In response to the cultural changes since Donald Trump took office, significant job and revenue losses threaten the arts in America. Advocacy groups are urging coordinated resistance to these shifts, which include staff cuts and funding cancellations from major federal bodies like the NEH and IMLS. Experts like Erin Harkey emphasize the importance of public funding for the arts, particularly for smaller non-profits that rely heavily on such financial support. The urgency of this situation calls for a collective storytelling to articulate the arts' vital role in various communities.
The fight over America's cultural soul has begun. In the few short months since US President Donald Trump took office, swathes of the country's cultural infrastructure have been dismantled.
There's a significant loss of jobs and a loss of revenue going to support arts and culture in the country, which will have an impact for the bottom line in our communities.
One of the things that is important to communicate about public funding and why it's so important is that it has an ability to get into parts of this country that are difficult to reach otherwise.
Over the past three months, either by executive order or through the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services have had their staff slashed and grants cancelled.
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