Jim Beckerman
Some arts organizations didn’t want to speak publicly for fear of being “targeted.”
Others are preparing resource pages, webinars, and guides to help navigate rules being set by the Trump administration.
Then there are those that are just scared.
“It’s frightening as hell,” said Anita Thomas, executive director of Carolyn Dorfman Dance, a modern dance company in Union County.
Like all of the 700-plus New Jersey arts organizations that receive federal funding directly or indirectly, Thomas’ group is keeping an eye on the flurry of executive orders and statements issued from the White House in the nearly two months since the second inauguration of Donald Trump. Read more