Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the “Fall of Freedom” – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
National Endowment for the Arts
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Rhode Island Latino Arts wins legal victory over Trump administration
Rhode Island Latino Arts and three other arts organizations won a ruling against the Trump Administration on Friday when a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that a policy from the National Endowment for the Arts violates the First Amendment and other federal laws. The policy would have allowed the NEA to disfavor grant applications […]
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Artists wanted for Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes
The National Endowment for the Humanities says the project will “honor the statesmen, visionaries, and innovators who shaped the nation.” It’s a lot of statues.
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Arts groups sue Trump administration over ban on ‘gender ideology’
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island on behalf of several arts organizations over new requirements from the Trump administration that prohibit federal funds being used to “promote gender ideology.” Applicants for National Endowment for the Arts grants must now tick a box on their application […]
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Artscape – NEA Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter
Mary Anne Carter is the acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. She recently visited Rhode Island to speak with the congressional delegation as well as leaders from the arts community.
