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In December 2021, the Legislature’s Arts, Culture and Tourism Caucus called together representatives of the arts, culture, and tourism communities for a forum to learn about their needs and priorities. Participants expressed universal concern over the lack of funding, inequities in the way funds were distributed, and uneven support from year to year. You can read the forum’s summary report here.

The forum sparked a conversation between Connecticut Arts Alliance, Connecticut Humanities, and Connecticut Tourism Coalition on how they could work together to address the funding issues raised in the convening. The outcome is the Connecticut Arts, Culture and Tourism Funding Roadmap project. The roadmap will suggest a funding level that adequately supports these important contributors to our state’s economy, our communities and our quality of life while offering ways to distribute funding that are more equitable and reliable. 

We’ll use the roadmap during the 2023 legislative session to help legislators understand the problems with the way the state funds arts, culture, and tourism now, and to offer ideas on what a more impactful funding strategy could look like. 

Our ultimate goal for the roadmap project is better funding for arts, culture and tourism in our state!

The Arts, Culture and Tourism Funding Roadmap project is a partnership of Connecticut Arts Alliance, Connecticut Humanities, and Connecticut Tourism Coalition in collaboration with regional and statewide arts, culture, and tourism organizations.