If you missed it, Tuesday’s Arts Matter Mayoral Summit was attended by approximately 200 people. The room buzzed with arts leaders from many area arts organizations as well as a fair number of practicing artists. As the event unfolded, it was apparent that the overwhelming response to the role of arts and culture in Charleston […]
THE PROJECT OR INITIATIVE For 20 years, as gridlock and traffic congestion have taken over the Lowcountry and made access to our beaches harder, local Government has struggled to plan a regional rapid transit system. There have been four major planning efforts which have gone nowhere. There are shelves of reports and diagrams about projects […]
Is there a central, streamlined online platform for connecting our region’s venues with the talent that that venue may be interested in attracting to perform at their site? Is their a place where musicians, music groups, theatre troops, and other performance artists can go to submit proposals for performances and connect to producers and/or venues […]
The city of Atlanta, the city of Miami, and others have dedicated funding that provides arts experiences for children. For example, the city of Atlanta offers the Cultural Experience Project, which guarantees one free arts experience – including transportation- each year for K-12 students in the Atlanta Public School System. Over 50,000 students each year […]
Last week’s Ravenel Bridge closing brought into stark relief the transportation problems in the Charleston metro area. The usual traffic congestion hassles turned into chaos with the closing of just one artery into the peninsula, and the pain was not limited to the Mt. Pleasant corridor. Traffic volume will only increase, with expansion at Boeing, […]
Charleston needs more public art–permanent as well as temporary installations–sculptures that speak to our place in history as well as our place in the future. For two weeks every Spring, we are graced with the energetic charge of Spoleto. Why can’t we carry that all year long? Look at Charlotte, Atlanta, NYC, Nashville, San Fran…all […]
WCIV-TV | ABC News 4 – Charleston News, Sports, Weather All six of the candidates who have publicly declared they are in the running to be Charleston’s next mayor have confirmed they will attend the Charleston Regional Alliance for the Arts 2015 Arts Matter Mayoral Summit on June 9 from 9-11 a.m. at Woolfe Street […]
Founded in the historic Charleston Lowcountry, Charleston Characters specializes in providing dance entertainment in non-traditional venues and incorporating all aspects of dance and theater. The mission of Charleston Characters Dance Company is to showcase contemporary dance with an emphasis on theatrical intent, by engaging audiences of all walks of life through the art of dance […]
Hey Charleston Mayoral Candidates! Here’s a question I’d like to have answered at the upcoming forum: Outside of Spoleto and Piccolo, what ideas do you have to bolster the arts in our town to create more jobs with living wages?