NC House: No Arts in WNC Relief & Budget Update On Wednesday, May 21st the NC House of Representative passed the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 – Part II (H1012) that would not provide the desperately needed dedicated relief funding…
House Budget Proposal: No Arts Cuts, K-5 Arts Requirement, & NC Arts Council Changes
House Budget Proposal: No Arts Cuts, K-5 Arts Requirement, & NC Arts Council Changes On May 19th the NC House of Representatives released their two-year spending plan for FY26 and FY27 which had no funding cuts to the arts, included…
Act Now to Defend the NEA!
Act Now to Defend the NEA! Recent developments at the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) are deeply troubling as hundreds of grants for local projects have been cancelled and massive staff reductions raise serious doubts that the agency can…
NC Senate Budget: No Increase, No Cuts
NC Senate Budget Proposal: No Increase, No Cuts The NC Senate voted to approve their proposed two-year budget on April 17th two days after it was made public. This budget proposal included no additional funding for any NC Arts Council…
SAVE the NEA! Restore NEH and IMLS!
SAVE the NEA! Restore NEH and IMLS! Recent actions at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and we expect soon the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) by the Department…