If you don’t get involved, someone else will!
ARTS DAY 2008 is scheduled for May 13th and 14th. If you don’t know what ARTS DAY is, its an annual event hosted by ARTS NC, the arts advocacy group for North Carolina, to learn how to legally and strategically advocate on behalf of the arts to state legislators, as well as an opportunity to network with arts advocates from across the state.
If you can’t make it on ARTS DAY, you can still get involved. Johnston County receives funding each year from the state through Grassroots Arts Funds, the funding of which is included in the annual North Carolina state budget. Last year, Johnston County received $42,784 for arts funding from the state, which was then granted to 12 county organizations for cultural programming. Contact your state senators and house reps to thank them for past funding, to tell them why you believe the arts are important in your community and to ask for future support of the Grassroots Arts Program. For Johnston County, the Senator is Fred Smith and the two Johnston County house representatives are James H. Langdon and Leo Daughtry.
The Johnston County Arts Council also receives public funding at the local level from the Johnston County Government. Last year we received $12,500, which was an increase of $2,500 from previous years. This year, the Arts Council is asking for $15,000. Contact the County Commissioners today with a letter thanking them for their past support, detailing how the arts have impacted your life, and asking that they consider increasing the funding to $15,000 in 2008-09.
If you don’t get involved, someone else will!
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Thanks for posting this information. I am heading off to teach Creation Station art class in Selma (funded with grant money from JCAC) right now, so I can’t send the letters out immediately. I have added it to my list of things to do tomorrow morning. I will also forward this info to my students so they can do the same. Thanks for everything JCAC does for our county. Have a colorful day!
Melinda