"Over the past two weeks, I have received numerous calls and emails from local arts organizations reporting on late-night email notifications informing them of the cancellation of existing federal grants.

The most recent was a blanket email on May 2 indicating multiple National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants have been terminated. Just like the notification of cancelled grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in April, it appears likely that these terminations are not legal and will be challenged in court. They create substantial turmoil and financial uncertainty — threatening the stability of a sector already traumatized by the effects of a range of presidential executive orders and current economic pressures."