RAVE THE CASS "Mobile Arts Easter Protest Parade"

Monday 14th March 12.30 pm meet at the old entrance to the London Hospital Facebook events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1081746448556987/ Following the sale of the home of The Cass, known as the 'Aldgate Bauhaus' at Central House (located opposite The Whitechapel Art Gallery) in 'Property Week', friends of the Aldgate Bauhaus are proud to announce a positive 'Mobile Arts Easter Protest Parade". The Parade will be a joyous celebration of support for creative education in Tower Hamlets. Artists, designers, furniture makers, musical instrument makers jewellers, architects and Junior Doctors will parade from The London Hospital, via The Cass Commercial Road building and then onwards to Central House where the parade will then hug the Aldgate Bauhaus in a huge expression of love for creative education. The parade is designed to ask three questions: 1. Is creative education worth more dead than alive? (With inner city land values rocketing can buildings with a social purpose like university campuses avoid being sold off? Why is London Metropolitan University allowing London's principle 'Widening Participation university' to shrink with 93 redundancies with more job loses in the pipeline). 2. Has the government created an environment in Universities that is just too hostile for creative education? (With educational reforms that marginalise the Arts like the Ebacc and the HE Green Paper, will the closure of The Cass be just the first of many such moves by Vice Chancellors who have no incentive to teach Art and Design subjects and who have no interest in culture). 3. What kind of Aldgate do we want? The character of Aldgate is being destroyed by property investment. The Cass houses important collections and is a vibrant community of creative individuals. Brick Lane is being transformed, it's Indian restaurants and diverse population are being pushed out. Who can afford to study and build a life in London? We invite the London Mayoral candidates to join us and tell us their vision for creative London. Join us! Friends of The Aldgate Bauhaus!