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April 16, 2024 Last week, the full Senate Finance Committee met to discuss and adopt their version of the budget, which includes a $1 million increase to arts funding. Background The SC House [...]

March 13, 2024 This week the House approved their version of the budget bill, which includes a $2.6 million increase in funding for the South Carolina Arts Commission. More details below. On [...]

President Biden signed a package of budget bills into law on Saturday, avoiding the shutdown of many federal agencies – including the National Endowment for the Arts.   Five months [...]

February 28, 2024 Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee finalized the first version of the 2024-2025 budget, which includes $2.6 million in increased funding for the arts. While the SC [...]

At our annual SC Arts Day, hundreds of arts advocates raised their voices at the South Carolina State House. Here’s a brief recap: On February 15, 2024, teachers, students, artists, arts [...]

Arts Advocacy Week 2024 is here! To help prepare you for this week, we’re providing a list of Legislative Priorities – plus some Talking Points to help you make your case. Download a [...]

Governor McMaster’s budget proposals include level funding for the arts, for the most part.

Our annual SC Arts Advocacy Week will run February 12-16, 2024! We’ll feature virtual guest speakers, trainings, celebrations, and the highlight of the week, SC Arts Day in Columbia. SC Arts [...]

SCAA welcomes new executive director

Dr. Von Nessen analyzed data from the U.S. census and economic analysis bureaus and commerce department and discovered significant gains from the previous study released in 2018. Here are the [...]