NEA Grant Cuts Hit Ingleside-Serving Arts Nonprofit

Performing Arts Workshop, the arts program provider in charge of the Geneva Powerhouse, is among the numerous organizations across the Bay Area that had grant funding cut off by the Trump administration.

Executive Co-Directors Lorena Landeros and Van Nguyen-Stone announced that the National Endowment for the Arts had informed them of the canceled funding on Friday.

"This support was critical in funding our no-cost artistic classes at two SFUSD schools and the Geneva Powerhouse," Performing Arts Workshop's leaders stated in a newsletter.

The NEA’s Grants for the Arts gives out $30,000 to $100,000 grants twice a year to support arts nonprofits across the U.S. Bay Area arts organizations, from SFJAZZ to the Frameline Film Festival, were impacted by the cancellations. The move was reportedly done as part of the NEA's update to "grantmaking policy priorities to focus funding on projects that reflect the nation’s rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President,” according to an email to participants.

Senior NEA officials resigned in protest. Trump has called for entirely eliminating the NEA, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences in a budget proposal released on May 2.

‘A Busy Building’: A Q&A with Performing Arts Workshop’s Allison Thompson on the Soon-To-Open Geneva Powerhouse - The Ingleside Light

FacebookTweetPrintLinkedInPin INGLESIDE, San Francisco — On Wednesday, April 22, the historic Geneva Office Building & Powerhouse will mark its 119th anniversary. To mark the occasion, The Light checked in with Allison Thompson of Performing Arts Workshop, which will offer arts programming to the public in the complex’s 1903-built powerhouse as soon as the San Francisco Recreation ... Read more

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"Please know that our work has not changed, our values are not for sale, and our students' brilliance and creativity remain vibrant in the face of blatant censorship," Landeros and Nguyen-Stone stated. "We will make our voices heard about the importance of protecting the arts in our communities and to our elected officials. We are heartbroken, but we are not deterred."