As you can probably tell, the arts are a HUGE part of my life and this past week our idiot of a governor vetoed two budgets that were the bulk of the budget for the SC Arts Commission. Not only would eliminating this money cripple the agency, making it so they would no longer be able to give grant money to artists, but it would mean eliminating arts in education and any other program as well as staff at the Arts Commission.
I spent the last school year interning at the Arts Commission and the do amazing work. It is the first time I have worked somewhere where everyone is soooo passionate about what they do. They don't just work at an arts agency, the perform, the are artists themselves. A lot of times people do not see the work that they do, but they make a huge difference, both in the lives of residence and economically by supporting arts that bring money into our state.
Today the House overrode the governors' vetoes and now they are waiting to go the senate. PLEASE click here and contact your senator! They are listening.
Here is an article from The Daily Gamecock I was quoted in.
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