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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Arts agency terminates dozens of grants after Trump proposes eliminating NEA

seal saying national endowment for the arts' on the outside of a building
The seal of the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Dozens of US arts organizations have been notified that offers of government grants have been terminated, hours after Donald Trump proposed eliminating federal agencies that support arts, humanities and learning.

The cancellation of grant offers were reported from organizations across the US, including a $25,000 offer to a playhouse in Portland, Oregon, hours before the opening of a new production, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

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