture is not a luxury. The arts are the engine that motivates the achievement and ultimate strength of a city (Letters, 5 February). Living in the States as I do, we know of modern-day, post-coal and shipbuilding Newcastle because of the arts: architecture (the Millennium Bridge, the Sage), the universities (with their research and leading environmental commitments), and artists (Rowan Atkinson and Bryan Ferry, Lee Hall and Sting etc). With best wishes for an understanding resolution. Stephen Hannock Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA | When Sting and I undertook our project, Northern City Renaissance, our intention was to bring attention to the unique role culture has played in Newcastle's history, including a climb back from one of the world's worst economic collapses in modern times. Created on the occasion of the Sage Gateshead ribbon-cutting, my painting – now on extended loan to the Laing Art Gallery – celebrates this remarkable effort. The arts activity of a city is directly proportional to its health. Culture is not a luxury. The arts are the engine that motivates the achievement and ultimate strength of a city (Letters, 5 February). Living in the States as I do, we know of modern-day, post-coal and shipbuilding Newcastle because of the arts: architecture (the Millennium Bridge, the Sage), the universities (with their research and leading environmental commitments), and artists (Rowan Atkinson and Bryan Ferry, Lee Hall and Sting etc). With best wishes for an understanding resolution. Stephen Hannock Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA |
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