Did you know an Arkansan designed the Kennedy Center?

Feb 3, 2026


It’s been a whirlwind of a year for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

In the dozen of months since Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the president has, as efficiently summed up by The New York Times, “purged the board of its Biden appointees; ousted the center’s longtime president; appointed a political ally as the top executive; named himself chairman; hosted the Kennedy Center Honors; and added his name to the building’s facade, which now reads, ‘The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.’”

Trump has also called for a change of programming. “We’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke. There’s no more woke in this country,” he said in 2025. “Woke has cost us a fortune and cost us our reputation, but the reputation is coming back very, very rapidly.”

Big surprise: People were pissed, ticket sales fell and a slew of performers cancelled.

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https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2026/02/03/did-you-know-an-arkansan-designed-the-kennedy-center