By Megan A. Zebrowski
On Friday, August 18th, 16 of the 17 members of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities delivered a letter of resignation to president Trump.
Archive for category: Policy
Americans for the Arts: Funding Bill Cuts $5 million from NEA
By Americans for the Arts
Today, the U.S. House Interior Appropriations Committee advanced a bill to provide funding for our nation’s natural and cultural resources, proposing $145 million to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY2018. This is a $5 million cut from current levels and $10 million less than the request supported by a record number of members of Congress this year.
Ford Foundation: The Art of Democracy: Creative Expression and American Greatness
By Darren Walker
Good evening, everyone. Thank you, Thelma Golden, for your gracious introduction—and, more importantly, for your groundbreaking, visionary leadership at the Studio Museum in Harlem. And thank you, all, for this extraordinary honor: the privilege of delivering this 30th annual lecture in tribute to the incomparable Nancy Hanks.
The Advocate: Why Black Gay Filmmaker Marlon Riggs Matters Now
By Charles Stephens
During the 1992 presidential primaries, Pat Buchanan, seeking the Republican Party's nomination, used an unauthorized clip from Tongues Untied to blast the National Endowment for the Arts and attack George H. W. Bush.
CPB: Statement on the President’s Budget Proposal Eliminating Funding for Public Media
By Patricia Harrison
There is no viable substitute for federal funding that ensures Americans have universal access to public media’s educational and informational programming and services.
TechCrunch: the Implications of the End of Net Neutrality
By Sergey Denisenko
When Donald Trump pulled off a stunning victory to win the U.S. presidency, I—and many others who work in digital media—began to speculate about how the Trump administration might handle net neutrality.
BroadwayWorld: Arts Organizations on the Importance of the National Endowment for the Arts
By Alexa Criscitiello
The overall assumption regarding an interest in the arts seems to be one of partisan politics. Its value is an often-debated topic in a divided nation whose idealistic chasm grows wider by the day.
PEN America: DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
PEN America's take on today's most pressing threats to free expression
Corporation For Public Broadcasting: Reported Trump Privatization Plan Would Be “Devastating” To Public Media
By Matt Gertz
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is pushing back on reported efforts by the Trump administration to privatize it, saying the proposal would have a “devastating effect” and that “the entire public media service would be severely debilitated.”
NAMAC Joins the Conversation at ArtChangeUS REMAP: Detroit
NAMAC Executive Director Wendy Levy participated in REMAP: Detroit and was inspired by the conviction of the communities in the rooms, the fearless examination of the challenges, and the celebration of the arts, in the broadest view, as an engine for transformation.