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07/28/2025

06/07/2025

Chris Kepley is at the end of final round of Art Battle, and that's Doomed Movement in the background, also competing.

05/09/2025

https://doublescoop.art/friday-art-news-roundup-127/

National Endowment for the Arts cancels grants to Nevada orgs + City of Sparks has a new City Hall Gallery

05/08/2025

The National Endowment for the Arts canceled its grants to many arts organizations on Friday but apparently has left funding for state arts councils intact. Tony Manfredi, Executive Director of the Nevada Arts Council, spoke with Double Scoop today to clarify the details.⁠
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Later in the day, the Washington Post reported that all 10 directors who oversee grants for the NAC are leaving the agency.⁠
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Here's what we know about this rapidly changing situation.

The NEA has cancelled some Nevada funding; some remains intact; messaging from the Fed is inconsistent; all 10 NEA grant administrators reportedly quit today

05/03/2025

This just in:

"The National Endowment for the Arts withdrew and canceled grant offers to numerous arts organizations around the country on Friday night, sending a round of email notifications out just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in his next budget.⁠"

LiveUpdated May 3, 2025, 12:33 p.m. ETLive Updates: Trump Administration Begins Pulling Back Money for the ArtsShare full articleImageThe National Endowment for the Arts logo on its headquarters in Washington, D.C.Credit...Graeme Sloan/Sipa, via Associated Press ImagesWhere Things StandNational Endo...

05/02/2025

Three major national arts and culture associations filed a lawsuit today, in an attempt to reinstate the funding that was terminated for 56 humanities councils, including Nevada Humanities, in early April. ⁠
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The American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association and the Modern Language Association filed the lawsuit against DOGE and the NEH, calling "to‬‭ require‬‭ the‬‭ Trump‬‭ Administration‬‭ to‬‭ operate‬‭ NEH‬‭ as‬ Congress intended, unless and until Congress says otherwise."⁠
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Much of the terminated funding had been allocated for arts and culture programming that organizations nationwide already had in the works, including 30 Nevada groups.⁠

Here's the lawsuit:https://nhalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/NEH-Lawsuit-Complaint-Text.pdf

04/13/2025

On Friday, Nevada Museum of Art CEO David B. Walker and UNR President Brian Sandoval and signed an agreement to formally designate the museum as a new location for UNR classes, beginning this fall.⁠

As part of the NMA’s ongoing expansion, it has teamed with UNR to offer classroom space and collaboration

04/11/2025

Congrats on the Sierra Arts post, Margie Enlow!

Also, there's a new micro grant for artist and makers, and the Nevada Arts Council's visual arts fellowship applications are now open.

Micro-grant initiative + Nevada Arts Council fellowship + new Sierra Arts Foundation associate

04/08/2025

Last week, DOGE slashed Nevada Humanities' federal funding, which accounted for 75% of the group's annual budget.⁠
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This week, we have more context on what the organization does and what the cuts mean for Nevadans. ⁠
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“Our board of trustees is currently examining whether we'll be able to continue our operations beyond the next few months,” said Executive Director Christina Barr. “ … A loss of 75% of our budget is a serious blow to our operations.”⁠
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30 Nevada groups had been selected for the now-canceled funding

02/13/2025

The Trump administration is asserting its influence over some of the nation’s prominent arts and culture institutions.

Washington Post critic Phillip Kennicott said:

"What should disturb Americans about this is that unlike previous conservative administrations, this is not about pulling funding from the arts. … This seems to be explicitly not just about programming at the Kennedy Center, but part of a larger attack on the much larger nonprofit sector, which includes the major foundations and universities as well."

Trump has slashed a National Endowment for the Arts grant program for underserved audiences and drastically reorganized the Kennedy Center’s leadership.

02/06/2025

Las Vegas artist Nancy Good closed her gallery, Core Contemporary, in December after seven years of operation. For the local visual arts scene, the shuttering was a downer note on which to end 2024, and was part of a larger trend, the dissolution of the cultural node that had developed in New Orleans Square, a funky, lively corner of the massive Commercial Center property. ⁠
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Nancy spoke with veteran Southern Nevada arts writer Scott Dickensheets about the finances of running a gallery and the changing art scene—and criticized local institutions for not having better supported Las Vegas artists.⁠

After closing her Las Vegas gallery, Nancy Good reflects on a changing art scene

01/24/2025

Arts for All Nevada, headquartered in Reno's historic Lake Mansion, is seeking a new Executive Director. This is a full-time, salaried position with benefits.

Arts for All Nevada is seeking a new executive director