ARTS ADVOCATES HOPE TAX REVENUES WILL FILL FUNDING VOID

If you’re late paying a utility bill in Wilson, North Carolina, your late fee goes into the city’s arts budget. This is just one of many “local option taxes” levied by counties and municipalities across the country in order to support the arts, Leonard Jacobs writes in Backstage. And some cultural advocates believe that this type of tax program, widely implemented, could represent a viable future for arts funding.