A POPULAR arts centre could suffer if planned cuts to funding go ahead.

Barnet council announced their proposal to cut all core funding to artsdepot in Nether Street last Friday.

Artsdepot is the only professional arts venue in the borough and prides itself on being committed to providing a diverse range of high quality visual and performance arts.

Director of artsdepot Nigel Cutting, said: “I am shocked and disappointed at this proposal as I have been in constant dialogue with Barnet Council for the past six months and at no time had it been suggested to us that funding would be withdrawn in 2011.

The organisation has launched a petition against the proposal and within its first 24 hours several hundred people had signed it. To add your name, visit www.petitiononline.co.uk /petition/save-artsdepot/545