As Concerns of Art Censorship Rise in Nation’s Museums, NCAC Encourages Museum Directors, Curators, and other Cultural Leaders to Employ its Best Practices
New York, January 16, 2025 – In the wake of a newly-released report warning of censorship pressures faced by museum directors across the US conducted by the Association for Art Museum Directors, PEN America, and Artists at Risk Connection, the National Coalition Against Censorship encourages cultural leaders to incorporate [...]
NCAC Decries Art Censorship at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Photo Credit: Composite image of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Sally Mann’s A Perfect Tomato(1990), edited by NCAC staff UPDATE 4/24/2025: VICTORY! The Fort Worth Police Department has safely returned the artworks belonging to Sally Mann that were seized from the Modern Art Museum [...]
NCAC and FIRE Express Alarm Over East Tennessee State University’s Treatment of the FL3TCH3R Exhibit
2024 FL3TCH3R Exhibit Catalog cover design UPDATE 4/10/2025: After eleven years of hosting the annual FL3TCH3R Exhibit, East Tennessee State University and the Reece Museum, which is part of the university’s Center for Appalachian Studies & Services, terminate their relationship with the project’s organizers.Today, the National Coalition Against [...]
A Call to MSU: End Censorship, Protect Artistic Expression
(Left) Samia Halaby, Six Golden Heroes, 2021 & (Right) Alia Farid, Piquete en el Capitolo, 2023 UPDATE 2/02/2024: Success! NCAC has received reports that the artwork by Alia Farid, Piquete en el capitolio, has been returned to the original location selected by the exhibition’s curators–an implicit admission [...]
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
UPDATE - August 15, 2024: Following advocacy efforts and community concern, the Lubbock city council considered whether to fully reinstate the funding without any restrictions. In the final vote, the City Council approved a greatly reduced grant of $5,000 for security at FFAT. The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for [...]