SC Arts Commission Grants Programs
Program Vision, Background and Partner Agencies
Grant Guidelines and application
The Vision
Each rural community in South Carolina identifies, embraces, and develops
its cultural assets and incorporates them as an integral part of the
community’s economic development strategy.
The Background
The "Cultural Visions" project began in 1990, when the SC
Arts Commission invited the Governor’s Office, the SC State Development
Board, the SC Downtown Development Association, the Joint Legislative
Committee on Cultural Affairs, Clemson University, and the SC Department
of Parks, Recreation and Tourism to join in sponsoring a Rural Arts
Task Force.
The Task Force had a two-fold mission: (1) to stimulate rural cultural development in South Carolina through continuing partnerships between state agencies and organizations and local entities; and (2) to develop a comprehensive action plan for cultural development in rural South Carolina. Through support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the SC Arts Commission, the product of the plan became the South Carolina Cultural Visions Council, formed to develop programs that would implement the plan. Those programs include the Cultural Visions grant initiatives to support collaborative community projects in underserved rural areas.
The CULTURAL VISIONS PARTNER AGENCIES
Catawba Cultural Preservation Project
Charleston Community Foundation
N.E.W. Fund
Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County
Governor's Office
Institute of Public Affairs
USC Palmetto Leadership
Piedmont Technical College
SC Arts Alliance
SC Arts Commission
SC Association of Tourism Regions
SC Budget and
Control Board
SC Department
of Archives and History
SC Department
of Department of Commerce
SC Department
of Education
SC Department
of Health &Environmental Control
SC Department of
Parks, Recreation & Tourism
SC Downtown Development Association
SC Educational Television
SC Electric & Gas Company
SC Film Office
SC Humanities
Council
SC Recreation & Parks Association
SC Rural Development
Council
South
Carolina Senate
SC State Library
SC State Museum
Strom Thurmond
Institute
USC Union
Williamsburg County Arts Council