Doug Owens // Democrat // Utah House District 36
-
How have the arts, culture, and/or humanities impacted your life?
- Arts, culture, and humanities have had a huge impact on my life. I have been fortunate to travel to places all over the world, and I've seen how culture is the root of society. I served my mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France and saw how art and the humanities had a significant impact on that country. I have been excited to see how it has played a part in Utah's past and continues to play a part in Utah.
-
Utah's humanities and arts employ 123,000 Utahns, provide $4.4 billion in earnings, and $13.2 billion in sales. This is a larger economic impact than agriculture, mining, and real estate. Do you consider the arts and cultural sector an economic driver in Utah?
- Yes
-
Fiscally responsible government investment in the arts and humanities (including humanities and arts education) means to me:
- This means that Utah can continue to advance both culturally and economically. Every major city and state in the United States and worldwide has a thriving cultural component in conjunction with a thriving economy. This is not a coincidence.
-
I support the following legislative items:
- Grants to be used for operations (jobs) as soon as possible
- Keeping emergency loans open to nonprofits
- Protecting the RAP taxes so that money granted to cultural organizations doesn't get repurposed
- Increasing availability of loans to cultural businesses (non-profit and for-profit)
- Fiscally responsible government investment in arts and humanities organizations.
- Development of cultural districts
- Facilitating partnerships between tourism and culture.
- Reducing regulations of creative businesses.
- Capital investment (in museums, performance/concert halls, studios, galleries, nonprofit office space, etc.).
- Percent for public art programs, which optionally designate 1% of government capital costs for public art
- K-6 Students should have increased exposure to arts and humanities education
- 7-12 Students should have increased exposure to arts and humanities education
- I support the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program which puts one arts specialist in most elementary schools
- I support the POPS (Professional Outreach Program in the Schools) which sends 13 professional arts organizations to all UT school districts
- I support the iSEE (Informal Science Educational Enhancement) which sends 10 professional science, zoological, and natural history organizations to all UT school districts
-
Anything else we should know about you?
- No answer given
Do you like this page?