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If you’ve made it to this point of Arts Advocacy Week, you are likely already aware of the multiple benefits and importance of arts education. Here, we’ll give you some key talking points that [...]

This year, our virtual Arts Advocacy Week will include a special event gallery tour of the Halsey Institute in Charleston, South Carolina. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of [...]

Sen. Vincent Sheheen at the 2019 Legislative Breakfast during Arts Advocacy Week. The SC Arts Alliance board of directors has unanimously chosen to award former SC Senator Vincent Sheheen with [...]

  Update January 29: SBA has posted their FAQs for this grant (click here), application opening is still TBA. Update January 25: While full guidance has not yet been issued, we have received [...]

  Governor Henry McMaster released his Executive Budget proposal on January 8. We’ve got a breakdown of where the arts stand in his proposal and what you can do to prep legislators to [...]

Update January 11: SBA opened PPP applications on January 11. Click here for information. In the waning hours of 2020, Congress passed their latest COVID-19 relief package, including a second [...]

In September, $25 million of South Carolina’s CARES Act funding from the federal government was allocated to a grant program specifically for nonprofit organizations in the state who have been [...]

From our friends at the Arts Action Fund: Last night the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed a $2.3 trillion combined bill that includes the $900 billion [...]

The show must go on! Mark your calendars: February 15-19, 2021 is Arts Advocacy Week in South Carolina. This year, all advocacy activities will take place virtually due to COVID-19. The South [...]

A reported 71.76% of registered voters in South Carolina cast a ballot in this election. We hope that you were one of them! Here’s a breakdown of the 2020 General Election results Federal Level: [...]