National Endowment For The Arts – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, Educates Area Teachers About NC Pottery History

July 27, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

For three days in late June, 2011, a group of 25 local teachers took a break from their summer vacation to participate in a special workshop hosted by the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, North Carolina, and funded by an educational grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Goodnight Educational Fund. ... Read More

Update on NEA Stimulus Monday for the Arts

April 22, 2009December 3, 2014 by admin

We’re finding out some things about the $50 million the National Endowment for the Arts got for economic stimulus recovery for the arts. Well, the non-profit part of the arts that is. Everyone else involved in the arts will be left out in the cold. And, it’s pretty cold out there in this economy. The ... Read More

The Check is in the Mail for the SC Arts Commission

March 19, 2009December 3, 2014 by admin

Take back everything I have said about the SC Arts Commission being forced to live with the reality of an economy that can’t support their pet projects anymore. The check is in the mail. Just like with AIG, get ready to learn about the silly and needless ways SC’s non-profit arts community uses (possible funding) ... Read More

Another Big Report on the Arts – Another Load of Baloney

June 19, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released a report on Artists in the Work Force based on US Census data. Translation – another bunch of guesses made by computer formulas – no hard facts. A headline in the Post & Courier newspaper in Charleston, SC, on 6/14/2008 reads – “Statistically, S.C. not too ... Read More