SC Arts Commission Programs

Purpose

To help South Carolina arts providers develop initiatives that will broaden, deepen or diversify public participation in the arts.

History of the Initiative

Round One

The S.C. Arts Commission began the Statewide Arts Participation Initiative with support from the Wallace Foundation in 2002 to create a statewide learning community that explored the ways South Carolinians participate in the arts. This initiative resulted in partnerships throughout the state with local organizations that were engaged in building arts participation.

Round Two

The S.C. Arts Commission kicked-off the second phase of the Participation Initiative in February 2007 with a series of workshops to inform individual artists, arts organizations and *independent programmers about the project and Participation grants.

 

Workshop participants then took part in a two-day seminar that offered them the opportunity to join a statewide dialogue about arts participation. Through the competitive grant process that followed, organizations and individuals applied for funding to support an initiative that would significantly increase participation, create a positive and systemic change in operations, and have a long-term impact on a community, organization or art form.

 

These three outcomes are also referred to as broaden (attract more people), deepen (increase current participants' involvement) or diversify (attract different kinds of people).

 

*An independent arts programmer is any person within the state of South Carolina, who is not employed by any organization, but whose work includes the creation and/or implementation of arts events, art exhibits, and/or arts programs that are open to the general public.

Round One Participants

Colleton County Arts Council	Colleton County
The Gibbes Museum of Art	Charleston County
Spoleto Festival USA	Charleston County
Greenville Symphony Orchestra	Greenville County
The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County	Kershaw County
Sandlapper Singers	Richland County
Workshop Theatre	Richland County
The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg	Spartanburg County
South Carolina Traditional Arts Network

 

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Round Two Participants

Arts Center of Coastal Carolina	Beaufort County
Gibbes Museum of Art	Charleston County
Charleston Academy of Music	Charleston County
Cultural Council of Georgetown	Georgetown County
Greenwood-Lander Performing Arts	Greenwood County
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College	Orangeburg County
Columbia Museum of Art	Richland County
Nickelodeon Theatre	Richland County
Columbia’s New Audience Roadshow	Richland County
Sandlapper Singers	Richland County
The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg	Spartanburg County
Arts Council of York County	York County
Winthrop University and Clinton Jr. College	York County

 

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