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COVID-19’s Impact on The Arts: Research Update May 4, 2020

Impact on Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector plus Impact on Artist/Creative Workers

Americans for the Arts

Published May 4, 2020

The coronavirus has had a devastating impact on America’s arts sector. Since the first U.S. case was reported on January 20, 2020 cancellations and closings are taking place at thousands of arts organizations across the country, and two-thirds of the nation’s artists are now unemployed. Americans for the Arts leads the three premier national studies tracking the human and financial impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the arts. MORE

May 12, 2020 / by / in ,
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AFTA Profile of Local Arts Agencies

Annual Report on Local Arts Agency Budgets and Programs.

Americans for the Arts

Published April 20, 2020

Americans for the Arts has released the 2019 Profile of Local Arts Agencies, an annual survey of a core set of local arts agency (LAA) indicators—budget trends including sources of revenues and categories of expenditure, partnerships, community development, programs and services, diversity and equity policies/initiatives—that is supplemented with rotating modules, enabling a more in-depth exploration MORE

April 21, 2020 / by / in ,
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