Where do we go from here? Well, we need your help.
At the turn of the past few decades, the South Carolina Arts Commission has endeavored to conduct extensive research among arts-inclined South Carolinians in order to form its “Long Range Plan for the Arts.” With a new decade on the horizon, the Canvass of the People is back to get your thoughts on the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for the arts in your community and across the state.
Input will be gathered from October 2019 and into March 2020 in public and private forums and via the brief, anonymous survey at the bottom of this page. We hope to hear from as many citizens as possible, and we’d be grateful if you shared this page with your networks.
Make plans to join a public forum. Our team is working to schedule them in geographically diverse locations so we can meet, chat, and consider what could be for South Carolina’s arts and cultural scene. Check back frequently as we add locations and dates.
Thank you for making South Carolina a culturally vibrant state with your work, support, or both.
Canvass events listed here are open to the public.
You are cordially invited to attend the event closest to you. Team members from the S.C. Arts Commission will facilitate discussion and record your valuable input.
Let organizers and others know you’re coming on our Facebook events page (optional). We’d be honored for you to share those as well.
Spartanburg
Rock Hill
Greenwood
Myrtle Beach
Pickens
Orangeburg
Sumter
Beaufort
McCormick
Lancaster
Columbia
Walterboro
Aiken
Greenville
Hispanic Alliance/Greenville
Hanahan
Charleston/Higher Ed
Canvass events listed here are for attendees of these events only.
Team members from the S.C. Arts Commission will facilitate discussion and record valuable input during conferences or meetings of these affinity groups.
Oct. 2 • Florence
Florence County arts/business focus group
Oct. 14 • Spartanburg
Palmetto State Arts Education annual conference
Feb. 8 • Columbia
South Carolina Music Educators Association conference
The S.C. Arts Commission extends its thanks to these groups for allowing us access to their events for the purpose of canvassing citizens.
Surveying for the Canvass has been completed.