A Call to MSU: End Censorship, Protect Artistic Expression
(Left) Samia Halaby, Six Golden Heroes, 2021 & (Right) Alia Farid, Piquete en el Capitolo, 2023 In a troubling series of events at Michigan State University's Broad Art Museum, multiple censorship reports have raised serious concerns about the suppression of artistic freedom. Today, the National Coalition Against Censorship, alongside [...]
Artist Feature: Danielle SeeWalker
Danielle SeeWalker, Buffalo Run, 2023. Mural commissioned for the Brown International Academy in Denver, CO. Arts & Culture Advocacy Program: A couple of months ago, news outlets reported on the cancellation of your artist residency with Art in Public Places in Vail, Colorado. How did the residency first [...]
NCAC Decries Lubbock’s Art Funding Cut Targeting LGBTQ+ Programming
NCAC is alarmed by reports that the City Council of Lubbock, Texas recently passed an amendment eliminating $30,000 in funding that had been earmarked for Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail (FFAT), because Lubbock City Council Member Glasheen and Mayor McBrayer have spoken on the record suggesting that drag and LBGTQ-related [...]
Artistic Freedom Under Fire: NCAC Denounces Vail’s Cancellation of Danielle SeeWalker’s Residency
Image caption: Danielle SeeWalker, G is for Genocide, 2024 In May, NCAC was alarmed to learn about the Town of Vail, Colorado’s decision to cancel Danielle SeeWalker’s artist residency with the town’s Art in Public Places Program. The residency was to include the commission of a [...]
National Coalition Against Censorship Launches Map Tracking Art Censorship Since October 7th
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) announces the launch of a new resource, Art Censorship Index: Post-October 7th, documenting the recent spike in censorship of art and artists invoking Israel or Palestine. Artworks and artists referencing the subject of Israel and Palestine have long been subjects of controversy and/or [...]
NCAC, PEN America, and ACLU-FL: DeSantis’s Veto of Florida Arts Funding Raises First Amendment Concerns
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore Today the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), PEN America, and the ACLU of Florida (ACLU-FL) condemned Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s veto of the entirety of the state’s annual arts budget, because the governor stated the decision was based on his distaste [...]