Hi Everyone,

The latest Weekly Web Roundup from Americans for the Arts is chock-full of relevant research and compelling stories. In case you missed any of it, click here to read the full roundup, which includes links to the following content:

• Results from our COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers, which shows widespread unemployment and income losses among individual creative workers
• Findings from the 2019 Profile of Local Arts Agencies, our annual survey of a core set of LAA indicators; plus deep dives on the Profile results with VP of Research Randy Cohen on ARTSblog and ArtsU
• A call for participants on a new survey measuring the mental health impact of COVID-19 and social distancing on the American public, and whether the arts can help mitigate that impact
• The first in a series of blogs by some of our Arts & Culture Leaders of Color fellows, reflecting on the COVID pandemic (look for more next week!)
• An inspiring story on cultural organizing by Performing our Future, a rural-based national grassroots-to-grassroots coalition that unites communities across the country who have spent generations resisting economic exploitation
• Guidance from our Equity in Arts Leadership team (Nikki Kirk and Ami Scherson) on re-envisioning internships during the health crisis, using our transformed Diversity in Arts Leadership intern program as an example
• Part 3 of our DIAL Labs webinar series featuring Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin, founders of Final Bow for Yellowface, sharing their journey navigating conversations around race, representation, and inclusion
• The April 2020 Member Briefing with Patricia Walsh, Public Art & Civic Design Senior Program Manager, on the current state of the Public Art Network Year in Review program
• A Local Arts Agency Roundtable featuring three arts agency leaders (Erick Deshaun Dorris of Joliet Arts Commission, Nicole L. Mullet of ArtsNow), and Kristin Sakoda of Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture) discussing their origin and evolution stories

Finally, we are continuing to collect stories about what kinds of connections, stories, partnerships, or recovery strategies you are building alongside businesses in your communities. Please send us any examples or snippits, or feel free to share them here on the listserv. If you’re feeling ambitious, you’re welcome to enter them into our handy form on the pARTnership Movement site.

Take care and please don’t hesitate to reach out,

Jessica Stern
Private Sector Initiatives Programs Manager

She/her/hers
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