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Vermont Edition

Federal agency cancels grants for arts organizations across Vermont

By Mikaela Lefrak,
Jon Ehrens
Published May 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT

Arts and culture organizations across Vermont have been notified that their federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts have been canceled. Affected organizations include the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Folklife, and the Flynn Center in Burlington.

Susan Evans McClure is the executive director of the Vermont Arts Council, which is the local partner agency for the National Endowment for the Arts. She joins Vermont Edition to discuss the still-evolving funding landscape for local arts organizations.

Broadcast live on Monday, May 12, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Jon Ehrens
Jon has spent his entire adult life working in broadcast journalism. He began his career in Baltimore at WYPR, and has since been a producer for WHYY, Vox, The Majority Report with Sam Seder, and The Talkhouse. Jon is a lifelong recording artist whose projects include Repelican, The Art Department, and Dungeonesse. He lives with his wife in Panton, Vermont.
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