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The Case for Funding the Arts and Resetting the Creative Economy

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Sun Feb 21, 2021

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Sun Feb 21, 2021
7:00pm EST

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  1. Arts Program

One of the first to shut down and possibly the last to fully reopen, the creative industry has been imperiled by COVID-19. How can we ensure its economic stability going forward?

Featuring New York Times Art Critic Jason Farago, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Artistic Director Nataki Garrett, playwright Jeremy O. Harris, and Principal of Cultural Assets Management at Bloomberg Associates Kate Levin in conversation with Anna Deavere Smith.

Presented by the Aspen Institute Arts Program at Aspen Ideas RE$ET.

One of the first to shut down and possibly the last to fully reopen, the creative industry has been imperiled by COVID-19. How can we ensure its economic stability going forward?

Featuring New York Times Art Critic Jason Farago, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Artistic Director Nataki Garrett, playwright Jeremy O. Harris, and Principal of Cultural Assets Management at Bloomberg Associates Kate Levin in conversation with Anna Deavere Smith.

Presented by the Aspen Institute Arts Program at Aspen Ideas RE$ET.