🔔 Support Arts Education for All 🔔
The Arts Education for All Act (H.R. 2485), reintroduced by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) with bipartisan support, would expand access to arts learning nationwide by affirming the arts as part of a well-rounded education.
With an executive order threatening to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, now is the time to speak up. For action you can take, visit the League of American Orchestras.
🔔 Track the Impact of DOGE Funding Cuts 🔔
A new tool from the Center for American Progress (CAP) maps DOGE funding cuts by congressional district, city, and state to make it easier to assess their devastating impacts on American communities.
In addition to mapping these data on specific grants and real estate leases, CAP is also collecting news clips and stories that illuminate the harms of DOGE across the United States.
🔔 Follow Current Developments 🔔
The Arts Action Center at Americans for the Arts is tracking current events that impact the arts and culture field.
🔔 Sharpen Your Advocacy Skills 🔔
The Aspen Policy Academy is offering two free virtual trainings to help advocates sharpen their civic engagement skills: Communicating for Policy on May 12, 2025 and Writing a Public Comment on May 21. Registration required.
🔔 NEH Grants Cancelled 🔔
The Arts Newspaper reports that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) began informing the agency’s grantees that funding was being cancelled immediately so that funds would instead be allocated “in a new direction in furtherance of the president’s agenda.”
Have a tip you’d like to share with the ACA network? Email info@artistcommunities.org