The Grass Valley Center for the Arts has canceled Kathy Griffin’s scheduled June 16 appearance at the Grass Valley Veteran’s Memorial Building, said Julie Baker, the center’s executive director.

Baker announced the cancellation Wednesday, just one day after Griffin released a controversial photo of herself holding a mock version of President Trump’s head, which was covered in fake blood and appeared decapitated. The photo was taken by Tyler Shields, a provocative Los Angeles-based celebrity photographer and contemporary artist.

Griffin released a public apology Tuesday afternoon on social media.

“I beg for your forgiveness,” said Griffin in her 30-second apology video. “I went too far.”

President Trump, however, didn’t seem to accept her apology.

“Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself,” he tweeted Wednesday morning. “My children, especially my 11 year old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!”

Griffin’s Grass Valley appearance was the first scheduled stop on her “Celebrity Run-Ins” stand-up comedy tour.

“We bring a wide variety of arts and entertainment to our community and we booked Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins because we felt now more than ever we needed a good laugh,” said Baker. “Unfortunately, due to recent actions for which she has publicly apologized, we have received hundreds of angry and threatening emails and phone calls, including threats to the Vets Hall building and our community.”

Baker added the Center for the Arts does not condone Griffin’s actions.

A representative from “The Deplorables,” a Nevada County coalition of conservative organizations, told The Union in an email that the group planned to hold a “major demonstration” at Griffin’s Grass Valley event before the Center for the Arts announced its decision to cancel it.

Baker said that allowing the show to go on would be a threat to public safety.

“We wholeheartedly support free speech, but in light of this situation, our first priority must be public safety, and we feel it is in the best interest of the community we serve to cancel this event,” she said.

Center for the Arts had sold upward of 400 tickets to the event before announcing its cancellation, according to Baker. Ticket holders will receive a full refund from the box office.

Baker said she expects Griffin to refund the deposit the center paid her to book the show.

“We will not be refunded the expenses for marketing, for our time or for loss of business,” Baker added.

Baker’s decision to cancel the show seems to fit the trend. CNN announced Wednesday that it terminated its long-time partnership with Griffin, who has co-hosted the network’s New Year’s Eve program with Anderson Cooper since 2007.

“It was supposed to be a sort of fun, fluffy comedy show about celebrity tell-all, based on her celebrity run-ins,” Baker said. “But we didn’t buy this, and it’s not something we’d ever try to bring to our community.”

To contact Staff Writer Matthew Pera, email mpera@theunion.com or call 530-477-4231.