Crosscut Now
Mar. 23, 2021 - WA arts organizations running out of cash
3/23/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Shuttered and stressed, WA arts organizations are running out of cash.
After months of struggling under pandemic restrictions, they say going back to ‘normal’ is not an option.
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Crosscut Now
Mar. 23, 2021 - WA arts organizations running out of cash
3/23/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
After months of struggling under pandemic restrictions, they say going back to ‘normal’ is not an option.
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At the one-year anniversary of the first bans on gatherings due to the pandemic, "Crosscut" surveyed 125 arts organizations in the Greater Seattle area.
Most of them remain closed.
A universal problem is cash flow.
Almost 3/4 of the respondents said they don't have enough cash on hand to cover operating expenses for the year, and over 1/4 say their cash will run out in the next three months.
Job losses have been historic.
Music venues have felt the worst of the revenue drop-off.
Most arts organizations responded by going digital, taking traditional programming to live or streaming online events.
Many have found new audiences online and some new revenue sources.
Though a painful year, some artists see the pandemic forcing a transformational change.
Many arts groups are cautiously optimistic about the future, but almost all agree that going back to normal is not possible nor desirable.
I'm Starla Sampaco.
Read the state of the art survey on crosscut.com.
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