Out of the News: Providing public funding for culture and the arts

Proponents of public funding for the arts prevailed Tuesday, when a Senate committee postponed House Bill 1807, which would have deleted the 1% in capital improvement plan spending on public building renovations — typically about $2.5 million — allocated annually to public art collections and programs. By the State Foundation for Culture and Arts. Read more

Proponents of public funding for the arts prevailed Tuesday, when a Senate committee postponed House Bill 1807, which would have deleted the 1% in capital improvement plan spending on public building renovations — typically about $2.5 million — allocated annually to public art collections and programs. By the State Foundation for Culture and Arts.

Opposition to the cuts came from all islands, with supporters holding signs at the Capitol and more than 1,200 pages of testimony presented. Keith Regan, comptroller for the state Department of Accounting and Public Service, testified that “tremendous value was created for the public” through the funding.