Major Hollywood Guilds Call Trump’s Arts Cuts ‘Damaging Message to Future Generations’

The proposal called for the elimination of funding for the National Endowment of the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Cooperation for Public Broadcasting, which supports programs, including PBS and NPR. Of course, while this post is about cultural funding, there’s a whole lot else to oppose in this new budget – particularly that it sees a $54 billion increase in defense spending, while simultaneously proposing cuts to the likes of the Environmental Protection Agency (by 31%) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (by 13.2%).

Malcolm Brett, director of broadcasting and media innovations at UW-Extension, said he is “concerned” about the proposed elimination of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but is optimistic that constituents will speak up to maintain funding.

The CPB in 2016 took $445 million, or 0.01 percent, of U.S. federal spending, and the National Endowment of the Arts received $146 million, or 0.004 percent, in 2015.

“Rural areas and low-income communities specifically would suffer disproportionately from significant reductions in funding from the NEA”, she says.

Trump is the first president to make this proposal, according to a report by The New York Times.

The legislation that created the United States’ arts and humanities endowments, signed into law by LBJ in 1965, said this: “Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens. There are other organizations that are smaller, that I think might not be able to make it”. “But, as a symbol of having gone through a rigorous selection process, private dollars do flow”. For the last five years, for example, Springboard for the Arts, which is an economic development group based in St. Paul and Fergus Falls, Minn., has received “Our Town” funding from the NEA, meant to support “creative placemaking” and community storytelling in Fergus Falls.

“One thing that’s very critical about NEA support is that it sparks investment from other donors”, Davis told TPM.

This year, the NEA is making $3.5 million in grants in MA. Jesse Helms, to cut funding to the NEA or to control what it funds. The organization’s last NEA grant was $10,000 for a community leadership program.

The Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, the New York Hall of Science, the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning and the Calpulli Mexican Dance Company are among the 15 organizations in Queens that appear on a list provided by the comptroller’s office.

Fitchburg Art Museum director Nick Capasso.

In New Jersey, NEH funding has represented populations and topics as diverse as the state, and played a vital role in fostering our vibrant communities and civic engagement. The project offers free courses to veterans to work on reading skills, learn time management and prepare for the transition to academic life.

“We’ve been through this fight before, and we know that our legislators on both sides of the aisle appreciate our value”, Ammermuller said.

Over the last few days, many people have come out in opposition against Trump’s cuts. Most advocates were cautiously optimistic that Congress would push back on Trump’s ask.

The budget recommends fully terminating funds to both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. “I’d say uncertainty and frustration seem to be the dominant emotions right now, really anything could happen”. “I am cautiously optimistic that we are up for a good fight”. The endowments, which each received about $148 million in fiscal year 2016, support K-12 education through grants and research.