Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival shines as arts advocates rally around NEA

Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival shines as arts advocates rally around NEA

PALM SPRINGS Calif. (KESQ)  - As federal support for the arts faces uncertainty, one Palm Springs festival is showing that creativity — and community — are still going strong. Founded in 2000, the annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival opens Thursday night with a renewed call to support the arts. Organizers said the festival spotlights classic noir films from the 1940s and ’50s — including some that haven’t been shown in theaters in decades. The…

Helen Frankenthaler and Andy Warhol Foundations Rally to Assist Arts Projects Affected by NEA Funding Losses

The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation have teamed up to offer a total of $800,000 to cultural programs that lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts in February after Trump administration cuts forced the agency to eliminate its Challenge America grants. The grants had historically gone to small and midsize […]

Trump's NEA slashes grants for Madison-area arts groups

Madison Opera and Prairie Music & Arts in Sun Prairie learned Friday that already-approved NEA grants have been cut due to new presidential priorities.