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2002 Gubernatorial Elections Arts Questionnaire Recently, Maryland Citizens for the Arts complied a questionnaire for the gubernatorial candidates about the arts and arts education. Below are the questions we posed. Read the Responses:
1. How do you think Maryland's quality of life is affected by its arts organizations? How will this be reflected in your policies and budgets? 2. For over ten years, Maryland Citizens for the Arts has shared
a goal with legislative leaders and past Administrations to fund
10% of arts organizations’ operating budgets through the Maryland
State Arts Council. Although in recent years, the level of Maryland
State Arts Council funding has increased annually, except for FY
03, the growth in the numbers and sizes of arts organizations has
increased even more rapidly. The percent of their operating budgets
funded by the state has fallen from 9% in FY 01 to 7.25% this year.
Do you accept the goal of providing 10% of the operating costs of
arts organizations and what will you do to implement it? 4. Arts Education has enjoyed a growing level of support from legislators and the Governor for more than ten years. What is your position relative to state funding for arts education instruction and programs in the public schools? 5. The Maryland State Board of Education has adopted the goal that 100 percent of Maryland’s students will participate in fine arts programs that enable them to meet the content and achievement standards established by State standards for the arts. This goal places the arts--dance, music, theater and the visual arts-- on the same level as other core subject areas including reading, math, science and social studies. Do you agree with this goal? How will you support the achievement of this goal? |
