Articles & News Updates

Laura Zucker, executive director of Los Angeles County Arts Commission and current GIA board member, was recently interviewed alongside Romina Boccia of The Heritage Foundation about the motivations and potential impacts of eliminating federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The … Continue reading Laura Zucker Interviewed with Heritage Foundation Rep on Possibility of Federal Arts Funding Cuts →

From The Washington Post: A published report [from The Hill] that members of the Trump administration are considering sweeping budget cuts that include eliminating cultural agencies have left some arts leaders with a strong feeling of deja vu. Eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities would cut $296 … Continue reading Arts Leaders React to Possible Trump Call for Eliminating Cultural Agencies →

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Betsy DeVos as his nominee for Secretary of Education. “DeVos, 58, chairs the American Federation for Children, an advocacy group that has aggressively pushed to expand charter schools and school voucher programs that provide families with public money to spend on private school tuition,” according to Politico. Read the article.