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 [...]
Artistic Freedom Under Fire: NCAC Denounces Vail’s Cancellation of Danielle SeeWalker’s Residency
Image caption: Danielle SeeWalker, G is for Genocide, 2024 UPDATE 8/28/2025: VICTORY! On August 22, 2025, the Town of Vail, Colorado, agreed to settle the First Amendment lawsuit brought against it by artist Danielle See Walker. The case establishes a precedent that a government entity [...]
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 [...]
NCAC Decries Exhibition Cancellation at Craft Alliance
Dani Collette and Allora McCullough, Planting Seeds, Sprouting Hope, 2024, Installation view. Today the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) expressed alarm at the cancellation of an exhibition at Craft Alliance, an art organization in St. Louis, MO. Following a complaint from a volunteer, the venue [...]
NCAC URGES CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS NOT TO ABANDON KEHINDE WILEY EXHIBITIONS IN FACE OF ALLEGATIONS
Photo Credit: Ted Eytan https://www.tedeytan.com/2018/03/02/25277 The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) raised objections today regarding recent announcements by the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Minneapolis Museum of Art, and the Joslyn Art Museum to postpone or cancel planned exhibitions featuring work by renowned American artist Kehinde [...]