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After receiving the House version of the budget in late March, on Thursday, April 12, the SC Senate passed their version of the State’s $8 billion budget. On the recommendation of the [...]

During the 1967-68 year, a new indicator of what the arts mean to South Carolina was born. It was the South Carolina Arts Commission, the state’s first arts agency. Fifty years later, the [...]

Join us for the opening weekend of Spoleto Festival USA, and our Annual Meeting on Friday, May 25 in Charleston! Reserve Your Seat >> This event, at the Harbour Club in downtown Charleston, [...]

On Friday, March 23, President Donald Trump signed an Omnibus bill that funded the federal government through September, the end of the fiscal year for the US. The bill, which was first adopted [...]

On February 12, the President released his Executive Budget proposal. The $4 trillion proposal includes the elimination of all funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA’s [...]

  You read that right! What used to just be one day to collectively celebrate the arts in South Carolina is now being expanded to a whole week! Mark your calendars for February 5 – 9, [...]

On January 16, the SC Senate voted 44-0 to OVERRIDE Veto #24: Arts Commission, restoring $350,000 in Arts Commission funding for grants, professional development, and rural arts development [...]

On their first day back in session, the SC House voted 101-9 to OVERRIDE Veto #24 – Arts Commission. Veto #24 eliminated $350,000, allocated for grants, from the SC Arts Commission’s [...]

On January 8, Gov. Henry McMaster released his proposed FY2019 Executive Budget (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019). This budget represents the priorities the Governor sets for the year. While [...]

BREAKING NEWS TAKE ACTION NOW On June 12, Governor Henry McMaster issued 41 budgetary vetoes. Veto #24 eliminates $350,000 from the South Carolina Arts Commission. Veto #24 Message from the [...]