News

UPDATE: Amendment defeated by the House. Funding protected. SC Congressmen in FAVOR of cut to NEA: Rice, Sanford, Norman, Wilson. SC Congressman AGAINST cut to NEA: Gowdy, Clyburn *Jeff Duncan: [...]

In the new tax reform law passed in December of 2017, while charitable deductions were in theory protected (outside of the raising of the standard deduction), another provision of the law may [...]

Governor Henry McMaster issued his budget vetoes earlier today (July 6). Forty-two vetoes were issued by the Governor, none of which included statewide arts funding. This locks in the $350,000 [...]

Arts Funding in SC Increased! House and Senate adopt budget for FY2019. Heads to Governor’s desk. This afternoon (June 28), both the House and Senate in Columbia voted to adopt a budget for [...]

The South Carolina Arts Alliance, along with funding partners the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, is excited to announce A Stronger Bottom Line, [...]

Necessity has driven Manny Houston to be a true Creative, and he’s calling on us to reshape our vision of what’s worthy of support. This episode captures Manny’s keynote address [...]

After the SC House passed their version of the State Budget, with $350,000 increase for general arts funding, but with $0 increases for arts education, the SC Senate approved a budget that added [...]

Despite another call for elimination by the President, the House Appropriations Committee released its proposal for FY2019’s budget last night (May 14) and included another $2 million bump [...]

Our Annual Meeting is always a great place to meet up with fellow arts leaders, check out the beautiful city of Charleston, and hear from some great speakers. This year, we are also featuring two [...]

On the very last day of the legislative cycle, S.302 passed both the House and Senate yesterday (May 10) after the House and Senate worked out differences between their two versions of the bill. [...]