With all the chaos happening at the national level, sometimes local results get lost in the mix. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is one thing threatened with elimination in President Trump’s proposed budget for 2017, along with several other programs that fund many arts and broadcasting outreach programs. The national repercussions are not too difficult to grasp; however, what does that mean for students at the University of Utah?
Raymond Tymas-Jones, dean of the College of Fine Arts, Associate Vice President for the Arts at the University and professor in the School of Music, had a few things to say about this.