How the new state budget will affect the arts

It’s a pretty grim picture, according to a release from Arizona Citizens Action for the Arts:

A reduction of $217,000 from the Arizona Commission on the Arts general appropriation budget for Fiscal Year 2011 and a smaller reduction in the Commission’s current-year funding. At this level, there remains barely enough to match NEA grants, which requires a state match.
A reduction of $115,000 from the Arts Trust Fund, which historically generates over $1 million each year for arts grants from Arizona Corporation Commission new business filing fees.
A sweep of the remaining funds in Arizona ArtShare, the statewide arts endowment fund, of nearly $10 million.

I just saw an Arizona Capitol Times tweet that said Brewer has signed the bill.

The ACAA web site is here.