McMaster Reopens Arts Centers & Festivals

Effective August 3 We will issue another update on this by the end of the week. Today (July 29), Governor Henry McMaster lifted the last restrictions on business closures under COVID-19. This [...]

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 [...]