Conference Committee approves $5.5m in arts funding!

Great news, Arts Advocates! The Conference Committee came to an agreement on Friday evening, and they have adopted the House’s proposed budget for arts funding. As a reminder, the House included: [...]

Arts Grow SC Executive Director named

The state budget process is nearing the end – the House and Senate have their own version of the budget and have now appointed a Conference Committee to work out their differences. There is [...]

Last week, Governor McMaster signed H.3126 into law. While much attention was given to the bill’s primary action – banning vaccine mandates for public employers, it also bans “vaccine [...]

After six years as Executive Director, GP McLeer will leave the SCAA in May.

Background: The SC House adopted their budget in March and included the following increases for the arts: + $2 million (recurring) for grants $3 million (one-time) for grants $500,000 [...]

Graduate Fellow Latesha Smith offers this perspective on a few bills at the State House and what advocates can do. Out of curiosity, I dropped by the NAACP LDF (Legal Defense Fund) table at the [...]

We’ve asked our Graduate Fellows to take a look at bills they think may impact the arts, or arts education, this year. Sandrina was charged with reviewing the House bills, and here’s what she had [...]

Update: On March 14, the House voted 100-11 on increases in arts funding as described below. The state budget now heads to the Senate. On February 23, the SC House Ways & Means Committee [...]

It’s our third year partnering with Frothy Beard Brewery on a special beer – Creative Impact! Frothy Beard is located in West Ashley (Charleston) with a newly opened taproom in Summerville, [...]