Arts Groups Outraged At Proposed Cuts(Gov. Haley Calls For End To SC Arts Commission)

WYFF4 ^ | 1/23/11 | John Eby,

[redk]

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Some Upstate art groups are outraged after Gov. Nikki Haley called for an end to funding the South Carolina Arts Commission in her first State of the State address.

"To take all of that away ... from all the arts organizations in the state, I think its catastrophic," said Alan Ethridge of the Metropolitan Arts Council in Greenville.

Ethridge said many arts organizations, especially in rural areas, will struggle to survive without funding from the Arts commission.

"Without them providing funding to schools and artists who work in schools and to artists-in-residence, I think art education will suffer," he said.

Haley said the state's budget situation requires the legislature to make cuts to anything that is not a "core function" of South Carolina government.

[redk]

In one week she ticked off the art wimps and earned a lawsuit from the AFL-CIO. The force is strong with this one.

[Yet_Again]

Defunding the enemy is an excellent place to start.

[Myrddin]

Good move. Art is not a core function.

[scott7278]

These people are so full of self-importance. Let the free market work - no more subsidies!

[Outlaw Woman]

Love watching these temper tantrums breaking out all over. And that's exactly what is going on here. Just shows the leftist maggots are all in a perpetual state of adolescence. Grow up scumbags,the world will not stop if you can't sink a Cross in urine or cover a potrait of Christ in human excrement.

[nmh]

DEFUND the NATIONAL Endowment of the Arts and all the other NATIONAL social garbage. Have the LIBERALS PAY for their filth posing as “art”.

[nmh]

Have these parasites, eh “artists” get REAL jobs.

Have them SELL their “art” and see if anyone wants it.

[madison10]

DEFUND the NATIONAL Endowment of the Arts and all the other NATIONAL social garbage. Have the LIBERALS PAY for their filth posing as “art”.

I, for one, am tired of paying for re-purposed sewer products being displayed in museums.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Waste of money, waste of air

Get real jobs, “artists” Support urselves for a change

[JohnBrowdie]

“catastrophic!”, squeals alan ethridge, as he ponders unemployment.

where else but the arts can he find a (probably) six figure job, but not have to work for a living?

[toddausauras]

Stop holding your hands out and get a life pretentious bas*#*rds.

[freekitty]

Yes

[JohnBrowdie]

Ethridge said many arts organizations, especially in rural areas, will struggle to survive without funding from the Arts commission.

I love it when they don't even realize that they have said something incredibly stupid.

yes, please tax me to keep the world safe for rural art.

[voteNRA]

Good grief! The link says its only $2.5 million being cut.

Hold a bake sale or something

[Mygirlsmom]

Rural Art

[kabumpo]

Some of the best art is made in rural areas.

[ABQHispConservative]

They vote democrat anyway, so who cares. Save the state some money. Besides, I’m sure their rich lib friends will support their hippie asses.

[voteNRA]

And he continues....

"Ethridge said that the Metropolitan Arts Council, which raises money for fine arts in the Greenville area, had a record fundraising year in 2010.

He spends his time whining when he could be spending putting together another record fund raising year.

Priorities, I guess raising non-gov funds takes some effort

[Kickass Conservative]

Haley should just say that they need the money to fund Food Stamps.

When they criticize him all he has to say is, you want to starve children to give the money to Artist’s?

[Kickass Conservative]

HER not him, oops...