Deputy Labey - has she done anything for the islands culture?

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

My fault dude I just got confused with the straight up bit and relationship allegation!

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

Back to the reality of the thread, I think that this thread is a very important one for the Island.
I live on the Corbiere peninsular and would say the following:-

• I have never heard of Carolyne Labiy, I didn't realise she was a States member.
  I have asked around the Parish and no-one else here has heard of her
  Dr Foreskitt said that in St Ouens, no one gets in unless they have a name like Le Marquand, Benest etc This is what I would call the St Ouen's syndrome, but is it cornered only in St Ouen?
  What has Carolyne Labiy done in the States?
  Is she getting in on a St Ouen's syndrome mandate???
  Along with Mike Vibert, what did she do that he didn't?
  

[Razzard]

Well she's become a member of Planet Jersey so the old grey matter must be flickering somewhere.

Shame she's one of the lurker's however. I just don't get that whole lurking thing 

Direct questions to Deputy Labey, Assistant Minister for Culture.

How many of the objectives within the 2005 Cultural Strategy have been delivered?

How much funding has gone into the cultural estate over that period?

Under your tenure has that funding increased or decreased?

What projects and new revenue streams has the Cultural Council delivered since its formation?

How much does ESC spend internally on supporting Culture through the provision of staff posts and / or administration?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read and respond to these points.

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

I would be grateful to know as well. Has there been a co-conspiracy with Mike Vibert or has there been harmony, we will never know unless the good laydee says what she's been up to?
Speak now or forever..........whatever!

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

I know this isn't relevant but it is funny!
http://www.georginaadvocate.com/News/Whitchurch-Stouffville/article/82294

[Razzard]

Your'e getting Stoufville and Grouville mixed up dude. Just given me an idea for your christmas present!

[Carolyn Labey]

Razzard and Tinkerbell

i was reluctant to come on board after reading some of these comments. They struck me as sexist, chauvanistic and obsolete. There is a majority of male States Members yet you have never raised this issue with any of them, you have never posed the question of who their partner is, which might, in your books, alter their voting pattern. Even on Stuart's board, who i see is a seasoned contributor to PJ, not once, have you ever asked him.

Shame on you.

And so you are clear, i vote with facts, with research and with my own conscience.

Could i suggest that in amongst your misogonistic theories, you are being somewhat naive. Do you believe just because someone is married and has a 'declared partner' they do not have liasons of any kind elsewhere? And could i suggest even further, that there are far more bizarre alliances than the assumption and presumptions that you make.

Sorry to spoil your speculation but if you really want to know where the alligences lie, check out the voting records.

Carolyn

[Carolyn Labey]

Razzard

To answer your original thread, which i notice was posed in the negative, i set out below some of what has been achieved within the Cultural Strategy. This has been achieved with one ESC officer in 2 of the last 3 years and a £50,000 budget.

It would be great if we had more money and therefore could achieve much more, i would love that, but until things are re-structured or we have more cash then it is going to be challenging. And let's face it, if i stood up in the States and asked for money for Culture when Health or the prison or drains  are asking for money, what do you think my chances of getting more money are?

The States also gives grants to various Cultural providers, this was set up long ago, and ESC has continued this commitment with various cost of living rises. This hasn't been easy for the providers with a loss of visitor numbers to the Island which they were reliant on for revenue. These providers are focused on various lines of delivery. And in my opinion they all do a very good job on very tight budgets.

So here are some of the achievements, to save me typing it up again i have copied and pasted it from another document of mine which doesn't really work. There are achievments not mentioned like, with a newly appointed board, turning round the Opera House financial crisis, holding the Islands first cultural conference which was well recieved and attended by about 120 people, many other things but like i say, people get bored with this sort of thing but for those who are really interested you can contact me direct :-

