Austin dance company loses $30k after NEA cuts, cancels annual festival

Utah arts groups just saw thousands in funding pulled by the feds. Here’s what was cut.

A play for Utah students about coping with post-pandemic life. Free ballet performances for children with autism and their families. Teaching teens to produce, direct and shoot their own short films. And restaging the opera “Madame Butterfly” for modern audiences.

Austin arts groups facing budget cuts after cancellation of NEA grants - Austin Monitor

An assortment of arts organizations in Austin were among the hundreds across the nation that learned late Friday that their most recent round of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was being withdrawn. The Austin Monitor has confirmed… The post Austin arts groups facing budget cuts after cancellation of NEA grants appeared first on Austin Monitor.

NEA grant cancelations shock NM arts organizations

Arts organizations in New Mexico have lost tens of thousands of dollars in promised funding from National Endowment for the Arts grants, including the National Institute of Flamenco, Paseo Project, Friends of the Orphan Signs, New Mexico Jazz Festival, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, AMP Concerts, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI).

Austin dance company loses $30k after NEA cuts, cancels annual festival

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Acia Gray has been teaching Austinites how to tap dance since the 1980s. “The Tapestry Dance Company has been around since October of 1989,” said Gray, Tapestry's co-founder. “[We’ve taught] thousands. And we're really proud because many of those individuals went on to professional dance careers.”  A centerpiece of Tapestry’s work is its annual Soul 2 Sole Festival, which draws students and dancers from all over the world to cele…

Ragtag Film Society loses $30,000 federal grant

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ragtag Film Society in Columbia announced in a Monday press release that its grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was terminated on Friday. The group is a 501(c)(3) organization that runs and operates Ragtag Cinema on Hitt Street in Downtown Columbia and the True/False Film Fest, which has

What is the National Endowment for the Arts and How Is It Funded?

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the largest funder of the arts in the United States, is under renewed threat, as President Donald Trump moves to target cultural institutions in a sweeping bid to shrink the federal government. The agency was founded by Congress in 1965 in order to encourage arts participation and practice, but could be shut down after Trump proposed slashing the agency in a budget proposal released Friday.  [time-brigh…