It’s a very good morning. ⛅ Today, the US arts initiatives that were on the ballot this week, how the Resale Royalty Award Program will offer living artists 5% of the proceeds from secondary sales, and the life and times of war reporter Robert Fisk (RIP).

The nation is anxiously awaiting the results of historic presidential and congressional races that will have a sweeping impact on areas ranging from healthcare to social justice and more.

At the local level, however, ballot measures are a significant way of influencing policy and an important form of direct democracy. When it comes to the arts, several ballot propositions in 2020 tackled questions about public funding for culture and what to do with controversial monuments.

Souls Grown Deep Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting work by African American artists from the South, launched a Resale Royalty Award Program to compensate artists when their work is resold.