florida arts funding

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DeSantis wipes out culture funding statewide, bringing anxiety to Florida arts groups

The governor completely cut all state arts grants, saying ‘I can’t sell the Fringe Festival to taxpayers’

by Zoey Thomas July 2, 2024July 10, 2025

The governor completely cut all state arts grants, saying ‘I can’t sell the Fringe Festival to taxpayers’

Arts + Culture

DeSantis uses ‘sexual festival’ Orlando Fringe as scapegoat to veto all arts funding in Florida’s 2024-2025 budget

$32 million in grants to museums, orchestras, zoos and more down the drain in our governor’s weird quest to eradicate drag

by Seth Kubersky July 1, 2024July 20, 2025

Arts + Culture

Carlos Smith, Anna Eskamani will hold Orlando town hall on state of arts and culture in Florida

Monivette CordeiroJanuary 2, 2019August 3, 2023