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28896
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Members of the North Carolina Arts Council Board and Staff and representatives of the statewide arts service organizations have suggested a range of issues, questions and concerns to be addressed in long range planning for the 1990s. Among the topics include support for artists, cultural diversity, communication, and regional development.
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28899
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According to a survey by the North Carolina Arts Council, local tax dollars to arts councils has increased. The increase can be attributed to promoting arts in terms that relate to economic development and state interest.
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28901
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The North Carolina Arts Council has faced a number of risks and challenges to support artists across the state. This article covers the history, politics, and direction of public funding of artists in North Carolina.
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28903
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This article is a chronicle of the first fifteen years of North Carolina’s Grassroots Arts program. The program brings state funds that can be used only for the arts. Overall, the program has strengthened the state arts council’s relationship with local arts agencies.
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28919
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An event called “When Visions Collide: A Seminar on Ethics as Tools for Resolving Issues in the Arts” was held in Raleigh last week. Speakers at the event discussed various ethical conflicts and dilemmas that occur in the arts.
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28920
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The Art for Public Spaces Bill was introduced in the North Carolina Senate in mid-march. The bill calls for one-percent of the construction costs for new and remodeled state properties to be used for art. While modifications were made in the new legislation to make the program stronger, valuable and effective elements in the former Artworks for State Buildings Program were left intact.
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32914
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Over one-hundred paintings purchased by the State Art Commission in 1952 with the General Assembly’s one-million-dollar appropriation of 1947 included several well-known Nativity scenes by European masters. One of the most important of them was Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens’, “The Holy Family with St. Anne.” A donation from the Phifer family of North Carolina to the State Art Society was also important in broadening the collection, which is now at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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34462
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The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources launched a program called the smART Initiative as a way to promote local artists around the region through funding from grants. They hope this will help boost the economy by bringing in more creative individuals and businesses, providing jobs, and increasing production of goods and services.
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