Urbanowski: Federal actions impact local access to arts - San José Spotlight

Urbanowski: Federal actions impact local access to arts - San José Spotlight

Over the past two weeks, I have received numerous calls and emails from local arts organizations reporting on late-night email notifications informing them of the cancellation of existing federal grants. The most recent was a blanket email on May 2 indicating multiple National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants have been terminated. Just like the notification of cancelled grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) and Natio…

Juneau organizations react to sweeping federal grant cuts to arts and culture programs

Actors Ben Brown, Travis Clark Morris, Kristen Rankin and Lauren Parkinson perform a scene from “The Thanksgiving Play” at Perseverance Theatre. (Photo Courtesy/Frank Delaney) The Trump Administration has started canceling federal grants that fund arts and culture programs across the country, including here in Juneau.  The cuts involve millions of dollars in grant funding doled out through the National Endowment for the Arts and the National End…