A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to winston‑salem delta fine arts, inc.
Whereas, Winston‑Salem Delta Fine Arts, Inc., is an independent nonprofit, cultural, and educational corporation that was established in August 1972; and
Whereas, the Delta Arts Center of Winston‑Salem Delta Fine Arts, Inc. was established in 1982 and is Winston‑Salem's oldest incorporated, nonprofit cultural and educational organization established and operated by a community‑based organization of African‑American women; and 
Whereas, members of the community of Winston‑Salem and surrounding areas are involved in Delta Arts Center activities, as board members, volunteers, visitors, and program participants; and 
Whereas, in 2003, Delta Fine Arts completed 31 years of providing unique cultural and educational experiences through a year‑round program of exhibitions, classes, workshops, lectures, films, performances, and special projects for children, adults, and the elderly in the areas of visual arts, music, literature, history, and folk arts; and
Whereas, since 1972, Delta Fine Arts has made significant donations to North Carolina collections of art by African‑Americans and has brought the work of master and nationally recognized African‑American artists to this State; and
Whereas, Delta Fine Arts has enhanced the permanent art collection of Winston‑Salem State University through the purchases of paintings by North Carolina native artists John Biggers, Romare Bearden, Samuel Brown, Stephanie Pogue, and of sculptures by William Artis and Selma Burke; and
Whereas, Delta Fine Arts has also brought to this State visual and historical exhibitions, readings by African‑American authors, and musical performances of works by African‑American composers, including Pulitzer prize‑winning authors such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, and Alice Walker and Pulitzer prize‑winning composer George Walker; and
Whereas, the programs of Delta Fine Arts and the Delta Arts Center have afforded people of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds an opportunity to view exhibits and participate in programs developed from the African‑American perspective; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Winston‑Salem Delta Fine Arts, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to complete the building renovations of the organization's Delta Arts Center. 
 SECTION 2.   This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.