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...]
Finally: Arts Organizations Have Some Fun
Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the Series Audiences During the Pandemic Arts organizations weren’t sure whether audiences would want to watch online content when everything stopped this spring. If they did, what would they want to watch? Plenty of arts organizations sent surveys, but what could audiences really tell us? They only knew what they had experienced before – … [Read more...]
New Series: Audiences During the Pandemic
Post by Guest Editor, Hannah Grannemann When the pandemic first hit and performances stopped and museums closed in mid-March, I watched. In 2017, after 17 years working in the arts, mostly in nonprofit theatre, I joined the University of North Carolina Greensboro faculty as an Assistant Professor of Arts Administration and Director of the Arts Administration Program. Just prior to … [Read more...]