Arts Organizations Weathering the Storm

Art Info
Kris Wilton

(February 3, 2009)-While the newspapers have been filled with reports of budget cuts, layoffs, programming layoffs, and even closings over the past weeks and months, a wave of articles this week shows that organizations may be weathering the storm better than expected.

Reports looking at arts organizations in Paris, Philadelphia, and Chicago have found that while institutions have widely suffered cutbacks in public and private funding, many are showing steady or even increasing ticket sales or attendance numbers.

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