"In the 11 months since Jackson stepped down, the NEA rescinded arts grants en masse, notifying awardees that their projects were cancelled as the agency refocused on promoting "skilled trade jobs," "AI competency," "support [for] the military and veterans." The NEA also terminated a longstanding grant program, Challenge America, that was geared toward " underserved communities." Senior officials within the NEA resigned in May amid the cuts. Trump had also threatened to eliminate the agency entirely in a budget proposal earlier this year."
"After Carter's first appointment in 2018, reporters pointed out that she had served on Trump's presidential inaugural committee. A public LinkedIn account also notes that she served as director for Republican Rick Scott's transition to governor in 2011, later becoming his office's chief policy advisor. Her LinkedIn also includes experiences as a radio talk show host and campaign strategist. Notably, in the 1990s, she worked for the"
"Carter's appointment comes almost a year after Maria Rosario Jackson, a former Biden-appointed chair of the agency, stepped down from the post one day after Trump was inaugurated for a second term. Jackson was the first African American and the first Mexican-American person to lead the federal arts agency."
Mary Anne Carter will serve as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts after Senate approval, returning after service during the first Trump administration. She succeeds Maria Rosario Jackson, who left one day after Trump's second-term inauguration and who had been the first African American and Mexican-American to head the agency. In the 11 months after Jackson's departure the NEA rescinded numerous grants, canceled projects, ended the Challenge America program for underserved communities, and refocused priorities toward skilled trades and support for military and veterans. The ACLU won a lawsuit over NEA guidance asking applicants to avoid funding material described as "gender ideology." Carter has served on Trump's inaugural committee and worked for Rick Scott.
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