In pre-pandemic times, non-profit arts and culture organizations in the Puget Sound region punched above their weight. They generated more than $2.4 billion a year and created tens of thousands of jobs.
Now, one year into the pandemic, many of those organizations have closed for good. Those that are still hanging on are doing so by a thread.
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Margo Vansynghel reports on arts and culture for Crosscut. She recently surveyed more than a hundred arts organizations to learn about their economic challenges and their hopes for the future.
She told KUOWâs Kim Malcolm that everyone has felt the impact.