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Commission on the Arts highlights $880,000 in grants, asks for $18,400 to expand arts education grants
Summary
The Idaho Commission on the Arts told JFAC it awarded about $880,000 in grants last year across 38 counties, reported the arts’ $2.7 billion annual economic impact in Idaho, and asked for $18,400 in ongoing general funds to support four additional arts-education grants.
Laura Curry, director of the Idaho Commission on the Arts, updated the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on the commission’s budget and grant activity and requested a small ongoing general-fund increase for arts education grants.
Kellen McGurkin, Legislative Services analyst, summarized the commission’s finances: the agency is funded by the state general fund and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) federal grants, supplemented by…
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