Elizabeth Myong

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Elizabeth Myong

DALLAS — The National Endowment for the Arts has cut over $345,000 in funding from North Texas arts groups in recent weeks, but there may be a glimmer of hope. As the Texas Legislature’s most recent session comes to a close, state lawmakers are expected to raise the Texas Commission on the Arts’ budget for the next two years by about $5.7 million, bringing funding from the state to a total of about $39.8 million for the 2026-27 biennium. kAm%96 %6I2D r@>>:DD:@? @?

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Elizabeth Myong

DALLAS — The National Endowment for the Arts has cut over $345,000 in funding from North Texas arts groups in recent weeks, but there may be a glimmer of hope. As the Texas Legislature’s most recent session comes to a close, state lawmakers are expected to raise the Texas Commission on the Arts’ budget for the next two years by about $5.7 million, bringing funding from the state to a total of about $39.8 million for the 2026-27 biennium. kAm%96 %6I2D r@>>:DD:@? @?

1 week ago | keranews.org | Elizabeth Myong |Arts Access

On May 2, Jennifer Benoit-Bryan opened a distressing email. “The National Endowment for the Arts will no longer offer award funding for the project … ”Benoit-Bryan, director at Southern Methodist University DataArts, said the research center for the arts will now need to put the AI project on hold indefinitely. The project focuses on using AI to improve decision-making for arts funding.

2 weeks ago | keranews.org | Elizabeth Myong |Arts Access

Since opening in 2021, Daisha Board Gallery has championed artists from marginalized communities. Now, after almost two years in the artistic hub of the Tin District in West Dallas, the gallery is moving to a smaller space in Oak Cliff. The downsizing is an effort to navigate an increasingly turbulent arts ecosystem. Recently, federal funding cuts and a decline in arts spending have further strained arts groups’ budgets.

3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Elizabeth Myong |Liz Rymarev

Seven years ago when she was in high school, Onoriose’s dad gifted her the mirror. Since her father died in 2023, she said her mirror has become deeply meaningful. “He just walked in my room and put the mirror on the wall and I was just like, ‘Cool, a mirror in my bedroom.’ I didn’t think much of it until now that he’s no longer here with me. Like this mirror, it’s like I get him now.”She plans to take her mirror anywhere she lives.