Fine Arts Are in Survival Mode as Funds Dry Up
"It's important to support museums, symphonies, the dance and theater," she says. "These are things we need in society. If we lose them, we are declining faster than we think."
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll in December found that 69% of Americans are cutting back on entertainment. Such sentiments have forced arts organizations to plan survival scenarios.
- Companies:
- Alabama Shakespeare Festival
- Americans for the Arts
- Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
- Baltimore Museum of Art
- Baltimore Opera
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Baltimore Theatre Project
- Brandeis University
- Carnegie Hall
- Centerstage
- Connecticut Opera
- Florida Repertory Theatre
- General Motors
- Kentucky Repertory Theatre
- League of American Orchestras
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Opera America
- Opera Pacific
- Palm Springs Art Museum
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Rose Art Museum
- Saturn
- Smithsonian Institution
- The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- The Los Angeles Opera
- USA Today
- Utah Shakespearean Festival
- Walters Art Museum
- Washington National Opera
- People:
- Alabama Shakespeare
- Andy Warhol
- Bob Bogard
- Bob Cacioppo
- Brian Passey
- Brian Riedl
- Debbie Chinn
- Doreen Bolger
- Gary Vikan
- Jack Kingston
- Jane Shannahan
- Jasper Johns
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Jesse Rosen
- Josh Bivens
- Judith Egerton
- Kentuckian George Clooney
- Laura Ruane
- Legg Mason
- Lockwood Hoehl
- M. Kevin Wixted
- Marc Scorca
- Marty Roney
- Obama
- Pablo Picasso
- Randi Vega
- Robert Lynch
- Stefanie Frith
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