The SC Arts Commission should fund art, not police ideas

By: Paul Hyde

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: September 9, 2026

Words: 806

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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The Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus and Proud Mary Theatre Company, two LGBTQ-related arts organizations in the Upstate, had been recommended for South Carolina Arts Commission grants through the agency’s normal review process.

The agency’s governing board approved grants for more than 170 other organizations. But commissioners singled out these two and postponed their grants until they can make another case for their artistic merit.

Why? The answer appears to have …

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