Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the series: Audiences During the Pandemic Going to a holiday show is a secular ritual undertaken by thousands of Americans each year. Add holiday shows to the long list of lost engagement in the arts during this pandemic. From an audience perspective, is the holiday experience different than the rest of the season? What is lost when audiences miss … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2020
Appreciations of reopening
Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the series Audiences During the Pandemic Celebrations and stories about experiencing reopening of arts organizations are being shared, and they are joyous and poignant. Here are four of my favorites: First, the image of this man unabashedly rejoicing as he enters The Metropolitan Museum of Art needs no further commentary. Second, … [Read more...]
Is there anybody out there? Yes.
Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the Series Audiences During the Pandemic No one had any idea if people would tune in to all this arts content when the digital floodgates opened in March. What do we know now? We know that engagement with arts content online has skyrocketed, with scores more people watching online than usually attend in person: 7.9 million people had watched … [Read more...]