Arts supporters from across the state will head to the General Assembly on Thursday, Feb. 25 to protest the proposed elimination of the Virginia Commission for the Arts. On February 21 the Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates voted, 15-7, to cut state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts by 50 percent in 2010 and to eliminate the group completely as in 2011. More information available at VaforArts.org.