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    Florida arts and culture funding slashed from budget

    By Nina Moske,

    2024-06-20
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    A visitor looks at photographs at the Tampa Museum of Art on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Tampa. Museum leaders say recent vetoes, which cut $32 million in arts and culture funding statewide from Florida's budget, came as a surprise. [ LAUREN WITTE | Times ]

    Dozens of Tampa Bay institutions are scrambling for funding after Gov. Ron DeSantis last week vetoed more than $32 million in arts and culture grants from next year’s budget.

    “It’s a huge disappointment and a quandary,” said Michael Tomor, executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art. The museum expected $570,500 from the state but will receive zero.

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