Photo: John Moore | By John Moore, Denver Gazette | A study by the National Endowment for the Arts has determined that between July 2021 and July 2022, when much of the performing arts were just coming out of the COVID-19 shutdown, 48% of all adults attended an in-person arts event. That’s down from 54% in 2017, the last time the survey was conducted. Overall, those showing up at an in-person arts event fell 6%, NEA survey says
A separate survey showed that 82 percent watched or listened to arts activities through a digital platform during that time.
The survey also claims that more than half of all U.S. adults participated somehow in the making of art during that year, which is almost identical to 2017. Although, to be transparent, the survey considered social dancing to be “making art,” as well as singing – whether in a choir or a shower. You can read more at https://www.arts.gov.
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COVID again closing shows
Make no mistake: COVID is still wreaking havoc on local performing arts groups. Town Hall Arts Center scrapped its final two performances of the Elvis Presley audience favorite “All Shook Up” after no less than six members of the cast, crew and band tested positive. Other performances have been canceled from Denver to Fort Collins, but tracking them is more difficult now given the lack of reporting mandates.
Still no Arts & Venues leader
It’s been three weeks since Denver Arts & Venus Executive Director Ginger White Brunetti was told she would not be re-upped in the new Mike Johnston administration – prompting a wave of past and present city leaders to urge the mayor to reconsider. But an interim has been assigned – Gretchen Hollrah, one of two deputy Chief Operating Officers. The former Denver Center for the Performing Arts COO is, for now, essentially doing two jobs. Meanwhile, a research group just released a report saying concerts at Red Rocks, which is managed by Arts & venues, generated $717 million for the region’s economy in 2022 alone.
Read the full article here:
https://denvergazette.com/arts-entertainment/study-confirms-drop-in-post-pandemic-arts-attendance-arts-news/
John Moore | john.moore@denvergazette.com
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Study Confirms Drop in Post-Pandemic Arts Attendance
