Bill Text: WV SR44 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating February 14, 2019, as WV Arts Day
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-14 - Completed legislative action [SR44 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SR44-Introduced.html
SENATE RESOLUTION 44
(By Senators Carmichael (Mr. President), Jeffries, Stollings, Baldwin, Beach, Palumbo, Unger, Plymale, Cline, Prezioso, Rucker, and Boso)
[Introduced February 14, 2019]
Designating February 14, 2019, as West Virginia Arts Day at the Legislature.
Whereas, The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History, the West Virginia Arts Office, and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts support programs, organizations, and individual artists in all 55 counties; and
Whereas, The arts are the embodiment of all things beautiful and entertaining in the world, the enduring record of human achievement; and
Whereas, The arts enhance every aspect of life in West Virginia: Growing our creative economy, enriching our civic life, enhancing tourism, and exerting a profound, positive influence on the education of our children; and
Whereas, Support for the arts advances, fosters, and promotes the traditional and contemporary creativity of our residents through music, theatre, literature, dance, and fine arts; and
Whereas, Arts education research shows that the arts help to foster discipline, creativity, imagination, self-expression, and problem-solving skills while also helping to develop a heightened appreciation of beauty and cross-cultural understanding; and
Whereas, The arts play a unique and intrinsically valuable role in the lives of our families, our communities, and our state; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate:
That the Senate designates February 14, 2019, as West Virginia Arts Day at the Legislature; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Senate encourages all citizens to celebrate and promote the arts and culture in the Mountain State; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Curator of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History.
