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Interactive gallery opens at The Public
The interactive art gallery at The Public in West Bromwich has finally opened.
A £3m one-off grant from Arts Council England (ACE) has funded completion of the arts complex, which was in financial difficulty following a doubling of annual running costs since its partial opening in June 2008.
A new business plan submitted to ACE by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) and Sandwell Leisure Trust (SLT) secured the emergency funding package, and the completed arts complex is now being run by a specially set up not-for-profit company called Sandwell Arts Trust.