Jeremiah Clark // Republican // Utah House District 40
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How have the arts, culture, and/or humanities impacted your life?
- My life is enriched beyond measure through art, music, performance, culture, and history. The impact is immeasurable as it affects every aspect of my being. These have shaped who I am and enhanced my connection with others, my community and world.
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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
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Fiscally responsible government investment in the arts and humanities (including humanities and arts education) means to me:
- A fiscally responsible government furthers the aspirations of the citizenry through representation, consensus building, collecting revenue and approve funding.
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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
- Fiscally responsible government investment in arts and humanities organizations.
- Facilitating partnerships between tourism and culture.
- Reducing regulations of creative businesses.
- Capital investment (in museums, performance/concert halls, studios, galleries, nonprofit office space, etc.).
- Allowing municipalities to set design standards
- K-6 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
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Anything else we should know about you?
- I am eager to work with citizens and policy makers to responsibly further arts and humanities in our schools and communities.
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