Omaha arts organizations face federal grant cuts after Friday night emails

Juneau Arts and Humanities Council director resigns after organization cuts DEI language from its website

Phil Huebschen at their office on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) The executive director of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council will resign following the board’s decision to cut diversity, equity and inclusion language from its website.   The organization announced Monday that Phil Huebschen is leaving the nonprofit after two years. “I found myself unable to authentically engage in implementing the decision of the board,” Huebsche…

Mask for Pleasure: at-risk US Covid-impacted artists launch archive in Germany

Some artworks respond to the urgency of moment. Others make a pitch to long memory. Amidst rising suppression of the arts in the US, Mask for Pleasure – full title: A future that could include (and is not affiliated with) Eric Bogosian by the transdisciplinary arts collective Holy Erotic Propaganda Arson (HEPA) is attempting to do both, as an in-development performance and transnational ecosystem, including archival memory and diasporic support …

Festival Flamenco will happen despite cut in federal funds

The National Endowment for the Arts unexpectedly withdrew $70K grant, according to the National Institute of Flamenco headquartered in Albuquerque.

Local organizations deal with funding cuts from National Endowment for the Arts

Artists with the Criminal Queerness Festival are devastated.

Nebraska groups lose funding after National Endowment for the Arts pulls grants

The artistic director of the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival which lost its grant for events in Lincoln and Omaha, called the move to reverse a contract already in motion "mean-spirited.”

Trump administration cuts send St. Louis arts organizations scrambling for funds

The National Endowment for the Arts rescinded grants it had announced for at least 10 local groups.