The NEA has implemented new grant application guidelines that prohibit applicants from promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and gender ideology. These changes have sparked concern among arts organizations that fear a chilling effect on their programs and grant applications. Jamie Bennett from Americans for the Arts highlights the anxiety around how cultural celebrations might be perceived under these new rules. Despite this, some believe that acting chair Mary Anne Carter, has a commitment to the agency's mission. Others, such as Jenni Werner of The New Harmony Project, vow to uphold their values of justice and equity regardless of federal funding changes.
There is a broad chilling effect on the field... arts groups are wondering, for example, 'How an application to celebrate Black History Month [would] be received?'
At a time when racist, transphobic, and bigoted voices are being amplified at the highest levels of the federal government, The New Harmony Project will continue to be a just, equitable, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive organization.
She is someone who is very much dedicated to that agency, to its mission, to supporting the good grantmaking it does, and to supporting the staff.
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