Senate Finance Approves Smaller Arts Increase

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, [...]

It’s time to contact your legislator and encourage them to support the arts this legislative session! It’s easy to do! Review the issues facing the arts. Click below to get your customizable [...]

We asked our Graduate Fellow Sandrina Preudhomme, an arts teacher, to reflect on the last two years of teaching during COVID-19. Below is her reflection on her time in the classroom: During the [...]

  Each year during Advocacy Week, we ask folks to reach out to their legislators and encourage them to support the arts. But if you’ve never reached out before, or you don’t do it often, [...]

The Legislature is in session, and there’s advocacy work to be done! Last year, the arts saw a $1.5 million increase in recurring funds (moving per capita grant funding to $0.97), and $2 million [...]

SCAA Executive Director, GP McLeer has been named one of Greenville’s “50 Most Influential” for 2021 by Greenville Business Magazine. This annual statewide publication includes the 50 Most [...]