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The African American Museum in Dallas will use $3 million from the Texas Historical Commission and Google to protect its 50-year-old collection and share it online.

The city’s plans to drop programs related to DEI mean the future of programs specifically focused on funding diverse and equitable arts and culture is uncertain.

The Denton Arts & Jazz Festival started a fundraiser with the goal of $75,000 after the city told event organizers it plans to reduce event funding amid budget cuts.

Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization is one of 13 North Texas arts organizations that lost previously awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Arts Community Alliance is awarding $650,000 in Catalyst Grants to high performing nonprofit art organizations across Dallas.

The theater is preparing to go through two more rounds of layoffs and furloughs.

Senate Bill 22 would establish a 10-year fund for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program.

The Texas Commission on the Arts expects to receive a $5.7 million increase in funding for the next two years.

SMU DataArts has appealed the $50,000 funding loss on the grounds that their project aligns with one of the National Endowment of the Arts’ new stated priorities to “foster AI competency.”

After the National Endowment for the Arts withdrew awards from cultural institutions across the country, Fort Worth organizations impacted by the move say they’re seeing a spike in community fundraising and support.

The bill creates a 10-year trust that could infuse up to $2.5 billion in incentives to TV and film studios that decide to film in Texas.

Daisha Board Gallery will start taking appointments at the Oak Cliff Assembly in June.