·   Responsibility agreed for public monuments.  Condition Survey and Maintenance Report commissioned.  (1.4)
·   Commissioning of Jersey Public Sculpture Trust sculpture Trail Leaflet. (1.5)
Anthem Competition run and anthem selected
·   JHT Blue Plaque scheme introduced. (1.6)
·   Public consultation on ‘National Gallery’ report. (1.1)
·   Primary culture syllabus being developed with Société Jersiaise, JHT and Primary sector. (1.7)
·   Development of GCSE syllabus by Le Don Balleine. (1.9)
·   Practical working links forged between cultural organisations and counterparts in Brittany and Normandy. (1.10)
·   Adoption/implementation of Legal Deposit Law. (2.2)
·   Building surveys for management plans for cultural assets undertaken. (2.4)
·   Plans developed to update Cultural Strategy. (2.7)
·   Support by Jersey Tourism for events programme and grants to JAC.
·   Festival and events programme published on Jersey.com website. (3.2)
·   Working group established to explore World Heritage issues – Société Jersiaise, JHT, NTJ, ESC, P&E.    Report commissioned and received. (3.1)
·   Public Art Panel established by ESC. (4.1)
·   Public Art Strategy to be commissioned (4.1)
·   Adoption by Planning and Environment of percentage for art policy. (4.2)
·   Cultural sector volunteers fair to be explored (5.2)
·   Major Youth Service investment in La Motte Street centre. (6.5)
·   Citizenship programme of States visits by all Year Five pupils introduced. (6.6)
DVD produced with Highlands College (involved Highlands Students - available Sept)
·   Plans developed with States IT to unify ticket-selling systems. (7.



Carolyn
 

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

Razzard

To answer your original thread, which i notice was posed in the negative, i set out below some of what has been achieved within the Cultural Strategy. This has been achieved with one ESC officer in 2 of the last 3 years and a £50,000 budget.

It would be great if we had more money and therefore could achieve much more, i would love that, but until things are re-structured or we have more cash then it is going to be challenging. And let's face it, if i stood up in the States and asked for money for Culture when Health or the prison or drains  are asking for money, what do you think my chances of getting more money are?

The States also gives grants to various Cultural providers, this was set up long ago, and ESC has continued this commitment with various cost of living rises. This hasn't been easy for the providers with a loss of visitor numbers to the Island which they were reliant on for revenue. These providers are focused on various lines of delivery. And in my opinion they all do a very good job on very tight budgets.

So here are some of the achievements, to save me typing it up again i have copied and pasted it from another document of mine which doesn't really work. There are achievments not mentioned like, with a newly appointed board, turning round the Opera House financial crisis, holding the Islands first cultural conference which was well recieved and attended by about 120 people, many other things but like i say, people get bored with this sort of thing but for those who are really interested you can contact me direct :-

·   Responsibility agreed for public monuments.  Condition Survey and Maintenance Report commissioned.  (1.4)
·   Commissioning of Jersey Public Sculpture Trust sculpture Trail Leaflet. (1.5)
Anthem Competition run and anthem selected
·   JHT Blue Plaque scheme introduced. (1.6)
·   Public consultation on ‘National Gallery’ report. (1.1)
·   Primary culture syllabus being developed with Société Jersiaise, JHT and Primary sector. (1.7)
·   Development of GCSE syllabus by Le Don Balleine. (1.9)
·   Practical working links forged between cultural organisations and counterparts in Brittany and Normandy. (1.10)
·   Adoption/implementation of Legal Deposit Law. (2.2)
·   Building surveys for management plans for cultural assets undertaken. (2.4)
·   Plans developed to update Cultural Strategy. (2.7)
·   Support by Jersey Tourism for events programme and grants to JAC.
·   Festival and events programme published on Jersey.com website. (3.2)
·   Working group established to explore World Heritage issues – Société Jersiaise, JHT, NTJ, ESC, P&E.    Report commissioned and received. (3.1)
·   Public Art Panel established by ESC. (4.1)
·   Public Art Strategy to be commissioned (4.1)
·   Adoption by Planning and Environment of percentage for art policy. (4.2)
·   Cultural sector volunteers fair to be explored (5.2)
·   Major Youth Service investment in La Motte Street centre. (6.5)
·   Citizenship programme of States visits by all Year Five pupils introduced. (6.6)
DVD produced with Highlands College (involved Highlands Students - available Sept)
·   Plans developed with States IT to unify ticket-selling systems. (7.



