Bill Text: HI SR119 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The State Foundation On Culture And The Arts To Spend Not Less Than Percent Of The Expenditures Of Funds In The Works Of Art Special Fund In Each Fiscal Year For The Commissioning Of Statues At New State Buildings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-16 - Referred to LCA. [SR119 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SR119-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	119
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to spend not less than       percent of the expenditures of funds in the Works of Art Special Fund in each fiscal year for the commissioning of statues at new state buildings.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the uniqueness of Hawaii's creative, artistic, and cultural sectors helps Hawaii's creative products compete in global markets, while simultaneously supporting visitor spending and developing the foundation of Hawaii's creative economy; and

 

     WHEREAS, according to a report published by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism in May 2020, Hawaii's creative sector contributed $4,200,000,000 to the State's economy in 2018, which represented 4.5 percent of its total gross domestic product; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii's creative industry, including but not limited to photography, performing and creative arts, cultural activities, film production, design, music, and arts education, accounted for approximately 53,464 jobs in Hawaii for 2018, which constituted 6.1 percent of the State's total civilian jobs; and

 

     WHEREAS, the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which shifted Hawaii's tourism-oriented economic base and caused unanticipated loss of income for the State and its residents, had a particularly significant adverse impact on its creative industry; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Creative Industries Division is the State's lead agency focused on strengthening, advocating, and accelerating the growth of Hawaii's creative industry, that supports initiatives, policy, and infrastructure to expand the capacity of Hawaii's creative entrepreneurs; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii's visual arts scene, which encompasses fine art media including drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, and installation, is one of six major creative industries that spur economic development; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Creative Industries Division seeks to expand the scope of the State's public works of art by incorporating visual art that represents Hawaii, including various statues and architecture that showcase Hawaii's unique and rich culture and history; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places and Relocatable Works of Art Programs, funded by the Works of Art Special Fund, are administered by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; and

 

     WHEREAS, the purposes of the Art in Public Places and Relocatable Works of Art Programs includes the creation, display, and maintenance in public places, a collection of works of art that represents the diversity and excellence of the State's artistic expression and provides to all the citizens of the State the fullest possible access to the highest quality aesthetic and educational experiences available; and

 

     WHEREAS, the design, implementation, maintenance, repair, and restoration of public works of visual art will necessitate an appropriation of funds to be allocated in the fulfillment of these acts; and

 

     WHEREAS, appropriations from the Legislature will include modifications of display sites, display platforms, transportable and relocatable materials, and the enhancement of public spaces to add to the cultural, visual, and aesthetic value of the works of art that occupy public spaces; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is requested to spend not less than       percent of the expenditures of the funds in the Works of Art Special Fund in each fiscal year for the commissioning of statues at new state buildings; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Chief Officer of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Creative Industries Division.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Works of Art Special Fund; Statues; New State Buildings; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Creative Industries Division