FY 2016 Appropriation

The Division of Arts and Museums was established in 1899 and was the first state arts agency in the nation. The division broadens the availability of and increases involvement in the arts by securing and distributing funds, providing training and development, and education programs throughout the state.

Funding History

Funding Issues

Fine Art Restoration

The State Fine Art collection has been aging and several of the items have been damaged for a variety of reasons including, temperature, poor maintenance, water damage etc. As a result the legislature allocated $20,000 one-time last year to begin the restoration process for several of these piece. Ongoing funding would be utilized to protect and restore the collection.
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $3,978,900 from all sources for Arts and Museums. This is a 1.7 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $2,671,800 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 3.7 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Fine Arts Collection Restoration$40,000$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$40,000$0General Fund
Funding to help restore several at risk art pieces.
Heritage and Arts Storage$0$200,000
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$200,000General Fund, One-time
To provide storage for the art collection that is portable and protective.
Transfer Hale Center Theatre Funding to Pass-Through Line ($82,700)$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($82,700)$0General Fund
BEDL created a new line last year for legislative pass through items. The action would move the Hale Center Theatre funding to the Pass-Through line.
Transfer Humanities Council Funding to Pass-Through Line ($62,900)$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($62,900)$0General Fund
BEDL created a new line last year for legislative pass through items. The action would move the Humanities Council funding to the Pass-Through line.
Transfer Southwest Symphony Funding to Pass-Through Line ($24,700)$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($24,700)$0General Fund
BEDL created a new line last year for legislative pass through items. The action would move the Southwest Symphony funding to the Pass-Through line.

The creative vitality index measures a selected set of economic inputs related to the arts and creativity in a given geographic area, with measurements of both for-profit and nonprofit arts-related activities. The index has two major components: measurements of community participation based on per capita revenues of arts-related goods and services and measurements of per capita occupational employment in the arts. The creative vitality index for Utah is shown below.

creative vitality index

In order to measure service provided the division tracks the number of grants provided to non-profits. The most recent data related to this measure is shown below.

Grants to Non-Profits

The Division of Arts and Museums tracks the number visits to museums to assess the level of interest in the division. Data is shown below.

Museum Website Visits

Statute

Statutory authority for the Utah Division of Fine Arts and Museums is provided in UCA 9-6. The statute authorizes the Utah Arts Council to "advance the interests of the arts, in all their phases, within the state of Utah." Responsibilities include developing arts in education, involving the private sector, and cooperating with other governmental organizations to promote the arts in the state.

The Division of Arts and Museums utilizes funding from both the General Fund and federal funds. Federal funding comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and is used for staff support, programs NEA initiatives, programs and arts grants.

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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.