Monday, March 17, 2025
Trump’s Executive Orders and the NEA: A Detailed Timeline
Oregon ArtsWatch: On March 6, a coalition of theatre companies joined with the American Civil Liberties Union to file a legal action against the National Endowment for the Arts, accusing the organization of overstepping its charter in demanding that grant applicants comply with President Trump’s recent executive order attacking transgender and nonbinary people. On March 7, the District Court of Rhode Island agreed, granting a temporary injunction for the current grant cycle while the litigation is still pending.
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This article scares me. I have been following the NEA and the impacts the new administration has had on it. I have recently become heavily interested in advocacy work specifically for the arts. I looked at working with the NEA because why not start at the center of all the work. The NEA is responsible for funding such a large portion of the arts. And up until these new changes I did not necessarily realize how much power they had because of this. They can choose what they fund and what they do not, meaning they choose which companies and shows are able to produce art for society. Up until this moment I saw the NEA as an organization that was doing good work and while they still do it feels like it is being used by the government as a tool for censorship. That scares me and breaks my heart, but I am excited to see how many people are speaking up and fighting against it.
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