Is passion enough? Students reel after national cuts to performing arts funding

Oakland cuts the city’s top arts and culture role

Oakland cuts the city’s top arts and culture role The move will save $300,000, but local artists say they feel blindsided by the council's decision. Now, Oakland’s arts community is left without an advocate in City Hall.

2 Qualicum Beach students headed to Canada West Performing Arts Festival

Event takes place at the University of Saskatchewan

Is passion enough? Students reel after national cuts to performing arts funding

Sierra Corcoran ’25 plans to move to New York City to chase her dream — a career in acting — at a time when the arts are under attack on virtually every front. “As someone who’s going into the job market right now, I’m really scared,” said Corcoran, who interned at a New York theater company last winter and witnessed a scramble to make up for the loss of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants. NEA funding has been uncertain for national an…

Rebel in the arts

Rebel in the arts By Grace Okereke Whether you are an artist, company, festival, arts manager or institution—and whether new to the performing arts sector or long-established—there is one need we all share: money. It is fundamental for us to be able to function, whether to pay for materials, people, overheads, or so much more. Where we diverge from this shared need is when we look at how we generate our income, whether we receive it on a consist…