Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature. - ThreadSky

megireid.bsky.social • 10 days ago

Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature.

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dliebelson.bsky.social•9 days ago

mistermeyer.bsky.social•10 days ago

First, I'm sorry that this has happened to you and everyone else who got this letter.

Second, many of these Administration priorities don't have anything to do with the arts.

Third, how does this directive square with Trump's anti-DEI stance?

Fourth, fuck these guys.

gavingrant.bsky.social•10 days ago

Argh, sorry 😞

megireid.bsky.social•10 days ago

Not a surprise, but that AI bit is a real punch in the gut.

leelazoe1974.bsky.social•9 days ago

I am so sorry. This sucks. It just sounds like they want to redirect money for their BS agenda. Sadly, art is not on their agenda. I hate this timeline so much.

soto97.bsky.social•10 days ago

"The NEA will now prioritize projects that elevate the Nation’s HBCUs and Hispanic Serving Institutions, ..."

Considering the Administration's anti-DEI stance, I am surprised that this is in the priorities list.

(I support elevating HBCUs etc. but Trump et al normally don't.)

ciaosushi51.bsky.social•10 days ago

I share your surprise. There must be something underhanded afoot...

tallsprucetree.bsky.social•10 days ago

Was this letter written by ai?

alinaetc.bsky.social•10 days ago

I have a feeling this will be directed towards funding propagandistic America First events and\or statues or monuments at these schools. Trump seems very invested in monuments— it is symptomatic of his POS soul.

frankgrouch.com•10 days ago

wonder if we can convince him to get into a straw or wicker or grass effigy of himself…..

alinaetc.bsky.social•10 days ago

That would be beautiful

cvilletgr.bsky.social•9 days ago

Ten thousand wall plaques of Martin's "Content of their character" quote, in bronze-colored plastic. He's the only Black leader--in part because he's dead--and that's the only statement of his that Republicans know.

megireid.bsky.social•10 days ago

I was surprised by that too, honestly.

soulellis.com•10 days ago

I believe this is about re-segregation and control, keeping art by non-white folks out of mainstream (white) spaces

shanders.bsky.social•10 days ago

*we

shanders.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yeah this is 100% about designating spaces for black artists so they don’t sully predominantly white ones

shanders.bsky.social•10 days ago

(Which is also how many of us are interpreting his similar recent EO)

soulellis.com•10 days ago

yes exactly, I think the list of ‘new priorities’ are just an extension of the project 2025 agenda, which is about domination and supremacy

crabapplejones.bsky.social•9 days ago

They have an EO about it.

A cheap veil to obscure policies of hate.

jagsaysstupid.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yes, but when they say HBCU, they mean historically black but currently white.

barbpoipu.bsky.social•10 days ago

😢😢😳😳😡😡

donjorizzy.bsky.social•10 days ago

@stephenking.bsky.social

photoonist.bsky.social•10 days ago

No worries. The DOD budget is being repurposed away from defending the country with its traditional allies and turned toward publishing poetry.

erikaswyler.bsky.social•10 days ago

Fuck. I'm so sorry.

kmcn13.bsky.social•10 days ago

Explains a glaring absence from the AAC&U letter

texasbuckley.bsky.social•9 days ago

💔🫂

katherineohara.bsky.social•10 days ago

So incredibly awful, my heart is breaking for y’all, I’m so so sorry

playtyperguy.com•10 days ago

Yes, I'm the chair of the Portland Playhouse, which just lost the NEA grant for Joe Turner's Come And Gone, and that immediately jumped out to me in the letter: "fostering AI competency."

otherlisa.bsky.social•10 days ago

Ugh I am sorry.

I fucking HATE AI. This is such insult to injury.

rcolesworthy.bsky.social•10 days ago

Uggghhh I saw a bunch of these on the other site. I am so, so sorry. This suuuucks. All of it!

drsepinwall.bsky.social•10 days ago

It's the prioritizing HBCUs & HSIs which seems especially bizarre in this context?!

actualbutt.bsky.social•10 days ago

It’s the part after that which makes more sense with this admin…the caveat “…which celebrate [insert doublespeak for project 2025 bullshit]”

biknmusicmama.bsky.social•9 days ago

Ah so he will troll institutions of color with NEA money. Nice

ggunhouse.bsky.social•10 days ago

You are correct. It really is hard to identify the worst part of that grant-termination letter.

reindeerarebetter.bsky.social•10 days ago

I'm now wondering if they even know what "NEA" stands for.

freedomnow.bsky.social•9 days ago

“New Elon Allowance”?

dfunqued6.bsky.social•10 days ago

how viscerally awful

jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social•10 days ago

What a disappointment this must be! Do you know if there's any talk of challenging the cancellation legally? It seems as though there might be a case against denying Congressionally awarded funds.

coleosssus.bsky.social•10 days ago

Well of course, he is only interested in the “art” giving him a six pack for his NFTs

lbluth.bsky.social•10 days ago

I am so sorry -and also-

How is Nat Endowment for the Arts funding now focused on the following?! WTAF?

Disaster recovery
AI competency
trade jobs
DC safety
American History
empowering churches
Insane lunatic's MAHA 'health' agenda
Economic development for Asian American communities

ggunhouse.bsky.social•10 days ago

It kind of looks like a cut-and-paste error, which would not surprise me.

lbluth.bsky.social•10 days ago

Oh, meaning America's/ admins's priorities are now this list and not the NEA's? I have seen the 250th anniversary language on recent NEA grants but not the other random items.

megireid.bsky.social•10 days ago

The 250th anniversary has been there for a while. Everything else is just boilerplate project 2025 stuff I guess.

lbluth.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yeah, I've seen it (been tracking fed grant cuts) just surprised to see this one say the NEA will now elevate all of the boilerplate list.

(Sorry again about your bad news.)