A year ago this month, Zannie Voss and Jill Robinson produced one of the first action-oriented research reports about COVID-19’s impact on arts organizations. In the report, titled In it for the Long Haul, Voss and Robinson—who head, respectively, the academic think tank SMU DataArts and its industry partner, TRG Arts—predicted that “the communal nature of arts participation … [Read more...] about The Diversity of Performing Arts Audiences: Weighing Organizational Factors and Business Decisions
Web Streaming and Book Publishing: Two Bright Spots for the Cultural Sector During COVID-19?
The numbers are out: arts and cultural industries contribute nearly a trillion dollars to U.S. GDP, you read. They employ 5.2 million workers (not counting the self-employed), and continue to keep admirable pace with our growing economy. Then you spot the dateline. Released on March 30 by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts, the findings … [Read more...] about Web Streaming and Book Publishing: Two Bright Spots for the Cultural Sector During COVID-19?