PBS NewsHour: We look to the arts for entertainment, comfort and pleasure -- but they are also an economic engine. According to government analysis, art accounts for almost $900 billion of GDP and over five million jobs. Now, many of these people and organizations face crisis. For our Canvas and American Creators series about rural arts, Jeffrey Brown reports on what happens when the audience isn’t there.
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I think something people so frequently forget is how much of global economy is built on and around the arts industry. Not only do our freelance artists rely on our theatres to continue working and thriving for employment, different industries that rely on people enjoying the arts are also going to suffer. As the video highlighted, the online streaming forms have been helpful for some to begin getting funds, but it is not enough to fight what everything that is being lost. What is inspiring is the grassroots funds that are helping artists and companies stay alive, and hopefully come out of this tumulus time strong and still present. David Holcomb said a couple of times in class that once we get back to working again it won’t be like a light switch for people to come back to theatres, and I think that is true. But I also hope that people will have the same hunger and passion for the arts that they had before, once we can get restarted again.
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