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Dallas as an Arts Hub: A Conversation with Dallas Arts Leaders Dallas is home to a wide variety of diverse artists from different cultures and mediums, which makes this conversation on future art support so urgent. TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND is hosting a free virtual panel with Dallas Arts District leaders that will speak on the cultural impact Dallas has made as well as the future of programming for Dallas Arts Month. The panel will feature TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND’s executive director Charles Santos, Dallas Arts District leaders such as executive director of Dallas Arts District Lilly Weiss and City of Dallas’ Office of Cultural Affairs director Jennifer Scripps.
Dallas arts groups have lost nearly $100M during pandemic, report says Dallas Symphony Orchestra presented concerts via mobile concert truck in late 2020.
Photo courtesy of The Concert Truck The first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the Dallas nonprofit arts and culture community to the tune of more than $95 million and 1,000 jobs, a sobering new report shows. The third survey on the pandemic s impact conducted by a trio of Dallas arts advocacy organizations The Arts Community Alliance (TACA), Dallas Arts District (DAD), and Dallas Area Cultural Advocacy Coalition (DACAC) covered the period from March 13, 2020 (initial government-mandated shutdowns) through November 30, 2020. Results were detailed in a February 5 news release.