Artists are mobilizing in Quebec to demand funding...

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A hundred of them met Saturday in front of the offices of the Minister of Culture and Communications.

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Artists and cultural workers, who find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet, will gather Saturday afternoon in several municipalities in Quebec to demand an increase in funding from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ). Currently, an artist can count on an average income of $17,000 per year if he lives in Montreal and $13,000 per year if he resides elsewhere in the province, according to Clément de Gaulejac, an artist and …