10-R115
2010 -- H 7911
Enacted 03/16/10
H O U S E R E S
O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING
MARCH 16, 2010, TO BE
Introduced By: Representatives Kilmartin, Williams, Watson, Martin, and Ruggiero
Date Introduced: March 16, 2010
WHEREAS, Former
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy wisely stated “Above all, we are
coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity
of a free people. When the creative
impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its
methods and objects, when it is deprived
of spontaneity, then society severs”; and
WHEREAS, Recognizing the important relationship between the arts and
our quality of
life, and the arts and a thriving state economy, is an
essential element in humanity’s vast effort to
develop and expand this world for future generations. Support
for Arts Program funding is a
primary and necessary step towards reaching that goal; and
WHEREAS, Arts Advocacy
Day at the Rhode Island State House was designed to bring
various cultural and civic groups, as well as artists,
designers, arts supporters, business, corporate,
and legislative leaders, together in order to educate,
advocate for, and promote our state’s arts
programs; and
WHEREAS, Financially, the arts create thousands of jobs for citizens
of
and contribute close to a half-billion dollars annually
to the state’s economy; and
WHEREAS, Every dollar given to the arts through the state budget
provides an average
of $22 in increased revenue from private and
out-of-state sources; and
WHEREAS, A recent study
conducted by the organization Americans for the Arts
determined, “For every dollar spent on an arts experience, an
additional $26.58 is spent by in-
state attendees and $38 by out-of-state attendees in
surrounding establishments. With this, the
arts in
WHEREAS, The Conference
Board ascertains that 97 percent of corporate leaders agree
“creativity is increasingly
important in the
WHEREAS, Not only does a thriving arts and cultural life improve
educational outcomes
and generate income, jobs, and tax revenue for our
communities, more importantly, it helps to
build a state that is attractive as both a destination and
a place to call home; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives of the State of
Providence Plantations
hereby proclaims March 16, 2010, to be “Arts Advocacy Day at the State
House” in the State of
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives hereby encourages
all the people of the
State of
and respectfully urges all elected officials to support
increased funding for our state’s arts
programs; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized
and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Rhode
Island Congressional Delegation, the
Arts, the National
Endowment for the Arts, and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
(NASAA).
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