After Donald Trump declared himself chairman of the venue, American actress, writer and producer Issa Rae has cancelled her upcoming appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, citing a "violation of values".
The US president has also dismissed its board of trustees just weeks after being re-elected, and Rae, the creator and star of HBO's Insecure, said all tickets for her sold-out 'An Evening With' show would be refunded.
She added that the "violation" occurred at a venue that "trustedly honors artists of all backgrounds in all media".
Rae announced the event, which was scheduled to take place on March 16, on her Instagram Story.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as the venue is called, has one mission: to present classical and contemporary music, opera, drama, dance, and other performing arts from the United States and other countries.
It also aims to "provide strong arts education opportunities nationwide and embody the ideals of President Kennedy."
When the president was asked about his takeover, he said: "We took over the Kennedy Center. We didn't like what they were showing and various other things."
"I'm going to be the chairman of it, and we're going to make sure it's good and it's not a wake-up call," Time magazine quoted him as saying.
Rey is not the first person to distance himself from the Kennedy Center since Trump took office.
Bridgerton executive producer Shonda Rhimes also resigned as the center's treasurer earlier this week.
Rhimes, who founded the Shondaland production company and created Grey's Anatomy, posted a quote on Instagram: "'If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society has to give artists the freedom to follow their vision wherever it takes them.'" - John F. Kennedy."
'This is a heartbreaking event'
Singer-songwriter Ben Folds also resigned from his job with the National Symphony Orchestra, posting online: "In light of the developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO. Not for me."
Opera singer and actress Renee Fleming also stepped down from her position as artistic advisor, saying she was stepping down "out of respect" for her colleagues.
On Thursday, Deadline reported that the center had "cancelled the tour of Finn, a Kennedy Center-produced children's musical" about a young shark who "wants to let out the fish inside him."
The show's creators, Chris Nee, Michael Kooman and Christopher Diamond, posted online: "While this is not surprising given the events of the past week, it is heartbreaking. But we will not be silent.
"And we will not abandon the children for whom we wrote this show. They are already under attack from all sides. We did not ask this joy bomb to be part of the resistance, but here we are."