Carolyn
 

Hi Deputy Labiy,
Are you saying that these are all your own achievements and the soon to be gone Minister Mike Vibert had nothing to do with these things ( some of which are not necessarily accessable to everyone without memberships etc)? What has he done which is not on your list? Please let us know.

[Carolyn Labey]

Of course i'm not saying that. People don't work in isolation as the list demonstrates.

[Clareese Du Pre]

Good evening everybody. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this excellent discussion forum. I hope you will take the time to read some of my posts as I feel I have a good understanding of cultural policy and governments role (or not) in its delivery.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Clareese Du Pre and I am a 58 year old woman from Manhattan, New York who has spent most of the last twenty five years jetting between Europe and the States studying and then teaching cultural policy. Originally my family were from Jersey (at least as far back as the 17th Century), farming people who to this day still own large tracts of farmland in one of the prettier northern parishes.

I started out as an artist on the lower east side in the mid 60's and became friendly with Andy Warhol and a group of artists who went on to be known as the sexual radicals.

I became close friends with Lou Reed, John Cale, Mick Jagger, Joe Droe and Truman Capote and because of the constant drug use and the presence of sexually liberal artists and radicals; drugged orgies were a frequent happening at the Factory. I first met Andy at an orgy in 1966! You English remember that year for all the wrong reasons!

I went on to sell my art through the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York before moving to Italy in the mid 1970’s to actively participate in the 'Arte Povera' movement organising lectures, protests and rally's (as well as the occasional exhibition). It was there that I met and fell in love with Jannis Kounellis.

When our relationship ended in 1981 I decided to formally study art at New York's Hunter College and graduated with a distinction in Fine Art and Critical Theory.

Since then I have attained an MA in Museum Curatorship and a PhD in which I explored the economics of the contemporary art market.

I am now a visiting lecturer at Ohio University and the Sorbonne in Paris. I work as an independent documentary maker and journalist for The Art Newspaper. I will be in Jersey until at least the end of the year so I really look forward to making a researched and informed contribution to your Forum. Starting with the Cultural Strategy.

Sorry to have taken up so much of your time. I hope you have a relaxing Sunday.

Sincerely,
Clareese Du Pre.

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

Welcome to Jersey Clareece. I'm glad you have come onto the forum, you will find things a little different from manhatten, your Mayor Gilroy has been a big activist in transport issues, I'm afraid you may be disapointed here in Jersey. I was at the Sorbonne in 1976, studying French for my Bac. I lived at 7 Place du Pantheon and ate most days at the Zero de conduite Cafe in Rue de La Sorbonne which you would know. I can understand why you liked the area being quartier latin but it was frightening for me as a student to run the gauntlet of the clubs in Boulevard St Michel (N side 7th).
Let's hope you can put some input into PJ and give some American wisdom.

[Mark Forskitt]

Clarrie Dupre - now where do I know that  name from 

[Xenth]

Welcome to Jersey Clareece. I'm glad you have come onto the forum, you will find things a little different from manhatten, your Mayor Gilroy has been a big activist in transport issues, I'm afraid you may be disapointed here in Jersey. I was at the Sorbonne in 1976, studying French for my Bac. I lived at 7 Place du Pantheon and ate most days at the Zero de conduite Cafe in Rue de La Sorbonne which you would know. I can understand why you liked the area being quartier latin but it was frightening for me as a student to run the gauntlet of the clubs in Boulevard St Michel (N side 7th).
Let's hope you can put some input into PJ and give some American wisdom.

American Wisdom, now there is an Oxymoron

[Carolyn Labey]

Tinkerbell, it's a small world, i lived in Paris in 1978/79. Avenue d'Eylau on the Place du Mexico in the 16th. i used to go to school at Alliance Francaise situated along Boulevard Raspail and i loved the Boulevard St Michel, St Germain in the latin quarter.

i look forward to hearing more from Clareese, sounds interesting.