Welcome to our New Arts Policies + News Resource Hub. Here you’ll find tools and information to help you navigate recent policy changes and news impacting our local creative sector. This page will be updated regularly as new developments arise. Check back often for the latest updates.
Policy Resources
- Americans for the Arts: National Pulse Survey
- Americans for the Arts Webinar: Emergency Guidance on NEA Grant Cancellation
- The Film Festival Alliance and Modern Language Association: Step-by-step guidance and templates to support your funding appeal to the NEA
- National Council of Nonprofits: A Nonprofit Checklist: What to do When Your Federal Grant or Contract is Terminated
- Holland & Knight: What Recipients Need to Know if a Federal Grant Is Terminated by the Government
- American Alliance of Museums: Updates and Resources on the Impacts of Executive Orders
- DeVos Institute of Arts Management Webinar: Responding to Recent Executive Orders
- DeVos Institute of Arts Management Resource Guide: Responding to Recent Executive Orders
- Americans for the Arts: Office Hours with Our Arts Advocacy Team Featuring Guest Mary Anne Carter, President Trump’s political appointee and Senior Advisor at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- Americans for the Arts: Executive Orders & Their Impact on the Arts FAQ
- Nonprofit Quarterly: Nonprofits Self-Censoring in Wake of Trump Actions
Latest Local News
- National Endowment for the Arts Rescinds Grants, Dazing Publishers and Theaters
- Cultural Groups Across U.S. Told that Federal Humanities Grants are Terminated
- Americans Civil Liberties Union: Artists Mount First Amendment Challenge to New Grant Requirements by the National Endowment for the Arts
- Washington Post: Disabled Kids Soar in this Ballet Class. It’s in Limbo Under Trump
- What Musicians did After an Executive Order on DEI Led to the Cancellation of U.S. Marine Band Collaboration
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