Tyler Allred // Democrat // Utah House of Representatives District 2 (A+)

1. Should government invest in funding the arts and humanities at fiscally responsible levels?

Answer: Yes

2. Do you support investing money into K-12 arts and humanities education at fiscally responsible levels?

Answer: Yes

3. Do you believe that arts and humanities education should be required in the k-12 curriculum?

Answer: Yes

4. Do you consider the arts and culture sector to be an economic driver in Utah?

Answer: Yes

5. Do you support Utah's Percent-for-Art Act, which designates 1% of public building costs for public art?

Answer: Yes

6. Do you support preserving the Utah Historic Preservation Tax Credit?

Answer: Yes

7. Do you support policy that positively impacts tourism, such as the creation of historic and cultural districts?

Answer: Yes

8. Have you had a personal experience with arts, culture, or humanities that has had an impact on your life? Please explain. (responses to this question were not graded)

The majority of my high school electives were art classes. I got an enhanced degree in Fine Art and School Publications. I then went on to art school at the Art Institute of Salt Lake. I also run my own art business where I teach painting classes and do commissioned art pieces. I have participated in street fairs and conventions promoting and selling art and have been active in the art culture of Utah. I am also deeply involved in the idea of humanities and I believe it is the main reason I am involved in politics. I believe that we should be forging a future that protects and creates a better quality of life for everyone. I value the fair treatment of everyone over any special interest group and believe it is our governments' job to do the same. I recently attended a humanitarian awards ceremony for Amitov Ghosh and believe in his teachings and ideas that we need to create a society around the idea of environmentalism.

Explanations/Comments:

The policies you asked about in the survey I am not well versed in. If there are issues with those policies not providing enough support or limiting support to our arts culture then I would love to address and fix those issues. I believe that a healthy society needs art and culture and that politics should focus on more humanitarian issues then they currently do.