The Trump administration’s crackdown on arts and culture funding has had particularly dire consequences for queer and trans artists and the organizations that support them.
A PA Humanities CultureCheck report found that more than 90% of Pennsylvania arts institutions expect to be or already have been impacted by Trump’s arts funding cuts. In May, the National Endowment for the Arts, otherwise known as NEA, rescinded $27 million in grants that were designated for artists and arts organizations across the nation.
The Leeway Foundation is an arts grant-making organization that serves women, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and trans artists living in the Philadelphia region. As funding organizations struggle to meet their communities needs, Leeway is stepping in to try and fill the gaps.
Philadelphia Neighborhoods sat down with Leeway’s Executive Director Pia Agrawal to discuss Leeway’s work and her thoughts on the threats on the arts right now as a whole.
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