SC House Passes FY27 Budget With Arts Increases

12 March 2026 The SC House has advanced a FY27 funding bill with increases to statewide arts funding. Background The SC House Ways and Means Committee filed the first version of the FY27 Budget [...]

4 February 2025 The South Carolina Arts Alliance is advocating for$3 million in new funding for the arts during FY2027 budget process at the SC Statehouse. This blog post breaks down the reasons [...]

16 January 2026 The US Senate has advanced a funding package that includes level funding for Federal arts and culture agencies. What’s New Congress has officially passed an FY26 minibus [...]

18 December 2025 The South Carolina General Assembly returns to the State House on January 13th, and we’ll be keeping an eye on the issues that impact the arts so we can continue to keep [...]

20 October 2025 We can’t wait to see you in Columbia on February 11-12, 2026! Registration is now open for our annual gathering of arts advocates from around the State. The celebration starts on [...]

7 October 2025 In 2016 the SC Arts Alliance adopted a new mission statement that brought with it a larger focus on leadership development for the entire creative field. Our leadership development [...]

22 September 2025   Join us for our upcoming series of FREE Advocacy Workshops, designed to help you build your advocacy skills and strengthen your organization at the same time. These [...]

National Arts in Education Week is September 14-20, 2025! This national celebration started in 2010 with the passing of US House Resolution 275 in an effort to bring attention to the arts to [...]

2 September 2025 Please help us extend a warm welcome to our 2025-2026 Graduate Fellow, Lillian Hipp! Over the next academic year, she will be managing much of our digital content, monitoring and [...]

The South Carolina Arts Alliance is excited to announce the next FREE workshop in our series of Financial Management Trainings for arts organizations.   🗓 October 16th 📍 Columbia, SC Learn [...]