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JULY 28 Federal advocacy continues to be a continuously active front for the SCAA. Here’s a quick update on recent developments. HEALS Act The Senate GOP released their $1 trillion stimulus [...]

A lot has happened the last month or so. The SCAA has been extremely busy monitoring legislative movements, contacting decision makers, and crafting recommendations. Here’s a status report, [...]

In late April, State Superintendent Molly Spearman convened the first meeting of AccelerateED, the Department of Education’s Task Force on school operations in the wake of COVID-19. The [...]

This country continues to struggle with inequity, racism, and a push and pull between our government and its citizens. George Floyd’s death at the hands of law enforcement is another name [...]

The SC Arts Alliance today (May 26) released its Arts Reopening Guide for arts venues and organizations in response to COVID-19. The Guide provides a number of guiding questions to help arts [...]

COVID-19 has dominated our lives since mid-March, but don’t forget that 2020 is also an election year. Everyone knows that it is a presidential election year, but did you know that every [...]

This past week, the SC Legislature returned for brief, socially distant, sessions. Two pressing issues were at hand: the budget and sine die. Budget The State’s budget ends on June 30. The [...]

The US House on Friday (May 15) passed the HEROES Act, their next version of COVID-19 relief. The bill includes $10 million for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for [...]

The SCAA is teaming up with Engenius, a Greenville marketing and web firm, to bring you another set of “Beyond COVID” webinars, this time focused on Marketing. These FREE webinars are [...]

As we say goodbye to our Graduate Fellow, Jeff Robinson, we asked him for some final thoughts about his work with the SCAA. Back in November of 2019, GP briefed me on what to expect from this [...]